Trains: Depart London Liverpool Street @ 09.30 – arrive Manningtree @ 10,25 [fast train to Norwich but will stop at Stratford, 09.37]. Please buy a return ticket to Manningtree. [NB: there’ll be some TFL tube line closures this weekend, so please check your route to the station on tfl.gov.uk]. Return trains times from Manningtree are Read more…
Please note that there are engineering works on the underground overnight and some lines are closed till 11.00 am. These include the District and Circle lines which serve Victoria but also the Jubilee and others. Check TFL site to see if your journey will be affected.
Train departs London Victoria, 9.20. Calls at Clapham Junction 9.27, East Croydon 9.40. East Grinstead 10.40 No apologies, but this is a recycled walk, done in the opposite direction in 2022. The morning section is 9km, and the afternoon 7 km. However, this can be shortened to 6km or avoided Read more…
NB: TRAIN TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Because the morning is relatively short, we shall take a train one hour later than shown on the original programme. New times are: Charing Cross, 09.34; Waterloo East, 09.37; London Bridge 09.43; arr Stonegate 10. 56. Please buy a return ticket to Robertsbridge. The walk: Read more…
Train: As in the programme train leaves Waterloo at 8.45 and arrives at Rowlands Castle at 10.23. Please note that there are no toilets at the station and none until a stop at midday so you are advised to use the facilities on the train.The walk leaders will be meeting Read more…
This is a leisurely 8 miles walk through gardens, parks & woods. We hope to see lots of spring flowers. The walk is all within the Freedom Pass area. Train: As in the published programme, the train departs at 8.42 from Waterloo and arrives at 8.58 at Wimbledon. It stops Read more…
Train: Waterloo dep 09.30, arrive Guildford 10.02 (NB: this is a Portsmouth train and does not stop at Clapham J, first stop is Woking @ 09.55). The Walk, approx 8/9 miles: we’ll make our way towards Chantry Woods uphill to Martha’s Hill Chapel before dropping down to Chilworth (on the recce last week we were treated Read more…
The walk is approx 6 miles with optional extensions. CAVEAT I have been unable to recce this walk recently. Trains: Buy return ticket to Berwick. Depart London Victoria 08.24, change Lewes (arr 09.26, dep 09.42), change Polegate (arr 09.54 dep 10.03), arr Berwick 10.08. From Victoria, please sit in the front of the Read more…
Travel: Buy return to Balcombe, unless dropping out at lunchtime. Train 9.35 London Bridge, arrives Balcombe 10.16 (destination Brighton, and calls earlier at King’s X St Pancras and Blackfriars, then also East Croydon). Return Bus 272 from Brighton to Crawley provides an approximate 2 hourly service at Ardingly and Wakehurst Read more…
Travel: Buy an off peak day return to Shoreham-by-Sea. (Freedom pass is valid until E Croydon) Train as programme : Victoria 8.46 (Littlehampton train) Change at Hove (9.53) for 10.02 train to Fishersgate – arrive 10.09. Also calls at Clapham Junction (8.53) and East Croydon (9.04). I shall join the train Read more…