Change of walk. Mike C writes: Unfortunately my planned walk from Horsham is too muddy by half. Instead I’ll lead whoever from Fulwell to Mortlake. We’ll pass through Bushey Park, Hampton Court Park, along the river to Kingston and then through Richmond Park to Mortlake. Total length 10 miles. It’s Read more…
An impressive 18 assembled at Dorking Station. Weather was dry and mild and the sun was trying to make an appearance. Passing through the town centre park, we entered the large estate, now owned by Denbies vineyard. Climbing slightly, we emerged from woods to have a fine view to the Read more…
Total Length 9 miles. Note change of departure time and London station. On my walkover of the walk advertised in the programme (from Box Hill), I found some of the morning section extremely hazardous, so I’ve changed it to a figure of eight walk, centred on Dorking. Apart from making Read more…
I’d originally intended to lead a walk from Petersfield to the Meon Valley, but for the second year in a row I had to cancel because of industrial action on our railways. There were very few services on the 22nd, but Southeastern were running stopping trains from London Bridge to Read more…
Due to the ongoing rail dispute, the advertised Meon Valley walk will be replaced by a 10-mile circular walk from Sevenoaks, via Knole House and Ightham Mote. It’s a walk we have done before and there are some great views. There are ups and downs – 100m in the morning, Read more…
Thirteen of us assembled at Guildford station on a dry and overcast morning. On a good day, there’s a train connection to Chilworth, but on this day we had to take the 32 bus. As we set off on our walk, we could see St Martha’s Church on the North Read more…
Thirteen of us met up at Pulborough Station, on a warm sunny morning with no rain forecast. We passed through some of the older part of the town before turning south and entering the large meadow area which surrounds the river Arun. The river is now contained between raised banks, Read more…
9 October. As a walk leader, one always hopes for decent weather and smooth running public transport. Things were looking decidedly shaky at the outset – it was quite misty; trains were being cancelled at Victoria and there were warnings of delays due to signalling problems. Luckily, our train was Read more…