East Grinstead circular – ca. 11 miles Trains: London Victoria 08.50 [Clapham Junction 08.57] arrive East Grinstead 09.50 – please use loos on train, if possible, East Grinstead station has only one loo (disabled/unisex) – we could end up in a long queue. Lunch stop: West Hoathly, preferably bring a picnic, there are Read more…
Wye : Figure of eight. 8.5 miles Train as programme: Charing Cross, 8.34 ; Waterloo 8.37; London Bridge 8.43. ( Ramsgate train)Arrive Wye 10.02 Return trains from Wye to London on Saturdays are only one an hour at 22 minutes past each hour. However the excellent Tickled Trout pub by the Read more…
This walk is approximately 10 miles long, with drop-out points. Trains: Victoria 08.24 arr Lewes 09.26. 4 mins transfer time – no time for loo stop. dep Lewes 09.30; arr Bishopstone 09.45. Buy RETURN TICKET TO SEAFORD Please sit in the 5th carriage from the back of the train but towards the Read more…
This is now a TEN MILE walk – largely because I now know that the pub is open on week-ends (though we did not have a chance to check it on our mid-week recce). Trains: As per programme – Charing Cross, 8.34, Waterloo 8.37; London Br 8.43, arr Chilham 10.08. Read more…
Trains: As programme . Buy a return to Ridgmont. Euston 8.56 ( Birmingham train). Best coach to sit in is 2nd from end of the train. Change Bletchley 9.31 We have 14 minutes to cross the bridge to the Bedford platform . 9.45 to Ridgmont ( Bedford train). Arrive Ridgmont 10.02 Trains to return Read more…
There is a big change to this walk because we cannot use the usual pub for lunch as it is having a beer festival to which access is only with tickets. A by-product of the revised route is that the walk will be much shorter at 7.5 miles instead of Read more…
Train: Waterloo 9.05; Clapham Junction 9.12; arr Winchester 10.05 (Buy return tickets to Winchester) The walk: This is a varied and vigorous walk of 11 miles. There are two climbs, one in the morning and an optional one in the afternoon. There are options for the afternoon which would shorten the Read more…
The Walk, approx. 10 miles: This is a hilly walk, both in the morning and afternoon and some are steep, therefore, in parts quite strenuous – sturdy footwear essential and walking pole useful. In the afternoon we’ll go up to Leith Hill (the highest hill in Surrey, so I am Read more…
This walk is much muddier than I expected for the time of year. You are advised to bring poles for navigating the mud – which makes this 9-mile walk feel more like 10. There are about ten stiles, two or three of them difficult (one almost impossible). Two busy roads Read more…
Last year some of you came on the first part of the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path where we visited 5 churches. And some managed 6 with a visit to Lullington as well. This year I am continuing the trail but starting in the opposite direction. We will visit 2 churches (they Read more…