Travel: meet at 09.45 at Wimbledon station (Main concourse) – (NB: the loos are downstairs, so please use before you exit the ticket barrier) Wimbledon station is serviced by rail from Waterloo station; tube (District Line) and tram from Croydon. Richmond station is serviced by rail, tube (District Line) and the Overground. (NB: please check your Read more…
Our photo comp social was held on Friday 22 March 2024 at Morley College, Waterloo Centre and was well attended by 26 members. After the viewing we served refreshments, a selection of savoury items and delicious home-baked cakes by Daphne, washed down with wine/juice or tea/coffee. Fifteen members submitted a Read more…
Our photo comp social takes place on Friday, 22 March at the Waterloo Campus in room C20, located in the back wing of the college. Arrival time 3.30pm with viewing to start at around 3.45pm. Light refreshments will be served next door (room C21) after we’ve viewed all the images and announced the final winner Read more…
It is said that the number ‘10’ represents fortune and is a symbol of completion, so I was pleased when on Saturday 17 February ten of us gathered at Box Hill & Westhumble station on a rather overcast and misty morning, but without the drizzle we had encountered earlier in Read more…
Trains: London Victoria 08.41 – Box Hill & Westhumble 09.37 (# buy day return to Box Hill & Westhumble)(Clapham Junction 08.48 – with many stops in between, please check out other stations for suitable boarding – preferably board nearer back of the train rather than the front). There are no Read more…
30 December 2023 – our last walk before entering the new year covered six London parks. Twenty-two of us started from Lambeth North, although this number became quite fluid as we went along. Before making our way to the Archbishop’s Park, I briefly pointed out the site where William Blake Read more…
I’d like to remind members who intend to enter images for the 2023 photo comp that material has to reach me by Saturday 6 January, either by transfer via WeTransfer or by USB (memory stick) to be given to me in person. I’ll be out on the walk on Sat Read more…
London Parks linear walk (from Lambeth North to Holland Park), Saturday 30 December (plus reminder for photo comp entries) I hope that you all had a good, indulgent Christmas and are thinking of walking off some of the excesses. I am not offering a marathon but this Saturday’s walk will Read more…
Saturday 30 September. Originally I was due to lead a circular walk from Sole Street in Kent but due to the rail strike a change of plan was needed. Epping Forest was accessible by tube and eleven of us met at Loughton station to make our way to the forest. Read more…
Due to rail strikes my walk from Sole Street in Kent will have to be changed. Instead, I’ll be leading a linear walk in Epping Forest, starting from Loughton Tube station, ending at Theydon Bois tube station (all within freedom pass zones) – distance: approx. 8/9 miles Meet at Loughton tube station Read more…