About 5 to 6 miles. Trains: Fenchurch Street 9.37, arr Rainham 10.02. Rainham is in Zone 6, Freedom Pass holders will need a ticket from Purfleet to Rainham for the return Journey. Trains leave Purfleet at 28 and 58 mins past the hour. NB: if you are travelling to Bank, Read more…
30 Nov. About a dozen of us braved the inclement weather to cover this lovely riverside walk. After admiring Hampton Court Palace we had to walk on the road for a short distance because part of the Thames Path was flooded. It was not long before we were confronted by Read more…
Due to the forecasted storm Darragh, the proposed walk from Mortimer is cancelled. Instead Terry and Tony will lead a Thameside walk . There will be many drop out possibilities. Also many opportunities for a cafe, pub or picnic lunch as you choose. Meet at Waterloo station by the ticket office at 9.00 Read more…
Note this walk has been shortened to 6.5 miles Trains: from London Waterloo at 09.06 arrives at Hampton Court at 09.44 For the return you will need to purchase a rail ticket from Addlestone to Feltham (Boundary 6) for £4.85 – if you have a senior railcard. We will be Read more…
A watery walk of 9 miles Train: Train leaves Euston at 9.17 to Milton Keynes Central . Arrives MK 10.07. ( Birmingham New St train). Buy a return to MK (£12.50 ) and a single from Wolverton to MK (£2.50 ) this saves £4.75 on the return fare to Wolverton. Read more…
26 October. It was a small select group of seven who gathered at Richmond Station for a riverside walk. We crossed the Green and looked at the remnant of Richmond Palace before reaching the River Thames. It was not long before we were crossing the river via the ferry to Read more…
19 October. The experienced, seasoned Sally, the planned leader, had an unfortunate fall the day before (she is thankfully fine now). She asked me if I could lead the walk as I had done the recce with her and had done it again (part of it) with a friend. This Read more…
This is a complete change from the original programme (because of train problems). It will be a lovely, six-mile riverside ramble, starting from Richmond Station. Meeting Point: 10.00 am outside Richmond Station. The walk: At Ham House we will cross the River Thames via the ferry, so please remember to Read more…
NB change of train time: We shall now catch the earlier train leaving Liverpool Street 9.12; 9.25 from Tottenham Hale [+ toilets]; arriving at St Margaret’s, Herts at 9.51. Buy a day return rail ticket to Hertford North (for some reason it’s cheaper) The Walk and lunch The walk lasts about 3 hours Read more…
12 October. Just as we thought train issues were no longer a problem, this was the second walk out of the last three that was significantly delayed by disrupted services. Twelve walkers set off to join the leaders at Crowthorne station, most of whom had settled themselves on the stated Read more…