Chichester Harbour comprises an area of about 27 square miles of navigable water. Once you get over the sand bar, and past the narrow entrance, it opens up into a vast area divided into two channels. We have taken the one towards Chichester and it is most impressive. It is, understandably, very popular with sailors and bird watchers as well as walkers. The village of West Itchenor overlooks the Chichester Channel and the views across the harbour to Chidham, Bosham and Chichester with the Downs behind are excellent. It did of course rain most of the time we were there but it did not stop me from dropping the dinghy an exploring Itchenor on foot. Unfortunately, the weather stopped us from using the cycle path to get to Chichester.