Anton round in the evening with two large Ordnance Survey maps and print-outs from the Internet. We sat about drinking sparkling mineral water and discussing his ideas for a Dragon quest into East Sussex. Felt a bit like a scene from The Hobbit. This county does have some amazing history. The proposed route includes a fossil beach, abandoned airfields, an open prison, Roman ruins, castles, the sites of centuries-old forges and into St Leonard's forest, which was supposed to be a dragon's lair.
Anton had found a wonderful description of it from 1614. Apparently it spits: "He will cast his venome about four rodde from him, as by woefull experience it was proved on the bodies of a man and a woman comming that way, who afterwards were found dead, being poysoned and very much swelled..."
Will be sure to wear my Berghaus jacket with the hood down.
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being a record of two blokes on a quest for a legendary Sussex dragon, not to mention riches, fame and deathless glory
pete and anton
About the dragon quest
Anton Golawski and Peter Kenny are searching for a Sussex dragon. They are also going on a big walk in the countryside, starting at Littlehampton on the coast of the English Channel, past the castle of Arundel, then deep into the Sussex countryside to end up at St Leonard's forest where the dragon is reputed to have lived.
Last seen in around 1614, the dragon is a eight foot long serpent-like creature, who leaves a nasty slimy trail behind it like a giant slug. Worse still: it is a killer. Slaughtering people and mastiff dogs by spitting lethal venom.