Please note there is a REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE Between HAYWARDS HEATH and LEWES (30 Mins)
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TRAIN TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS and Departure Station
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 4 Oct 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Mike Atkinson |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8510 9600 M:077 67 777756 |
| Brief Description | Eastbourne to Seaford |
| How to Get there | Catch the 8:56 From London Bridge station |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Eastbourne Station at 10.44 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Eastbourne |
| Full Event Details | A very hilly linear walk from Eastbourne via Beachy Head to Birling Gap for lunch. In the afternoon the Seven Sisters, up the Cuckmere river, then tea and cake stop and drop-out point at Exceat (after 9 miles). There will be various opportunities for a paddle or dip in the sea (weather permitting!). Please note there is a REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE Between HAYWARDS HEATH and LEWES (30 Mins) PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TRAIN TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS and Departure Station |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 12 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 11 Oct 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Annette Warrick |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8981 9624 M:077 96 181361 |
| Brief Description | Ivinghoe Beacon |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.04 train from Euston |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Tring Station at 9.48 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Tring |
| Full Event Details | A steady climb through woods and grassland to Ivinghoe Beacon. After enjoying the view, we have a short, very steep descent. Lunch is at the Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe. The pub just serves soups, sandwiches and ploughmans. We return along the Grand Union Canal, and will stop for tea at the Bluebells Tearoom en route. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 12 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 18 Oct 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Pauline Verard |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 7610 2053 M:077 96 831262 |
| Brief Description | The South Downs - Hassocks to Lewes |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.11 train from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Hassocks Station at 10.04 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Hassocks and a single from Lewes to Wivelsfield |
| Full Event Details | An invigorating walk along the South Downs. Two steep climbs, otherwise undulating. This is a slightly shorter version of the walk we usually do in the summer. The morning remains the same but we then take a path into Lewes that leads into the High Street. Lunch at the Half Moon at Plumpton which has recently been refurbished and is under new management. Tea at Lewes. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 8 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 25 Oct 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Steve Cheetham |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8471 8434 |
| Brief Description | Following the River Lea from its Source |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.33 train from St Pancras (also London Bridge, Blackfriars & Farringdon) |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Leagrave Station at 10.12 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Leagrave |
| Full Event Details | In the morning we follow linear parks through Luton's suburbs with an early lunch in Luton where there are many low cost options between the wonderful Art Deco Town Hall and the interesting Parish Church. In the afternoon, we reach open countryside with views over the Luton Hoo estate followed by some easy walking, along an old railway track, to Harpenden from where there are frequent fast trains back to London. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 11 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 1 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Rosemary Clarke and Malcolm Armstrong |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8802 8975 |
| Brief Description | Along the Essex Way |
| How to Get there | Catch the 8.48 train from Liverpool Street |
| Meeting Point | Meet at White Notley Station at 9:43 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to White Notley |
| Full Event Details | A winter walk along the Essex way with a lunch stop at Coggeshall. After lunch we'll return to White Notley for the journey back to London |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 8 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Janet Goldman |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7249 1267 |
| Brief Description | Slough to Cookham |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.21 train from Paddington |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Slough Station at 9.37 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Cookham |
| Full Event Details | The walk takes in Grays Field with the memorial to Thomas Gray, author of "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard", then Burnham Beeches, hopefully with autumn colours. Late lunch at Blackwood Arms pub. Short afternoon with more woods. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 15 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Richard Kendall |
| Home Phone Number | 01689 872155 |
| Brief Description | Sevenoaks circular walk |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.38 train from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Sevenoaks Station at 10.04 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Cheap day return to Sevenoaks |
| Full Event Details | The morning route is via Knole Park, Godden Green and Seal Chart to Stone Street for lunch at the Padwell Arms (wide range of food and real ales available). The afternoon walk then continues via Broadhoath Wood, Wilmot Hill (descent) and the Greensand Way back to Sevenoaks. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| A.G.M. | |
| Event Date is | Thursday 20 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Sue Milsome |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8994 0171 |
| Brief Description | North East London Ramblers AGM |
| How to Get there | Tube to Euston Square or any suitable bus |
| Meeting Point | 7.00 pm in Room 3, Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ |
| Full Event Details | This is our AGM. Please do attend if you want to influence the way our Group is run, or you have any suggestions. |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 22 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Garry Gerrish |
| Mobile Phone Number | 0797 414 1380 |
| Brief Description | Autumn in Oxfordshire |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.00 train from Paddington |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Pangbourne Station at 10.06 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Pangbourne |
| Full Event Details | Gentle walk across the low hills and through the woodlands of Oxfordshire. Choice of pubs for lunch in Goring and also potential drop-out point after 6 miles. In the afternoon we largely walk along the Thames. |
| Grade | Leisurely |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 29 Nov 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Ann Gregory |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7607 8828 |
| Brief Description | Merstham to Oxted |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9:03 train from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Merstham Station at 9:35 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Merstham |
| Full Event Details | A delightful walk starting on the North Downs Way with lunch at Godstone (Five Pubs). After lunch, the walk continues to Oxted from where we will return to London. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Social Event | |
| Event Date is | Wednesday 3 Dec 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Annette Warrick |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8981 9624 M:077 96 181361 |
| Brief Description | Orange Room (Lebanese Restaurant) |
| How to Get there | Catch a tube to Mile End Station and then a 5-minute walk. Also good bus connections. |
| Meeting Point | At the restaurant: 63 Burdett Road, London E3 4TN |
| What Tickets to Buy | Travel Card Zone 2 |
| Full Event Details | Meet at 7pm. We will be having a set menu at £12.50 for food only. It's unlicensed but you can bring your own alcoholic drinks at a charge of £2 a head. Please book your place with Annette and send her a £5 deposit (cheques made payable to Annette Warrick) by Wednesday, 19 November. Email: annette@warricka.freeserve.co.uk or phone 020 8981 9624. Please let Annette know if you are a vegetarian or have other dietary requirements. |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 6 Dec 2008 |
| Event Organiser is |
Mary Perry |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7638 9041 |
| Brief Description | Petersfield to Rowlands Castle |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.30 train from Waterloo |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Petersfield Station at 10.32 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Rowlands Castle |
| Full Event Details | An easy but very muddy walk through woods and fields to a 13th century pub at Chalton. After lunch a hilly stroll with good views for around 3.5 miles to Rowlands Castle. Trains leave here at 46 minutes past each hour, arriving in London one and a half hours later. Maps Explorer 133 and 120. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 9 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 13 Dec 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | John Kirkbride |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7828 6425 |
| Brief Description | Borough Green to Sevenoaks via Ightham Mote |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.18 train from Victoria |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Borough Green Station at 9.58 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Borough Green |
| Full Event Details | North Downs Way with woods, views over the Weald, historic houses at Ightham Mote and Knole Park. Some modest hills. Lunch either a picnic or at the National Trust restaurant at Ightham Mote. Tea stop at Knole (National Trust or sports centre cafe). |
| Grade | Easy |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 20 Dec 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Pauline Verard |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 7610 2053 M:077 96 831262 |
| Brief Description | Birds, boats but, alas, no bright lights |
| How to Get there | Catch the 10.30 train from Fenchurch Street |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Benfleet Station at 11.08 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return Southend |
| Full Event Details | Back by public demand! The ever-popular, easy-going Christmas walk along Benfleet Creek, visiting bird hides on Two Tree Island. Leisurely lunch at Leigh-on-Sea where there is a choice of pubs. Then a stroll to Southend-on-Sea, where we take tea and indulge in any last-minute retail therapy. The illuminations along the front have, alas, been discontinued due to "financial constraints". |
| Grade | Easy |
| Length of the Walk | 8 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 27 Dec 2008 |
| Event Organiser is | Pauline Verard |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 7610 2053 M:077 96 831262 |
| Brief Description | A Festive Mystery Tour |
| How to Get there | Catch a District Line train to Richmond or the 9.33 from Waterloo (check time beforehand as a holiday timetable will probably be operating) |
| Meeting Point | Meet Richmond Station at 10.00 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy an appropriate ticket (Richmond is in zone 4) |
| Full Event Details | We will be starting and finishing at Richmond where there are several transport options. The festive spirit will prevail and there will be plenty of eating and drinking. We start with coffee at our old favourite, the cafe under Richmond Bridge. This will be an opportunity for anyone with transport problems to catch us up. And then ......... |
| Grade | Leisurely |
| Length of the Walk | 9 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 3 Jan 2009 |
| Event Organiser is | Ann Gregory |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7607 8828 |
| Brief Description | Petersfield Circular |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9:00 train from Waterloo |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Perersfield Station at 10:01am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Petersfield |
| Full Event Details | A hilly walk across the Hangers, but with good views (weather permitting). Lunch will be at the Hawkley Inn, but please bring a packed lunch just in case the pub is not serving food at this time of year. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 10 Jan 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Mike Atkinson |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8510 9600 M:077 67 777756 |
| Brief Description | Little Chalfont, Latimer, Church End and the Chenies |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9:27 train from Marylebone Station |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Chalfont & Latimer Station at 9:59 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Suitable Travel Card for Zone 8 and your zone or a Cheap day return |
| Full Event Details | A short walk through woodlands and riverside paths in the Chilterns with Lunch at the Cock Inn Church End, Expect mud after rain especially in the woods above Little Chalfont |
| Grade | Leisurely |
| Length of the Walk | 8 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 17 Jan 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
John Lintott and Nathalie Hardy |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8985 7402 M:07982 204790 |
| Brief Description | Gerrards Cross to Cookham |
| How to Get there | Catch the 10.00 train from Marylebone Station |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Gerrards Cross Station at 10.28 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Gerrards Cross (you may also need to get a single Cookham to Maidenhead later) |
| Full Event Details | Linear walk through Bulstrode Park, Egypt Wood, Littleworth Common, and over the Thames to Cookham. Lunch at the Jolly Woodman pub, Littleworth Common. |
| Grade | Leisurely |
| Length of the Walk | 9 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 24 Jan 2009 |
| Event Organiser is | John Kirkbride |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7828 6425 |
| Brief Description | Rainham Loop |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.03 train from Victoria |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Rainham Station at 9.55 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Rainham, Kent |
| Full Event Details | Saxon Shore Way with orchards, views over the Swale, wading birds, historic churches. For lunch either a picnic or a pub at Lower Halstow. Tea, time permitting, at Gore Farm (or golf club). |
| Grade | Easy |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 31 Jan 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Deborah Evans |
| Home Phone Number | 020 7263 3968 |
| Brief Description | Hanging out in Hampshire |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.00 am train from Waterloo |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Alton Station at 10.10 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Alton |
| Full Event Details | A circular walk, through the Hampshire Hangers, with lunch at the Selbourne Arms, coming back via Chawton (where we pass Jane Austen's house). Possiblity of tea at Chawton with option of bus for the last mile back to Alton. We'll need to be quite brisk to get round before it gets dark. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 7 Feb 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Michael Keating and Sue Connor |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8693 2639 |
| Brief Description | Mayfield Revisited |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.23 train from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Stonegate Station at 10.25 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Stonegate |
| Full Event Details | This is a varied walk with woods and fields, streams, hills and a reserve with deer. Lunch at Mayfield where there are two pubs, The Rose and Crown and The Carpenters Arms. The walk could be muddy. Please bring a torch. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 11 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 14 Feb 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Peter Jarvis |
| Mobile Phone Number | 07960 042358 |
| Brief Description | A Ramble of Love |
| How to Get there | Catch the hh:mm train from xxxx Station |
| Meeting Point | Meet at xxxxx Station at hh:mm |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return ... |
| Full Event Details | Watch for Details ! |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 21 Feb 2009 |
| Event Organiser is | The Stephs |
| Mobile Phone Number | 07960581472 |
| Brief Description | A walk near the Thames from Goring |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.00 am train from Paddington Station to Goring and Streatley |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Goring and Streatley Station at 10.10 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Goring and Streatley |
| Full Event Details | The walk leaves Goring with a pretty vista over the Thames, before following the Ridgeway path up onto the Downs. Lunch is at the Bell Inn which should be nice and cosy. There is a steep climb on the return route with a lovely view over the Thames, before a steep descent, and re-crossing the Thames into Goring. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 11 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 28 Feb 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
John Lintott and Nathalie Hardy |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8985 7402 M:07982 204790 |
| Brief Description | Wanborough to Godalming |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.45 train from Waterloo Station. Change at Guidford. |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Wanborough Station at 10.36 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Wanborough |
| Full Event Details | Easy, but possibly muddy, walk going by Wanborough Church and Watts Chapel, then along the river Wey to Godalming. Lunch at the Withies Inn, Compton. |
| Grade | Leisurely |
| Length of the Walk | 7 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Planning Meeting | |
| Event Date is | Sunday 1 Mar 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Mike Atkinson |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8510 9600 M:077 67 777756 |
| Brief Description | Our Next Planning Meeting |
| How to Get there | Catch a 277 Bus from either Mile End or Highbury and Islington Tube stations |
| Meeting Point | Mike's house |
| What Tickets to Buy | A suitable TFL Ticket or Pass |
| Full Event Details | Mike will be hosting this planning meeting in deepest South Hackney from 4.00pm onwards. |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 7 Mar 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Margaret Roe |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8806 0678 |
| Brief Description | Lewes Circular |
| How to Get there | Catch 9.17 train from Victoria OR 9.11 from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Meet Lewes Station at 10.22 am |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Lewes |
| Full Event Details | A circular walk following the South Downs Way with lunch at the Abergavenny Arms, Rodmell. Long steepish hill and beautiful scenery in the morning, flat and a bit bleak in the afternoon. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 9 miles |
| Type of Walk | Circular |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 14 Mar 2009 |
| Event Organiser is | Garry Gerrish |
| Mobile Phone Number | 0797 414 1380 |
| Brief Description | Return to Battle |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9.23 train from London Bridge |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Crowhurst Station at 10.46 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Crowhurst |
| Full Event Details | From Crowhurst with its ruined manor house, church with a 100-year old yew tree and distant views of Beachy Head (on a clear day), we walk for just over five miles to lunch at Westfield. In the afternoon we continue across low hills and along streams to Battle. In Battle there is the possibility of tea. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 12 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 21 Mar 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Steve Cheetham |
| Home Phone Number | 020 8471 8434 |
| Brief Description | Spring down the Vanguard Way |
| How to Get there | Catch the 8.47 from Victoria, change at Lewes |
| Meeting Point | Meet Berwick Station at 10.20 |
| Full Event Details | We will begin with a gentle morning's walk through the fields to Alfriston and a stroll by the Cuckmere River. Lunch in the pub at Litlington will be followed by some steep climbs and descents in the afternoon on the way to Cuckmere Haven and the ascent over Seaford Head, with the chance of fish and chips in Seaford. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |
| Saturday Walk | |
| Event Date is | Saturday 28 Mar 2009 |
| Event Organiser is |
Annette Warrick |
| Phone Numbers | H:020 8981 9624 M:077 96 181361 |
| Brief Description | Amberley to Arundel |
| How to Get there | Catch the 9:32 train from Victoria Station |
| Meeting Point | Meet at Amberley Station at 10:56 |
| What Tickets to Buy | Buy a cheap day return to Arundel |
| Full Event Details | Uphill and over the South Downs in the morning, enjoying panoramic views. After lunch we have an easy walk beside the River Arun. Lunch at the George & Dragon, Burpham, and possibility of tea in Arundel. |
| Grade | Moderate |
| Length of the Walk | 10 miles |
| Type of Walk | Linear |