Category: Walk reports
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Saturday 7th April. East Grinstead circular
I’ve led this walk in the past and did a walkover in February expecting it to be straightforward. Unfortunately a combination of a wet winter and construction traffic for a new water main meant that large sections of the afternoon walk were verging on the impassable. I devised some slightly less glutinous deviations and hoped…
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Easter Saturday: Black Park and Langley Park (Berkshire)
Danny kept up his usual standard for Easter Saturday, attracting a crowd of 24 walkers to Langley in spite of very uninviting weather. After a short walk along the canal we headed into the vast Langley Park Estate, once home to the Duke of Marlborough, with a lake designed by Capability Brown, an arboretum and…
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Saturday 24 March 2018: Berkhamsted (Circular)
Our first Spring walk was foggy and felt quite autumnal but at least it stayed dry. The walk was in the Chilterns, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and in Hertfordshire, the county of opportunity. After leaving the station, 9 Polyramblers were soon in the countryside, walking in a valley before crossing Frithsden Beeches and reaching the…
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Saturday 10th March. Walthamstow village and wetlands. Linear.
It was a grey day that threatened rain but 17 Polyramblers turned up. We started our walk in the conservation area, stopping briefly in the Vestry House museum before continuing through Walthamstow village and its pretty shops. We passed the Nag’s Head and the Ancient House before going in St Mary’s church where we had…
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24th February. Hampstead Heath
On a sunny, chilly winter morning 4 of us went on a circular walk around Hampstead Heath. The weather was great for this time of the year. Blue sky with a few wisps of clouds, and gentle wind blowing. The air was cold, but comfortable to walk. We passed part of the village, then Hampstead…