23 September. This is the third walk that I have lead since the end of June this year. Each time the walks have been blessed with good weather and congenial walking companions. And last Saturday was perfection. Eight of us enjoyed an area of outstanding natural beauty – The Seven Read more…
16 September. Eighteen Morley ramblers met at Henley on Thames station at 10am for a walk that was originally led on numerous occasions by Peter H, and he was happy for me to take over, at least for now. We could already sense early in the morning that this was Read more…
26 August. The terrace at Alexandra Palace is a good place to sit and admire the views, and two of our members met some friends there to join our group on a walk arranged due to the train strikes causing a change in our programme. They will have been surprised Read more…
19 August. It was quite a relief to find that after all the previous setbacks, for once the trains were running properly, ie no delays or cancellations. This enabled us all to gather at Gomshall Station as planned. It was a special day in memory of Rosemarie Gibson who died Read more…
12 August. Seven intrepid hikers braved the blustery downs last Saturday. The day got off to a very friendly start as we shared a very crowded train with Luton supporters on the first day of the football season. The views from the top of the 79 bus up to Ditchling Read more…
29 July. Nine walkers set out from West Byfleet Station as the rain clouds disappeared for a while and left us with patches of sunshine. We started the walk along the first part of the Basingstoke Canal past the series of Woodham Locks and over the Woodham footbridge to reach Read more…
I’d originally intended to lead a walk from Petersfield to the Meon Valley, but for the second year in a row I had to cancel because of industrial action on our railways. There were very few services on the 22nd, but Southeastern were running stopping trains from London Bridge to Read more…
15, July. Six of us met up to begin our walk from North Fambridge railway station, across the Blue Farm Nature Reserve and up a few steps onto the sea wall to begin our walk along the gentle tidal River Crouch. Oh dear! While we knew the forecast had predicted Read more…
The weather forecast for July 8th promised thundery showers in the morning, and unfortunately for our group of nine it proved to be correct. We crossed the busy road north of Aldermaston station and reached the fairly gentle climb to the church at Beenham with the path providing a fair Read more…
Thirteen of us assembled at Guildford station on a dry and overcast morning. On a good day, there’s a train connection to Chilworth, but on this day we had to take the 32 bus. As we set off on our walk, we could see St Martha’s Church on the North Read more…