The River Lea is not the largest or prettiest river, best known for its slow progress through North-East London providing easy walking alongside its neighbouring canal or ‘cut’. At Harpenden it is in it’s youth and therefore our occasional sitings on this walk were of a busy stream, especially after Read more…
February 5th 2022 Seventeen Morley Ramblers turned up for this walk which, despite meandering its way through the suburbs of south west London, is ecologically rewarding as well as geographically and historically interesting. The Wandle is one of only 200 chalk streams in the UK rising in the North Downs Read more…
12 February 2022 Fourteen people started out on this flat, and ostensibly straightforward, walk that follows two disused railway lines and the Hertfordshire and Ver/Colne Valley Ways. It was good to welcome David again – last seen in distant days before the pandemic. The day was bright, crisp and cold Read more…
(29 January) Eighteen members joined Kathleen for the walk that was her regular lock down activity. Early birds readied themselves with second breakfasts – or just coffee – in a café at Shadwell DLR station. The morning light allowed some excellent photography with Carole, Virginia and Sigrid all contributing here. Read more…
Twenty Morleyites joined Sue C on this nine mile walk on a very grey day. We crossed Richmond Green, through Old Palace Walk to join the river Thames as it wound round Kew Gardens, then under Kew and Chiswick Bridges to The Ship at Mortlake. The river was busy with Read more…
Tony and Mary-Jane would normally go for a walk on New Years Day and meet up with local people if they are around. So it was sociable to include their walk in local parks in the Morley College Ramblers programme. Covid prevented them from doing anything more than a wave Read more…
11 December 2021. Fifteen of us gathered on a chilly morning at Wimbledon station to make our way to Wimbledon Common via the Old Village (one more joined later in Richmond Park). We entered the Common just behind the War Memorial at Parkside and started along the Memorial Ride through Read more…
13 November 2021. The highlight was the wonderful autumn colours of the trees. With 22 people on the walk, we left Egham station about 10am and then had a short section on pavements and paths before entering a large field of scrub and bushes. Then we went through woods and Read more…
November 27th was a day when an incentive was required to get out of bed. The weather was predicted to be wet, windy and cold. There were warnings of disruption on public transport. One of our members regularly volunteers on Saturday mornings and was spotted at her workplace. Some people Read more…
(6 November) It was a clear and bright morning when 20 of us set off from Hammersmith Station for a walk along the Thames. The tide was out as we proceeded through Chiswick and we saw many nesting birds including a heron. We crossed the river at Barnes Bridge and then Read more…