Our train to Oxford was pretty much full as we left behind us an exceptionally busy Marylebone Station. Arriving at Beaconsfield we were joined by others who had come by car. We were 15 strong now and were packing out the small station building so we went outside for the briefing (in the rain unfortunately).
Happily the rain stopped quite soon after we began this 9 mile ramble although the sky remained in threatening mood all day. After passing a sign to the model village and walking along some residential streets we reached open fields and headed northeast towards Seer Green. A couple of fields later we passed through an attractive avenue of trees and then we had to cross the very busy Amersham road. We had to wait quite a long time before we could all cross safely. Then we were walking through a wood and then across wet fields to Seer Green for an early lunch.
We were so lucky for this walk. It was a sunny day with blue skies. It was even more appreciated because it was sandwiched between never ending rainy and miserable days. Eleven Polyramblers turned up for the walk (including me, the leader).
I warned people that there were no toilets at the outdoor café where we were stopping for lunch. But this was made up by at least eight open toilet buildings along the way. We did not visit them all. Enough about toilets!
For the 15th Polyramblers annual snow-walking weekend, we went to Bad Gastein, a spa town in the mountains in Austria. This year there were 12 of us including newbies Jackie C, Julie and Wendy (Christine Bignold’s daughter). We flew from Heathrow and Gatwick and met at Salzburg airport. We had a lovely train journey to Bad Gastein with magnificent scenery. But we should not have sat in the quiet carriage! We were told off twice for being too noisy. After a short walk to discover the town or to the nearest supermarket to buy shower gel, we had a very nice but enormous dinner at the Schafflinger Alm. How can they eat such huge portions?
On a bright, mild and dry day 18 Poly Ramblers set off on what purported to be a seven (later calculated to be eight) mile walk in the woodlands of Hertfordshire. We quickly reached Brickendon, one of the most haunted places in Hertfordshire, where we briefly visited the Holy Cross chapel built in 1932 in Tudor style with a fine wooden beamed interior.
In spite of the best efforts of the Metropolitan Line signalling system, 13 walkers finally assembled at Chesham station on a sunny but cold Saturday morning in January. By the time the train arrived we were nearly an hour late so we set off at pace to warm up and make sure we could complete the circuit of the town before dark. A number of valleys converge on Chesham and any walk in the vicinity involves a lot of up and down. Continue reading CHESHAM CIRCULAR – 10 JANUARY 2026→
