Saturday 15 May. The weather forecast for my Leatherhead circular ramble wasn’t promising so I had expected to get lots of ‘pings’ on my mobile from people to say ‘sorry, won’t come out after all’ but this was not the case. Everyone who had booked turned up ready to ‘weather Read more…
24 April 2021 The main purpose of this 9 mile walk was to see the magnificent display of bluebells in Staffhurst Wood near Oxted, Surrey. Due to the recent spell of dry and cold I was not optimistic – the more so as bluebells on a walk only five days Read more…
Second walk of the post-lockdown season was a circular from Farnham, with lunch at Tipton, led by Sue C on Wednesday 21 April. Here are a couple of photos from Sue C.
In January, our walk programme was disrupted by flooding. Our walk leaders coped with changes in routes and travel times, but as soon as the weather improved nobody predicted the extent of the restrictions to come…. Lockdown reminded everyone of the importance of walking for our physical and mental health. Read more…
20 June 2020. Last weekend Daphne and I were due to lead this walk in reverse, starting at Bearstead and ending at Harrietsham– as you will see from the programme. As we had to recce this walk – from Harrietsham to Bearstead – three times before we got it right Read more…
13 June 2020. Chris and I have done this walk about 5 times but the last time was two years ago and we can’t find any photographs taken so those included are taken from the internet (all public domain so far as we can ascertain), but they are, sadly, rather Read more…
6 June 2020. I had intended to lead a ramble from Gomshall to Shere, a walk that Rosemarie was happy to hand over to me, but as I had no chance to recce it I decided to take you instead on one of my favourite walks through Constable country, a Read more…
Saturday 30 May. On this gloriously sunny day, with the promise of a gentle breeze, welcome to the last leg of the Essex Way – or first leg, if you are doing the route from east to west. I haven’t had the opportunity to do this walk yet so the Read more…
This is a truly virtual walk, as I have never done it. It is a wealden walk on the Sussex-Kent border, with views across the Rother valley and lunch beside Bodiam Castle. The walk is based on a Saturday Walkers Club ramble, which you can see here: https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/robertsbridge-circular/ My version Read more…
Before we start this virtual walk I’d like to tell you about the first time I led this ramble in 2008. Andrea had brought her granddaughter who was not used what she thought were ‘wild’ animals – cows, sheep, horses. Until she met this small but sturdy spotted horse. Now, Read more…