10 January. A refreshing seven-mile walk in gentle Hertfordshire countryside on a cold, and somewhat cloudy post-festivities Saturday. It was a deserted landscape. We only saw a couple of other walkers, and a few local dog owners – and their dogs! We started across a golf course – with mutual Read more
Saturday 3 January 2026 – this walk has become an annual outing at this time of the year and despite the rather ‘brrrr’ temperature (only 3 degrees were forecast) fifteen of us braved the cold. On the positive side, we had wall-to-wall blue sky and bright sunshine all the way. Read more
13 December. Mist produced a cool and atmospheric start to our walk along the Lea navigation to reach Amwell Nature reserve. Lea or Lee? Both are correct, Lee being most used for administrative reasons rather than geography. There were no bird experts amongst our group of 13, but plenty at Read more
6 December. Eleven of us started the walk in Woolwich, enjoying better weather than expected. Walking gently along the Thames Path we were treated to a mixture of modern architecture and old factories and other remnants of industrial London as well as the odd sculpture. We slowed down along the Read more
8 November. Twenty-four Morley Ramblers joined this walk which forms a key element of the Capital Ring. The weather was kind as we walked over the Thames lock bridge in Twickenham, through Old Isleworth, Syon Park and then joining the Grand Union Canal at Brentford now a fashionable locale for Read more
15 November. The weather forecast was for heavy rain, thanks to Storm Claudia, and it had rained continuously the previous day. But we set off in light cloud with patches of blue sky and sun. We walked past Walsingham School and its new vineyards – an investment to fund bursaries Read more
1 November. The highlight was the wonderful autumn colours of the trees. We started from Egham station with 14 people. After walking along a path past allotments and sturdy ponies grazing in fields, we went through a variety of environments – woods, scrub and bushes, and short sections on pavements. Read more
Saturday 25 October – fourteen of us started out on this sunny morning from Hampstead tube station to the West Heath where, en-route, we passed ‘The Holly Bush’ pub and Fenton House, a 17th Century Merchant’s House, now owned by the National Trust. By the time we entered the woods, Read more
11 October. Sally led a walk from Lewes up on to the South Downs, with some glorious views. We had lunch at Rodmel and then we returned with a walk along the foot of the Downs. (Photos by Sally and Christine M.)
This was a replacement walk as my planned one from Petersfield was scuppered by railway engineering works. The weather forecast was dire, with storm Amy expected. Despite this, there were six of us who took a punt on the rain staying away. We alighted from the train at Witley, a Read more