31 December. This was planned as a short New Year’s Eve walk from South Coulsdon to The Fox on Coulsdon Common (where they do a remarkably good lunch) and then back by a slightly different route. Unfortunately it was a cold, wet day. Rail engineering works made it difficult for Read more…
5 November. A dozen of us braved the elements to start the walk from Richmond Station, heading across The Green and down to the river. It was not long before we were enjoying coffee and cakes in the Stables Cafe at Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham. From there we walked Read more…
29 October. After a delay of 30 minutes, waiting for the replacement bus from Haslemere, we set off from Liphook. We were soon in beautiful woods of various deciduous trees. There were lovely autumn colours, both of the leaves on the trees and on the ground. We caught a glimpse Read more…
20 August. A small group of us gathered at Hammersmith Station and it was not long before we were at the River Thames and Hammersmith’s famous Victorian green bridge, which is in need of renovation. Lunch was in the village of Barnes and afterwards, as we walked back along the Read more…
11 August 2022. This outing, combining a short ride on a steam hauled heritage train operated by the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway (CPRR) with a gentle walk back to Princes Risborough, was originally offered as a pop-up day out for members of the Morley College Rambling Club and the Read more…
6 August 2022. Eight people started (and finished) this walk, all of which is on the north side of the railway line. After a brief detour to avoid a path blocked by brambles and nettles, we joined the “Brenda Parker Way” for the whole of the rest of the walk. Read more…
2 July 2022. No leader could have asked for more. A glorious Sussex day of perfect walking temperature, a gentle breeze, sunshine and a display of stratus, cirrus and cumulus clouds, endless choruses of larks ascending and views in all directions. We were 11 in total – 1 for each Read more…
16 July 2022. A select group of three walkers set off from Shiplake Station on what promised to become a rather hot walk, with temperatures of 27 degrees centigrade predicted by late afternoon. We headed down a lane, across fields and then along this peaceful section of the Thames from Read more…
Roughly ten years ago, on Saturday 2 June 2012 the Morley Ramblers celebrated our 100th anniversary with a lunch followed by a musical entertainment at Morley College. The entertainment, ‘Whistle Stop Tour’ featured songs reflecting the English countryside. Paul Webster (pianist and choir master at Morley College at the time) Read more…
Saturday 4 June. After a rather ominous weather report and still some drizzle in the air, seventeen of us set off from Oxshott station on the nine mile walk across the Elmbridge Commons to Claygate. The first climb up to the war memorial came within five minutes and thereafter we Read more…