Manningtree circular

Saturday, 20 May. Most of us probably remember Spring 2023 more for its relentless wet weather and stomping about in deep mud on our weekly rambles, but eleven of us met up at Manningtree station to start our walk into the Dedham Vale countryside on this gloriously sunny May morning. Read more…

Witley circular

On 8 April, Easter Saturday, nine of us met up for a ramble at Witley station. Having left London on a bright morning we found the countryside shrouded in mist, but there was optimism in the air that soon the sun would show its face, and so it did. Morning Read more…

Windsor & Eton circular

If I remember rightly, the weather forecast for Saturday 11 February was for sunshine after the morning mist has lifted. Well, there was no mist nor any sunshine, but the clouds were up high and so was our spirit when eventually twelve of us came together on Windsor Bridge. Those Read more…

Five Parks Walks

10 December. On a rather frosty morning – in fact it remained frosty for the rest of the day – fifteen of us ventured out on what ended up to be not five, but more or less a six-parks walk. We made our way through the relatively small Archbishop’s Park, Read more…

Hampstead to Belsize Park

19 November. When one mentions a walk around Hampstead Heath, images of Parliament Hill, Hampstead Ponds, Highgate Ponds, Kenwood House with stretches of woods and meadows in between come to mind. On this walk we also explored some extensions of the heath when, on a misty morning, sixteen of us Read more…

Loughton to Theydon Bois

1 October. On a bright sunny morning five of us met at Loughton. Due to the rail strike, this walk replaced the originally scheduled ramble from Cowden to Hever in Kent but you can enjoy that walk a bit later this month. It was also good to welcome a new Read more…

Sevenoaks to Westerham

Six of us met at Sevenoaks station expecting it to be another very hot and humid day but thankfully the heat had abated a little and with a bit of rain and some sunshine along the way nothing could dampen our spirits.  We started up along the narrow pavements through Read more…