19 July. Seven Morley Ramblers set out with good intentions to do a robust walk through Farnham Woods in less than promising weather. Sadly, a total signalling breakdown at Waterloo meant we were going nowhere by train. Two walkers were stuck in Surbiton, and one London based walker went to Read more
CHANGE OF TRAIN – We will catch the 9.20 Exeter train from Waterloo because the recce showed that the change of trains at Basingstoke does not work for the train on the original walks programme. Buy a day return to Mortimer via Basingstoke. Best to sit in the last carriage Read more
Barbara is offering a pop-up walk, plus a short ride on a steam train, to members of the North London HF group and the Morley College Rambling Club on Thursday 31st July. Details are: Princes Risborough to Chinnor by steam train, then walk back to Princes Risborough. Train: Marylebone 10.06, Read more
Dorking to Box Hill and Westhumble via Box Hill and Mickleham Gallops. 10 miles Train: Take 9.24 SW Railway train from Waterloo to Dorking, arrives 10.14. (Calls at Clapham Junction 09.33, Wimbledon 9,40) Trains home from Box Hill and Westhumble to London are hourly, 35mins past the hour to Waterloo Read more
It was the planning of this walk, rather than the execution, which presented the challenge. I had long wanted to introduce Morley Ramblers to the delights and mysteries of the North of the Dengie peninsula in Essex – but how to do it in an area in which public transport Read more
12 July. We were eleven at London Bridge but unfortunately two missed the hourly train and did their own alternative Hever tour. So we were nine. We were immediately in lovely countryside, with meadows and shady paths. It is the way for all visitors to the castle.We soon arrived at Read more
Trains: We will get the 09.24 from Waterloo, which stops at Clapham Junction at 09.31 and Surbiton at 09.42 arriving Farnham at 10.25. It is a 10 – 11 mile walk so expect a longish day. Train options are more plentiful returning as it is possible to change at Woking. Read more
21 June. We had chosen a hot day for this walk, which normally includes three or or four of the Seven Sisters. In the morning we leave the town via the golf course, going up through ‘Paradise’ (a section of the South Downs park) and making our way through undulating Read more
Train: London Bridge 10.07 (Uckfield train), East Croydon 10.21, arr Hever 10.49. Buy a return to Cowden No toilets at Hever station. Use the train’s. Plenty of al fresco pastoral opportunities along the walk. The walk, 7 miles. Gentle, (mostly) shady walk in Kent through meadows, fields and woodlands.No hills, Read more
NB – no recce has been carried out for various reasons – please bear this in mind. Trains: Victoria 08.24, change Lewes, change Polegate, arr Berwick 10.09. Buy a return ticket to Berwick. From London Victoria please sit at the back of the 5th carriage from the rear of the Read more