This is a good ramble for summer as we walk through many woods, giving us shade from the sun. As well as the woods, highlights include walking through the NT’s Winkworth Arboretum on a public footpath and visiting a churchyard where you can go inside the huge hollow trunk of Read more…
Despite a very warm week and the warning of a long and steep morning, sixteen Morley Ramblers turned up for this walk round the pretty and ancient Kent village of Wye . We soon entered fields of cereals on a straight path up to Wye Downs aiming for our first Read more…
East Grinstead circular – ca. 11 miles Trains: London Victoria 08.50 [Clapham Junction 08.57] arrive East Grinstead 09.50 – please use loos on train, if possible, East Grinstead station has only one loo (disabled/unisex) – we could end up in a long queue. Lunch stop: West Hoathly, preferably bring a picnic, there are Read more…
6 July. It was mostly dry and not too hot for this walk in the hills of the Stour Valley. We started out on the official Stour Valley trail, abandoning it at the top of the hill to continue through Eggringe Wood to Sole Street. Chilham water mill, near the Read more…
Wye : Figure of eight. 8.5 miles Train as programme: Charing Cross, 8.34 ; Waterloo 8.37; London Bridge 8.43. ( Ramsgate train)Arrive Wye 10.02 Return trains from Wye to London on Saturdays are only one an hour at 22 minutes past each hour. However the excellent Tickled Trout pub by the Read more…
This walk is approximately 10 miles long, with drop-out points. Trains: Victoria 08.24 arr Lewes 09.26. 4 mins transfer time – no time for loo stop. dep Lewes 09.30; arr Bishopstone 09.45. Buy RETURN TICKET TO SEAFORD Please sit in the 5th carriage from the back of the train but towards the Read more…
This is now a TEN MILE walk – largely because I now know that the pub is open on week-ends (though we did not have a chance to check it on our mid-week recce). Trains: As per programme – Charing Cross, 8.34, Waterloo 8.37; London Br 8.43, arr Chilham 10.08. Read more…