The walk is approx 6 miles with optional extensions. CAVEAT My recce was scheduled for 12 April but my companion took ill the day before. So the last time I went to Bates Farm was before the COVID pandemic. Trains: Buy return ticket to Berwick. Depart London Victoria 08.24, change Lewes (arr 09.26, dep Read more…
29 March. This is Sally’s walk, but ten people arrived at Holmwood station to discover that I was leading, as Sally had sprained a muscle (she is fine now). Nobody turned back to go home which was an auspicious sign for me. The walk had been passed on from Frank, Read more…
Trains: Please buy a return to Hassocks. There are several travel options, some involving a change: London Bridge 9.17 arr 10.13 or Clapham Junction 9.12, change at Gatwick, also arrives at 10.13. But please check because there is quite a lot of travel disruption this coming weekend. Meet at Hassocks Read more…
Trains: Depart 9.41 from Victoria, Clapham Junction 9.48. Balham 9.53, arrives Holmwood 10.47. Buy a day return to Holmwood. Walk: 11 miles, but drop out possible after 6.4 miles. Possible muddy bits. A few stiles. Guaranteed hilly. The first half of the walk (Holmwood to Wotton) is 6.4 miles with Read more…
The walk is 10 miles, with no obvious drop out points. Travel: 9.37 from London Marylebone (destination Oxford, West Ruislip is the edge of Travel zone). One stop to Gerrards Cross at 9.56. Buy a single to Gerrards Cross, as return is on a different line. Return from Cookham via Read more…
8 February. Following a path from Hampstead Heath to Blackfriars Bridge on the wettest Saturday in February was not for the faint hearted. So, a host of Morley Ramblers trudged through Hampstead onto the Heath to look for the hidden source of the River Fleet. Passing the Blue Plaques for Read more…
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…
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…