Train 9.24 from Waterloo arr Box Hill and Westhumble 10.11 (train destination Dorking). Return possible either from Dorking or Box Hill. Buy return ticket to Dorking. The walk: Among the Surrey Hills. Approximately 10 miles. No convenient break off point. Mud probable! Lunch: At Polesden Lacey National Trust house where there is a cafe, Read more
We will be meeting at Hammersmith Underground Station (District & Piccadilly lines – not the other one, which is opposite) at 10.30 am by the ticket machines. The walk: This is a Thameside walk – all on the flat, although there may be some wet or muddy areas. Lunch: in Barnes village at the Read more
15 February. An impressive total of 22 assembled at Crystal Palace station, despite a poor weather forecast. The Crystal Palace building was originally constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851 which was held in Hyde Park. At the end of the 6 months long exhibition it was taken down and Read more
The length is less than previously advertised, more like 7 miles. I hope to start the walk at 10.45. There’s a café at Crystal Palace station. The train times in the programme have changed. From London Bridge the 9.44 arrives at 10.19. Or there’s a 10.10, arriving 10.37, but needing Read more
This walk will now start at Hampstead Northern Line Station and not Hampstead Heath. Please assemble at 10 am outside the station. We then walk uphill to find the source, this section may well be muddy and a stick may be helpful. The remainder of this seven-mile walk is downhill. Read more