Balcombe Circular

30 April. A group of 12 met at Balcombe to enjoy our walk in perfect weather in the beautiful rolling hills around Balcombe. The tranquil waters of Ardingly reservoir had some added entertainment from the activity of rowers, yachts and occasional angler, before we climbed up to St Peter’s Church. Read more…

Charing Circular

April 9. This is a gently undulating walk through the springtime Kent countryside taking in apple orchards in blossom, woods rich in bluebells, anemones and primroses, in a landscape of rolling hills and fields of wheat, oilseed rape and barley. Spring lambs and exotic roosters were also seen on farms Read more…

Epsom Downs 12th March

Daphne writes: My prayers were answered for a near perfect country walk on Saturday 12th March, 2022.  Despite having to negotiate the use of a rail replacement bus service (which was delayed in both directions), fifteen Morley walkers managed to get to Epsom Downs. On a bright, sunny morning after Read more…

Harpenden Ramble

The River Lea is not the largest or prettiest river, best known for its slow progress through North-East London providing easy walking alongside its neighbouring canal or ‘cut’. At Harpenden it is in it’s youth and therefore our occasional sitings on this walk were of a busy stream, especially after Read more…

Wandle Trail

February 5th 2022 Seventeen Morley Ramblers turned up for this walk which, despite meandering its way through the suburbs of south west London, is ecologically rewarding as well as geographically and historically interesting. The Wandle is one of only 200 chalk streams in the UK rising in the North Downs Read more…

St Albans to Harpenden

12 February 2022 Fourteen people started out on this flat, and ostensibly straightforward, walk that follows two disused railway lines and the Hertfordshire and Ver/Colne Valley Ways.  It was good to welcome David again – last seen in distant days before the pandemic. The day was bright, crisp and cold Read more…