Saturday 17 January – fourteen of us started out from Wimbledon station to Wimbledon Common via the Old Village. We entered the Common just behind the War Memorial at Parkside. On our way to the Windmill the paths were quite muddy but manageable. From there we picked up a downhill Read more
Saturday 17 January [NB: This is a change from the original programme] Travel: meet at Wimbledon railway/tube station at 10am in the main concourse. Direct trains from Waterloo/Clapham Junction, or District Line. (NB: please check your local tube lines as there’ll be some line closures over the weekend) The walk: Read more
Saturday 3 January 2026 – this walk has become an annual outing at this time of the year and despite the rather ‘brrrr’ temperature (only 3 degrees were forecast) fifteen of us braved the cold. On the positive side, we had wall-to-wall blue sky and bright sunshine all the way. Read more
Saturday 3 January 2026. I hope that you had an enjoyable festive season. This walk is approx. 7 miles, with the morning longer than the afternoon. Meet at 10am opposite Lambeth North tube station below the large bill board. Lambeth North is on the Bakerloo Line (or a few mins Read more
Saturday 25 October – fourteen of us started out on this sunny morning from Hampstead tube station to the West Heath where, en-route, we passed ‘The Holly Bush’ pub and Fenton House, a 17th Century Merchant’s House, now owned by the National Trust. By the time we entered the woods, Read more
Travel: meet at 10.15am at Hampstead tube station (Northern Line, Edgware branch). [Early drop-out points possible from Golders Hill Park – bus 268 to Hampstead tube station or bus 210 to either Golders Green or Archway stations (both Northern Line); the 210 also stops near Kenwood House for a later Read more
Saturday 27 September – it so happened that on this very day the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final between the English ‘Red Roses’ and the Canadian team was taking place at the Twickenham stadium. Although the match wasn’t due to kick off until 4pm, the Rugby fever was already very Read more
Saturday 27 September TRAINS: London Waterloo 09.03, arrive Windsor & Eton Riverside 09.59. Please board the train in the front 1st or 2nd carriages. Buy return to Windsor & Eton Riverside station (Please DO NOT buy a ticket to Windsor Central station as this is on a different line and Read more
Saturday 7 June. The weather forecast for this walk was pretty dire – heavy rain showers, possibility of a hail storm and even a chance of thunder and lightning, just to add to the drama. I expected it to be a washout but whatever showers there may have been, they Read more
Trains: Depart London Liverpool Street @ 09.30 – arrive Manningtree @ 10,25 [fast train to Norwich but will stop at Stratford, 09.37]. Please buy a return ticket to Manningtree. [NB: there’ll be some TFL tube line closures this weekend, so please check your route to the station on tfl.gov.uk]. Return trains times from Manningtree are Read more