Godalming to Milford approx. 12 miles.
The morning walk goes along the Wey Navigation then on to Winkworth Arboretum for lunch. Hopefully lots of bluebells and azaleas should be out. Then on through Juniper Valley, to another National Trust place called Hyden’s Ball, to Hambledon Llama Pub and on to Milford. Will aim for 5pm train back to London.
led by Helen Yuill
This Sunday (14th), London RR joined the XR (Extinction Rebellion) Earth Marchers to walk from Richmond Park to Hyde Park (approx 11 miles). Earth and climate related banners were proudly carried.
Nicola and Hugh got roped into carrying the banner which took some effort in the wind. Several people joined in Hyde Park to celebrate the arrival of people who had started walking on March 16th from Lands End for the International Rebellion
A good number of us walked from Erith along an industrial part of the Thames to Crossness Pumping Station which was holding an open day marking the 200th anniversary of the birth Sir Joseph Bazalgette with the Prince Consort beam engine in steam.Its a fascinating Grade 1 listed building built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette for London’s sewage system opened in 1865 and featuring some of the most spectacular ornamental Victorian cast iron work in the world.Sir Joseph Bazalgette made the single biggest contribution to the health of Victorian Londoners. Its because of his work that the Thames is now the cleanest metropolitan river in the world. The site at Crossness has been lovingly restored by a dedicated team of volunteers many of whom we met yesterday.
We spent a couple of hours there and it was well worth the queuing to get in.
Some of the group then got the shuttle bus to Abbey Wood station and the rest of us walked along the Green Chain walk to the station .
Thames Path walk from Kew Bridge to Putney Bridge, a nice easy walk of 5 and a half miles.
Val lead a leisurely walk with five of us, from St Paul’s round some of the City of London’s gardens, which included several historical sites. We started at the Postman’s Park with it’s GF Watts Memorial wall, passing St Bartholomew’s distinctive church on the way to West Smithfield Gardens (with a history of jousts, tournaments, executions and a market). We then spent some time at the City walls where there is a garden and information on the history of the area.
A lovely secluded garden is dedicated to John Heminge and Henry Condell, actors who published the first portfolio of Shakespeare plays; (on the way passing plaques marking Shakespeare’s lodgings and where Sir John Betjeman lived).
The Barbican was our lunch stop where we made use of the outdoor space to eat our sandwiches and warmed up with hot drinks in the café.
The walk was finished through Fortune Park and Bunhill Fields Burial grounds – another historical site where there are the graves of William Blake, Daniel De-Foe and John Bunyan amongst others; ending at Old Street.
| The playing fields of Harrow school, historic buildings of Harrow Village, a cemetry and a wood. |
This an excursion in Northwest London through a park and then the playing fields of Harrow School, one of the country’s leading ‘public’, i.e. fee-paying independent schools, up onto the hill that’s dominated by the school buildings, its chapel and Harrow’s church. Down from the hill through the hanging cemetery and skirt around the hill to re-ascend through residential streets to the High Street, lined by historic school buildings and tea options. The walk finished with a descent along a wood and across a grassy open space down to ‘modern’ Harrow and its busy station. Lively conversation regarding our view of tail-coated brash Harrovians held in bright sunshine. Led by Caroline |
A 6 1/2 mile circular from West Byfleet in Surrey,
some of it along the river Wey navigation.
Led by Jonathan
