One of the things I love about Sussex is the variety of places to visit.  You can enjoy a walk by the seaside in one hour and yet be in a rural setting - perhaps watching some racing at Fontwell - the next.  We love walking our dog along the Sussex Downs (pictured below with me), where you get a fine view of the English Channel from one side, and the Sussex countryside on the other.  The Sussex Downs are fantastic, because you never know what you'll see there.

• strolling through woodland & enjoying the sight of the bluebells in April - there are some great bluebell displays close to...
  
• visiting the Lurgashall Winery  - have a taste - the Elderflower is my favourite
• exploring Sussex villages & Sussex towns such as Midhurst (described by English Heritage as "a hidden jewel" - get off the main street and discover the back lanes)
  
• buying clothes for my father in the historic town of Petworth in Allens Mens Clothing Store, plus browsing lots of antique shops - check out Petworth Antique Centre
  
• window-shopping & people watching in cities such as Chichester or Brighton
• discovering the little old cottages in the older part of Shoreham by Sea, just off the sea front
• getting absolutely immersed in the rare & second hand book shops in Lewes - which also has the Anne of Cleves House
  
• enjoying the relaxing roll of the sea on the pebbly beach at the Witterings. 
• wondering through Horsham with its bandstand & square makes for an enjoyable afternoon's stroll
• visiting the llama park at Ashdown Forest & talking a wintry afternoon walk in Ashdown Forest itself
  
• playing Pooh Sticks & touring Pooh Country in Hartfield - did you know that there are World Pooh Sticks Championships in Oxfordshire in 2010?
  

Petworth House also has an amazing deer park,
and a wonderful collection of paintings by
Turner, Van Eyck, Reynolds  & Blake