Our programmes are published sometimes several months ahead of a planned walk. They can be subject to change for many unforeseeable reasons, including the weather, engineering works, strikes or just rail timetable changes. We aim to provide up-to-date details in Read more…
Saturday 7 June. The weather forecast for this walk was pretty dire – heavy rain showers, possibility of a hail storm and even a chance of thunder and lightning, just to add to the drama. I expected it to be Read more…
NB This is a change of walk from published programme. Train: London St Pancras 9.07 arrive Dover 10.13 (Or, cheaper but twice the time, Victoria 8.10 arrive Dover 10.09). NB No freedom pass on high speed. Buy a return to Read more…
24 May. This is one of my favourite walks. It is somehow a particularly green walk. You get immersed in the hills and meadows of the East Sussex weald. From Stonegate, ten of us made our way to Burwash for Read more…
Trains: Depart London Liverpool Street @ 09.30 – arrive Manningtree @ 10,25 [fast train to Norwich but will stop at Stratford, 09.37]. Please buy a return ticket to Manningtree. [NB: there’ll be some TFL tube line closures this weekend, so please check your route to Read more…
Please note that there are engineering works on the underground overnight and some lines are closed till 11.00 am. These include the District and Circle lines which serve Victoria but also the Jubilee and others. Check TFL site to see Read more…
Train departs London Victoria, 9.20. Calls at Clapham Junction 9.27, East Croydon 9.40. East Grinstead 10.40 No apologies, but this is a recycled walk, done in the opposite direction in 2022. The morning section is 9km, and the afternoon 7 Read more…
17 May. After a chilly start the weather remained perfect for this eleven mile walk on the South Downs. We were joined by ten walkers and, after a short uphill slope, we set out at a brisk pace on the Read more…
NB: TRAIN TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Because the morning is relatively short, we shall take a train one hour later than shown on the original programme. New times are: Charing Cross, 09.34; Waterloo East, 09.37; London Bridge 09.43; arr Stonegate 10. Read more…
26 April. I have only once before done this walk to Bates Bluebell Farm, with another group before the COVID pandemic. I was not able to do a recce in advance as I had intended, and I had made mention Read more…
Train: As in the programme train leaves Waterloo at 8.45 and arrives at Rowlands Castle at 10.23. Please note that there are no toilets at the station and none until a stop at midday so you are advised to use Read more…