6 January 2024. I am always pleasantly surprised and humbled when people turn up for my walks. On this occasion, ten walkers joined me. The weather was in our favour – no rain following a very wet week. Through Abbey Wood Park It was a bit over an hour’s walk Read more…
23 December 2023. A great turnout for our wander through old Chelsea on the day before Christmas eve, thanks to all those who turned up. The Chelsea Pensioners’ pad were locking up for Christmas so we saved the plan to wander their gardens to another time, making our way to Read more…
30 December 2023 – our last walk before entering the new year covered six London parks. Twenty-two of us started from Lambeth North, although this number became quite fluid as we went along. Before making our way to the Archbishop’s Park, I briefly pointed out the site where William Blake Read more…
2 December. It was a cold and foggy day as thirteen ramblers set off down the Darent Valley, under the railway viaduct to Lullingstone Castle. It was very muddy underfoot and four of our number preferred to stay in the valley, following the Darent to Shoreham, where they visited the Read more…
25 November. As advertised, this was a fairly short walk with no significant inclines, almost entirely on woodland paths. The description and a clear sunny, if cold, autumn day attracted 22 members plus a welcome guest. There was time for a break for comfort and refreshments after a mile or Read more…
11 November. Eleven walkers, undeterred by flood warnings, set off from Farnham Station for an unexpected day of full sun, and lovely autumn colours. The walk goes through some elegant roads and down a narrow gap between houses called ‘Old Man’s path’ to reach Bourne Woods. We paused at the Read more…
4 November 2023. The highlights were the autumn colours of the trees, the views across Virginia Water and our visit to the Air Forces Memorial. The weather forecast had been for heavy rain in the morning, but we were lucky as there were only a few periods of rain and Read more…
28 October. This was the first walk I had led since a hip operation, and so I kept the distance to about seven miles, and we avoided the steeper hills around Penshurst, staying mainly on farm tracks and country lanes. For reasons known to Victorian engineers, Leigh station is closer Read more…
21 October. We usually do this walk in the summer. But because of programme changes, Peter G is leading it on a cloudy day, which wasn’t yet raining when we set out. As the ground is very muddy and wet, Peter suggests we do not take our usual path up Read more…
The inspiration for this walk came from an article in Tate magazine by Jay Bernard, British writer, artist and activist. In the June 2022 issue he takes a walk from Henry Tate’s mausoleum in West Norwood to the resting place in the City of Henry Tulse – slave trader and Lord Read more…