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
3 May. I was quite relieved that the temperature for this walk had come down a few notches from the 29-plus degrees we had a couple of days earlier – I’m talking centigrade here not Fahrenheit. At Guildford station on a lovely bright morning fifteen walkers had gathered to set Read more
Train: Waterloo dep 09.30, arrive Guildford 10.02 (NB: this is a Portsmouth train and does not stop at Clapham J, first stop is Woking @ 09.55). The Walk, approx 8/9 miles: we’ll make our way towards Chantry Woods uphill to Martha’s Hill Chapel before dropping down to Chilworth (on the recce last week we were treated Read more
This walk, previously described as the ‘Five-Parks Walk’ – but who’s counting? – has over the years become an annual fixture in our winter programme. So, come Saturday 4 January and with the weather forecast for very cold temperatures throughout the day, I was more than surprised when 26 of Read more
I hope that you had an enjoyable festive season. The walk is approx. 8 miles: Meet by 10am at Lambeth North tube station (Bakerloo Line, southbound) – please cross junction diagonally to gather by the large bill board opposite the tube station. We’ll walk through several parks, small and large, Read more
16 November. Fifteen of us started out from Loughton station and I was delighted to see three of our members in our group who had just returned from India where they had been trekking in Sikkim. Our morning route took us via Connaught Lake and to my surprise, just as Read more
Saturday, 16 November – meet by 10am at Loughton tube station (Epping Branch of the Central Line) – [NB: Both tube stations have NO step free access from and to platforms, i.e. no lifts available] The Walk (ca. 9 miles): Most of this walk takes us through Epping Forest – the morning section, via Connaught Lake Read more
Saturday 5 October. I have to start with the weather, because earlier in the week the forecast for our walk was bleak, dark clouds and rain with not a flicker of sunshine indicated. Fast forward and it couldn’t have been any more different. Ten of us started out by sunshine Read more
Train: London Victoria 09.42 (Denmark Hill 09.52); arrive Sole Street 10.31 – trains run hourly only. [NB: Freedom Pass holders can purchase a day-return ticket from Swanley to Sole Street, it’ll be cheaper than from zone 6] Lunch: Luddesdown – picnic [preferable] – benches in the church yard, or eat Read more
I last led this walk some six years ago, so it was time to revive it. After the first recce using the original route, I decided to try it in reverse which required additional recces and I also had to try an alternative route back due to a broken footbridge Read more