Trains: Please buy a return to Hassocks. There are several travel options, some involving a change: London Bridge 9.17 arr 10.13 or Clapham Junction 9.12, change at Gatwick, also arrives at 10.13. But please check because there is quite a lot of travel disruption this coming weekend. Meet at Hassocks Read more…
Trains: Depart 9.41 from Victoria, Clapham Junction 9.48. Balham 9.53, arrives Holmwood 10.47. Buy a day return to Holmwood. Walk: 11 miles, but drop out possible after 6.4 miles. Possible muddy bits. A few stiles. Guaranteed hilly. The first half of the walk (Holmwood to Wotton) is 6.4 miles with Read more…
The walk is 10 miles, with no obvious drop out points. Travel: 9.37 from London Marylebone (destination Oxford, West Ruislip is the edge of Travel zone). One stop to Gerrards Cross at 9.56. Buy a single to Gerrards Cross, as return is on a different line. Return from Cookham via Read more…
8 February. Following a path from Hampstead Heath to Blackfriars Bridge on the wettest Saturday in February was not for the faint hearted. So, a host of Morley Ramblers trudged through Hampstead onto the Heath to look for the hidden source of the River Fleet. Passing the Blue Plaques for Read more…
Train 9.24 from Waterloo arr Box Hill and Westhumble 10.11 (train destination Dorking). Return possible either from Dorking or Box Hill. Buy return ticket to Dorking. The walk: Among the Surrey Hills. Approximately 10 miles. No convenient break off point. Mud probable! Lunch: At Polesden Lacey National Trust house where there is a cafe, Read more…
We will be meeting at Hammersmith Underground Station (District & Piccadilly lines – not the other one, which is opposite) at 10.30 am by the ticket machines. The walk: This is a Thameside walk – all on the flat, although there may be some wet or muddy areas. Lunch: in Barnes village at the Read more…
The length is less than previously advertised, more like 7 miles. I hope to start the walk at 10.45. There’s a café at Crystal Palace station. The train times in the programme have changed. From London Bridge the 9.44 arrives at 10.19. Or there’s a 10.10, arriving 10.37, but needing Read more…
This walk will now start at Hampstead Northern Line Station and not Hampstead Heath. Please assemble at 10 am outside the station. We then walk uphill to find the source, this section may well be muddy and a stick may be helpful. The remainder of this seven-mile walk is downhill. Read more…
25 January 2025. What beautiful weather we had for our 9 mile walk. After the rain and wind of previous days, we were lucky to have blue skies, winter sun and a light breeze. It was cold but not freezing. Nine of us set off from Bentley (Hampshire) station about Read more…
The order of walks on the originally published programme has been switched: Feb 1 will now be Sue H’s walk from Shenfield to Brentwood (or because of mud, possibly a walk from Norbury to Tooting). Feb 8 will be Sue C’s walk from Hampstead to Blackfriars. DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY.