The walk on our orogramme for Saturday 26 August is postponed to another date due to the rail strike. Our walk will be from WOOD GREEN to STOKE NEWINGTON, up to 11 miles Meet outside Wood Green Tube station, Picadilly Line at 10.30. Alternatively, those travelling by bus W6 or Read more…
This Saturday Daphne will be leading a very special walk in memory of Rosemary Gibson – who led this walk for Morley College Ramblers and who sadly died a few months ago. It is a 10 mile walk in the beautiful Surrey Hills, from Gomshall to Shere. There are a few steep Read more…
For Ditchling Beacon walk. Latest train times now show no 9.15 from London Bridge. There is a 9.05 train, arriving in Brighton 10.15. Or the 9.00 from Victoria arrives in Brighton 10.19 (direct train). Meeting place is still bus stop H outside Brighton Station for the number 79, leaving at Read more…
Trains will be to and from Brighton. The web sites are still showing some disruption but the most straightforward option seems to be to take the Thameslink direct from London Bridge 9.15 arrives Brighton 10.18 (as on original programme). Bus 79 from Brighton Station to Ditching Beacon leaves at 10.50 Read more…
On Thursday 10 August, Barbara is repeating the trip that she organised last year, but this year with a genuine steam locomotive. (Last year, because of the drought it was substituted with a diesel unit.) The trip is open to members of the North London HF group and Morley College Read more…
AS OF FRIDAY MORNING (4 AUG) TRAIN TIMES IN THIS POST ARE CORRECT. BUT IF EITHER TRAIN IS CANCELLED AT THE LAST MINUTE, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE 30 MINUTES LATER. Trains There is an ASLEF drivers ban on non-contractual overtime on 5th August, which has resulted in changes to our Read more…
NB change of train times from original programme. TRAVEL:Despite there being a rail strike on Saturday, there will be 4 trains an hour running to Woking that stop at West Byfleet. However, the last train back to Waterloo will be at 18.05. so to be sure of a return train Read more…
Due to the ongoing rail dispute, the advertised Meon Valley walk will be replaced by a 10-mile circular walk from Sevenoaks, via Knole House and Ightham Mote. It’s a walk we have done before and there are some great views. There are ups and downs – 100m in the morning, Read more…
The Walk. Weather permitting, this is a very pleasant walk following the Saltmarsh Coastal Trail along the tranquil tidal Crouch River. Beautiful East Anglian skies, bird song, boats, fisherman and the fragrance of seaweed. Although the walk is flattish in the morning, the ground was hard, dry and cracked. Only Read more…
The Walk Ten Miles. The walk starts with a busy road crossing, then a steady uphill route for about a mile and a half. There are no further difficulties other than two fields in the afternoon where there are warnings about the grazing cows. If we get some rain, there Read more…