The day did not start well because of a train cancellation but 13 Poly Ramblers all met half an hour later than planned at Welwyn North Station which, by the way, is not in Welwyn but in Digswell. This was the only hiccup of the day. After leaving Harmer Green Lane, we crossed Lockleys Wood and followed an undulating path between fields that have been left fallow to benefit the wildlife. We went under the A1(M) via the Clock Roundabout and reached Danesbury Park, a historic parkland once linked to Danesbury House. Continue reading WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL: WELWYN NORTH – FERNERY AND CHOCOLATE SHOP
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SATURDAY 11th APRIL. CHIPSTEAD (circular). 6 miles
Banstead Woods Nature Trail, open downs and farmland. Some hills, but we will take them gently.
Can be shortened
Travel within TfL zone 6. Dep. London Bridge 10.10 (Tattenham Corner train) arr. Chipstead 10.55.
Ensure you travel in the correct section of the train.
Picnic lunch. EXP146. Leaders Jennifer and Sunita
Photo from a Chipstead walk in May 2024
SATURDAY 18th APRIL VANGUARD WAY PART 7 : BLACKBOYS to BERWICK (Linear) 11.7 miles
Undulating countryside and quiet country lanes via hamlet of Stalkers Lane and Chiddingly village to reward you for the necessary early start. Buy single to Uckfield Dep. London Bridge 09.05 arr. E. Croydon 09.18/dep. E.C. 09.33 arr. Uckfield 10.33 and bus to Blackboys. Return – buy single Berwick (Sussex) to London Bridge. Bring a picnic. Possible drink stop en route.
EX. OL25 Leaders : Hilary and Susan (07763131145)
Photo from the last leg of the Vanguard Way in November 2025
POST AGM WALK IN THE ROYAL PARKS -28 March
On Saturday 28 March we held our AGM at St George’s Campden Hill with 34 attendees
Following the meeting and a plentiful buffet lunch, 16 walkers set off to amble through the Royal Parks. The sky was a mixture of brilliant blue and a few grey clouds. Luckily we didn’t have a repeat of lasts year’s deluge. We passed through beautiful flower beds along the side of the Albert Memorial, crowds of tourists taking in the afternoon sunshine and heard the shouts of the demonstrators on what looked to be a peaceful march through the Hyde Park area.
A few walkers dropped out at Green Park. In St James Park we spotted one pelican and a heron. Pam went on a hunt for a Metropolitan water trough around the Whitehall area – sadly no sign of it as the seating area for Trooping the Colour blocked any view. The rest of us finished our walk at Westminster Tube station.
Jackie Copeland. Photos by Ida and Nita
Bexley Village, the Queen’s Beasts and the River Cray – 5th March 2026
The sunshine attracted 16 Poly Ramblers on this walk in historic Bexley village and along the Cray river to Sidcup.
Nobody in the group knew what their home town or village were worth. But I could tell them that Bexley, in the Doomsday Survey of 1086, had 41 inhabitants, with 100 pigs and 10 ploughs, and was valued the equivalent of £20.
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