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28 August. After early morning travel chaos, Peter G led a group of eight on the short walk from Benfleet station into Hadleigh Country Park. The upper path provides views over the Thames estuary to the Kent coast and the Read more…

21 August.  The weather forecast was dire the previous evening and heavy showers in the afternoon were still forecast on Saturday morning, so I was pleased when all seven people who had put their names down for this walk appeared Read more…

14 August. This deceptively innocent route has turned out to be one of the Group’s more demanding walks; which  could explain why we met no other ramblers on the footpaths, despite perfect walking weather and trails  that had dried out considerably over Read more…

7 August. On a day that started with torrential downpours, seven intrepid walkers and two leaders braved the elements to do this 10-mile walk. In fact, the weather was kinder to us than we had imagined it might be and Read more…

31 July. I call this walk ‘Constable country walk’. It has been and still is one of my favourite walks in my limited repertoire. From the station eight of us started out in pleasant weather up a path towards Lawford Read more…