14 Polyramblers and a guest set off for our walk, on a sunny Sunday morning. We crossed Hammersmith Bridge to walk along the River Thames via the towpath towards Barnes, we walked through the Leg of Mutton nature reserve and spotted a couple of herons patiently fishing.
Just before our lunch stop we saw a family of Egyptian Geese, mum, dad and at least 10 very young goslings who were feeding and paddling on the foreshore under the watchful eyes of their parents.
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SATURDAY 25th JULY BANSTEAD (Circular) 6 miles.
A fine breezy walk along Banstead Downs and through Woodmansterne. Dep. Victoria (Epsom Downs train) 10.00 (Clapham Junction 10.09, West Croydon 10.34) arr. Banstead 10.56 (zone 6). Lunch at the Woodman, Woodmansterne or bring picnic. EX 146 & 161.
Leader Danny (07907 346957)
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WEDNESDAY 15 JULY -THE SALMONS BROOK TRAIL PART 1 – HADLEY WOOD TO GRANGE PARK
Ten of us met at Hadley Wood train station and thought of Geoffrey when I pointed out the memorial plaque to Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of the famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ and ‘Mallard’ locomotives who used to live in Hadley Wood.
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SATURDAY 1st AUGUST LEWES (Circular) 14.5 miles.
Lovely but challenging walk in the South Downs. There are 3 very steep hills so we will have to keep up a good pace. We stop at Rodmell for a swift half, picnic by the church at Southease &, our reward- The Little Cottage Tea Room at Glynde. Buy OPDR to Lewes.Dep Victoria 09.24 (Clapham Jct.09.31) arr. Lewes 10.26. OL 11.
Leader Harriet
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SATURDAY 11th JULY BENTLEY to FARNHAM (Linear) 11.5 miles.
An elite team of 4 walkers arrived at Bentley station with no problems on the line, which was an unusual & auspicious start to the day. It was hot, 1 degree under the recommended ‘Cancel-the Walk’ temperature, but as we were going to be mostly in woodland, it was actually very pleasant.
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