29 July. Nine walkers set out from West Byfleet Station as the rain clouds disappeared for a while and left us with patches of sunshine. We started the walk along the first part of the Basingstoke Canal past the series of Woodham Locks and over the Woodham footbridge to reach Read more…
I’d originally intended to lead a walk from Petersfield to the Meon Valley, but for the second year in a row I had to cancel because of industrial action on our railways. There were very few services on the 22nd, but Southeastern were running stopping trains from London Bridge to Read more…
NB change of train times from original programme. TRAVEL:Despite there being a rail strike on Saturday, there will be 4 trains an hour running to Woking that stop at West Byfleet. However, the last train back to Waterloo will be at 18.05. so to be sure of a return train Read more…
Due to the ongoing rail dispute, the advertised Meon Valley walk will be replaced by a 10-mile circular walk from Sevenoaks, via Knole House and Ightham Mote. It’s a walk we have done before and there are some great views. There are ups and downs – 100m in the morning, Read more…
15, July. Six of us met up to begin our walk from North Fambridge railway station, across the Blue Farm Nature Reserve and up a few steps onto the sea wall to begin our walk along the gentle tidal River Crouch. Oh dear! While we knew the forecast had predicted Read more…
The weather forecast for July 8th promised thundery showers in the morning, and unfortunately for our group of nine it proved to be correct. We crossed the busy road north of Aldermaston station and reached the fairly gentle climb to the church at Beenham with the path providing a fair Read more…
The Walk. Weather permitting, this is a very pleasant walk following the Saltmarsh Coastal Trail along the tranquil tidal Crouch River. Beautiful East Anglian skies, bird song, boats, fisherman and the fragrance of seaweed. Although the walk is flattish in the morning, the ground was hard, dry and cracked. Only Read more…
Thirteen of us assembled at Guildford station on a dry and overcast morning. On a good day, there’s a train connection to Chilworth, but on this day we had to take the 32 bus. As we set off on our walk, we could see St Martha’s Church on the North Read more…
The Walk Ten Miles. The walk starts with a busy road crossing, then a steady uphill route for about a mile and a half. There are no further difficulties other than two fields in the afternoon where there are warnings about the grazing cows. If we get some rain, there Read more…
17 June. This was a wonderful day. The weather was excellent for rambling; dry and warm but not too hot. We started In Berkshire and ended in Hampshire. The landscape was varied – fields with attractive views, heaths & commons, deciduous & coniferous woods. The morning had major historical interest Read more…