This walk was initially intended to be a circular stroll round the city of St Albans. However on the recce the new route we tried turned out to have too much main road and hard surface walking – and one of the leaders baulked at the notion of proceeding down Read more
The weather forecast is currently for the mid to high 20s, but possibly with some cloud. Please bring plenty of water. Please buy it before you get on the train; there is nowhere to buy water on our route from Princes Risborough Station. Train: Marylebone 09.42 arr Princes Risborough 10.24. Read more
IT’S GOING TO BE HOT! BRING EXTRA LIQUIDS, HAT, SUNSCREEN. Trains: 9.18 Thameslink train from London Bridge arriving Brighton 10.18 ( East Croydon 9.30). Buy a return ticket to Brighton. We will walk to the B4 stop outside the station to catch the hourly 79 Breeze bus at 10.42 up to Ditchling Beacon. If anyone is arriving on Read more
9 May. Eleven of us left the station at Welwyn Garden City to see that the gardens in the city centre were full of roundabouts, fast food vans and a stage for the city’s festival. We restrained ourselves from joining in the festivities and set off walking through the lovely Read more
c 9.5 miles Trains: St Pancras: 9.51 arrives St Albans City 10.11 (Bedford train). Earlier stops include East Croydon 9.21, London Bridge 9.36, Blackfriars 9.42, and Farringdon 9.46. (South Londoners can also get the St Albans (slow) train at Elephant and Castle 9.34, then change on to the faster Bedford train Read more
Please contact the walk leader, Terry, by 1pm on Friday 8 May to let him know if you wish to lunch in the pub as it requires him to confirm numbers by then. (Non-members please contact Walks@morleyramblers.uk) Train: The train is the 9.06 from King’s Cross arriving at Welwyn Garden Read more