Category: Walk reports
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Saturday 8 December 2018: Uxbridge, Grand Union Canal and Hillingdon Trail
Nine walkers met at Uxbridge station in the sunshine, sadly minus our main leader who had succumbed to the ‘flu, get well soon Sunita. We learnt that Valeria was still en route, and Gillian kindly decided to wait for her eventually catching us up just before the lunch stop. We walked through the crowds of…
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SATURDAY 1st December: SAXON SHORE-WAY (3) ROCHESTER to GILLINGHAM (LINEAR
Hilary and I had taken over the leading of this at short notice and we were pleased that we numbered 11 , despite the dire weather forecast. Rochester was holding a two day Dickens festival and there were large numbers of people doggedly trudging along the historic but rain-swept High Street. We stopped off at the…
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SATURDAY 24th: WELWYN NORTH (CIRCULAR):
It was grey and miserable but 15 Polyramblers turned up for this walk in the Hertfordshire countryside. We started the walk through woodland and stopped to see the Welwyn tunnels but no train came out. The sun tried to come out but was not successful. We continued around Digswell through arable fields then went uphill,…
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18th November. Epping Forest and Forest Bathing
21 walkers turned out for this unusual walk. Well, it was amazing weather! Sunshine all day, not too cold, no wind. What more could we have asked for! No clouds for Mike to explain to us! Most of the leaves had now fallen, so the forest was carpeted with gold and reddish-brown, soft underfoot as…
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SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER: MARLOW and COOKHAM DEAN (CIRCULAR):
A group of 16 Poly Ramblers and 3 guests gathered in Marlow on a mild and sunny November morning. The sky was blue and the autumn colours were fantastic. We knew that rain was forecast later but hoped we might avoid it. We headed towards the river, pausing briefly to admire the larger than life…

