11 November. Eleven walkers, undeterred by flood warnings, set off from Farnham Station for an unexpected day of full sun, and lovely autumn colours. The walk goes through some elegant roads and down a narrow gap between houses called ‘Old Man’s path’ to reach Bourne Woods. We paused at the Read more…
4 November 2023. The highlights were the autumn colours of the trees, the views across Virginia Water and our visit to the Air Forces Memorial. The weather forecast had been for heavy rain in the morning, but we were lucky as there were only a few periods of rain and Read more…
28 October. This was the first walk I had led since a hip operation, and so I kept the distance to about seven miles, and we avoided the steeper hills around Penshurst, staying mainly on farm tracks and country lanes. For reasons known to Victorian engineers, Leigh station is closer Read more…
21 October. We usually do this walk in the summer. But because of programme changes, Peter G is leading it on a cloudy day, which wasn’t yet raining when we set out. As the ground is very muddy and wet, Peter suggests we do not take our usual path up Read more…
The inspiration for this walk came from an article in Tate magazine by Jay Bernard, British writer, artist and activist. In the June 2022 issue he takes a walk from Henry Tate’s mausoleum in West Norwood to the resting place in the City of Henry Tulse – slave trader and Lord Read more…
7 October. It was the perfect day for our ramble in the beautiful Surrey Hills. We walked from Holmwood (south of Dorking) over to Coldharbour Village and to Wotton Hatch (our lunch stop), and then up to Ranmore, following the North Downs Way, and then down through the Denbies vineyards Read more…
Saturday 30 September. Originally I was due to lead a circular walk from Sole Street in Kent but due to the rail strike a change of plan was needed. Epping Forest was accessible by tube and eleven of us met at Loughton station to make our way to the forest. Read more…
23 September. This is the third walk that I have lead since the end of June this year. Each time the walks have been blessed with good weather and congenial walking companions. And last Saturday was perfection. Eight of us enjoyed an area of outstanding natural beauty – The Seven Read more…
16 September. Eighteen Morley ramblers met at Henley on Thames station at 10am for a walk that was originally led on numerous occasions by Peter H, and he was happy for me to take over, at least for now. We could already sense early in the morning that this was Read more…
26 August. The terrace at Alexandra Palace is a good place to sit and admire the views, and two of our members met some friends there to join our group on a walk arranged due to the train strikes causing a change in our programme. They will have been surprised Read more…