Trains as per programme: London Paddington 09.08, change at Twyford for train departing 09.45 to Henley on Thames, arriving H.o.T. 09.57. [NB: please board train at Paddington nearer the front of the train as we have only a short window to go up and across the bridge and down to the Read more…
Saturday, 20 May. Most of us probably remember Spring 2023 more for its relentless wet weather and stomping about in deep mud on our weekly rambles, but eleven of us met up at Manningtree station to start our walk into the Dedham Vale countryside on this gloriously sunny May morning. Read more…
Trains: Depart London Liverpool Street @ 09.02 – arrive Manningtree @ 10.12 [NB: last minute change to train schedule, the 9am train is no longer running] Please buy a return ticket to Manningtree (via any permitted route to give us flexibility with return trains) – Cost: £21.35 with freedom pass Read more…
On 8 April, Easter Saturday, nine of us met up for a ramble at Witley station. Having left London on a bright morning we found the countryside shrouded in mist, but there was optimism in the air that soon the sun would show its face, and so it did. Morning Read more…
Our photo comp social was held on Friday 17 March at Morley College, Waterloo Centre and was well attended by 22 members. At the end we served refreshments, savoury items and delicious home-baked cakes made by Daphne, washed down with tea/coffee/juice and wine. Fifteen members submitted a total of 143 Read more…
If I remember rightly, the weather forecast for Saturday 11 February was for sunshine after the morning mist has lifted. Well, there was no mist nor any sunshine, but the clouds were up high and so was our spirit when eventually twelve of us came together on Windsor Bridge. Those Read more…
A timely reminder to members who intend to submit pictures for the photo comp 2022/23 that the deadline for your material to reach me is Saturday 7 January. Please do not send USB sticks by post as mail delivery is not reliable due to the strikes and they won’t get Read more…
10 December. On a rather frosty morning – in fact it remained frosty for the rest of the day – fifteen of us ventured out on what ended up to be not five, but more or less a six-parks walk. We made our way through the relatively small Archbishop’s Park, Read more…
19 November. When one mentions a walk around Hampstead Heath, images of Parliament Hill, Hampstead Ponds, Highgate Ponds, Kenwood House with stretches of woods and meadows in between come to mind. On this walk we also explored some extensions of the heath when, on a misty morning, sixteen of us Read more…
1 October. On a bright sunny morning five of us met at Loughton. Due to the rail strike, this walk replaced the originally scheduled ramble from Cowden to Hever in Kent but you can enjoy that walk a bit later this month. It was also good to welcome a new Read more…