15 August. 18 of us met up in Leytonstone Tube Station around 10.30 and after a quick walk along the High Street and taking some underpasses under busy roads, we joined Epping Forest. The first part was 3 miles, quite a bit of time in the sun but with wind Read more
1 August. We didn’t visit Cambridge South, the UK’s newest main line station which serves Addenbrookes Hospital. The group of 11 chose to finish the last leg of the walk with a guided bus trip which passed the station and did an extensive tour of the huge hospital before reaching Read more
25 July. Contrary to my expectations ten people turned up for this walk, apparently eager to discover the New Forest. I had thought it would be too hot, too far, too long and the rail fare too expensive to be attractive. I hadn’t taken account of the fare when conceiving Read more
Saturday July 11th Hopefully a Morley Ramblers first as nobody joined me at Berkhamsted. Readers should note that the lunchtime temperature was predicted around 30 degrees, so we possibly should have cancelled. Members sensibly voted with their feet. The town provided a very pleasant walk. There was shade along the Read more
4 July. This turned out to be a good walk for a hot day. Mostly grass underfoot, but plenty of shade and several woodland passages. The morning was the longer part of the walk, and we were glad to get to Knockholt Pound for a shady picnic or a snack Read more
27 June. Too hot for our planned travel and walk to Polesden Lacey. The trip to Falconwood was an easy one for those living close to the stations, and a short walk to reach the relative cool of the nearby woods. A mile or so took the five of us Read more
6 June. Five of us joined Sally at Berwick station in spite of the dreadful weather forecast of wind and rain. We were rewarded by an unexpectedly dry morning when the sun even showed up. Following the Vanguard way we reached Berwick St Michael of all Angels church, decorated by Read more
30 May. On a very hot day in this unseasonal spring, twelve of us set out from Princes Risborough to walk slowly up to Bledlow Ridge. This walk was done in memory of Peter Harris, and also of Ann Usborne who led it before he did. I used Peter’s notes, Read more
This walk was initially intended to be a circular stroll round the city of St Albans. However on the recce the new route we tried turned out to have too much main road and hard surface walking – and one of the leaders baulked at the notion of proceeding down Read more
9 May. Eleven of us left the station at Welwyn Garden City to see that the gardens in the city centre were full of roundabouts, fast food vans and a stage for the city’s festival. We restrained ourselves from joining in the festivities and set off walking through the lovely Read more