Trains: London Victoria 08.41 – Box Hill & Westhumble 09.37 (# buy day return to Box Hill & Westhumble)(Clapham Junction 08.48 – with many stops in between, please check out other stations for suitable boarding – preferably board nearer back of the train rather than the front). There are no Read more…
Trains The train is slightly later than advertised in the walks programme. It starts at 9.00am from Waterloo and arrives at 9.42 at Godalming. It’s the Portsmouth Harbour train. Lunch The pub at lunchtime is the Good Intent, Puttenham. If you wish to eat there, please look at the menu Read more…
CHANGES to start point and length. Due to bus replacement and general tedium of the first part of the advertised walk I have decided to shorten it! So it’s more of a stroll than a walk – but will be of particular interest to bird watchers The Walk – 5 Read more…
Total Length 9 miles. Note change of departure time and London station. On my walkover of the walk advertised in the programme (from Box Hill), I found some of the morning section extremely hazardous, so I’ve changed it to a figure of eight walk, centred on Dorking. Apart from making Read more…
TRAINS There is no direct train to Hampton Court and this means a change at Surbiton (on platform 4) The outward journey is all in zone 6. Departing Waterloo at 09.24, arrival at Surbiton at 09.41 then depart Surbiton at 09.54 and arriving at Hampton Court at 10.01 – where I Read more…
Trains: Please note the train is earlier than originally advertised. It will be leaving London Bridge at 9.59, East Croydon 10.17, arr Coulsdon South 10.25. The Walk is 7-8 miles through Farthing Down, Happy Valley and Coulsdon Common. It is undulating with some short but sharpish hills. These can be Read more…
I’d like to remind members who intend to enter images for the 2023 photo comp that material has to reach me by Saturday 6 January, either by transfer via WeTransfer or by USB (memory stick) to be given to me in person. I’ll be out on the walk on Sat Read more…
Meet 10.00 am at Abbey Wood station (Elizabeth Line). Please use the loos inside the station before exiting. Please be sure to arrive on time – by 10 am – at the starting point. The route to The Thames is not straight forward and cannot easily be explained to late comers. Read more…
London Parks linear walk (from Lambeth North to Holland Park), Saturday 30 December (plus reminder for photo comp entries) I hope that you all had a good, indulgent Christmas and are thinking of walking off some of the excesses. I am not offering a marathon but this Saturday’s walk will Read more…
We will meet at 10 am just to the side of Sloane Square Tube. We will lunch at the North Gate Cafe of Brompton Cemetery. There is space outside for Members bringing their own food. There are toilets too. This fascinating history walk passes an array of landmarks and the Read more…