Richmond to Hanwell

A stalwart group of Morley Ramblers gathered at Richmond station on Saturday Morning 7 January – undeterred by convoluted travel routes and intimidating weather forecasts. We crossed to the north bank of the Thames at Richmond Lock (built1894) walking through Syon Park before joining the Grand Union Canal at Brentford Read more…

Five Parks Walks

10 December. On a rather frosty morning – in fact it remained frosty for the rest of the day – fifteen of us ventured out on what ended up to be not five, but more or less a six-parks walk. We made our way through the relatively small Archbishop’s Park, Read more…

St Margaret’s Herts

3rd December. A relatively gentle ramble of around 9 miles was the right time of year for this shortened version of an outing to the lovely pub at Wareside for lunch. Eight members and one welcome guest made it to the fairly early start, meaning there were no time issues Read more…

Hampstead to Belsize Park

19 November. When one mentions a walk around Hampstead Heath, images of Parliament Hill, Hampstead Ponds, Highgate Ponds, Kenwood House with stretches of woods and meadows in between come to mind. On this walk we also explored some extensions of the heath when, on a misty morning, sixteen of us Read more…

Princes Risborough to Wendover

12 November. Serendipity is a happy unexpected occurrence. The Ridgeway is a popular long distance path, so it was no surprise for our group of nine to share our delightful walk with others; but it was good to see many young people and families straying long distances from the car Read more…

Liphook to Haslemere

29 October. After a delay of 30 minutes, waiting for the replacement bus from Haslemere, we set off from Liphook. We were soon in beautiful woods of various deciduous trees.  There were lovely autumn colours, both of the leaves on the trees and on the ground.  We caught a glimpse Read more…