Saturday 14 January. Windsor Great Park and River Thames
A walk passing by Windsor Castle then passing through Windsor Great Park and returning to the station along the River Thames. Approx. 10 miles.

Travel details:
Outward: 10:33 train from London Paddington to Windsor & Eton Central (Change at Slough). Arrives: 11:16
Return: 16:25 train from Windsor & Eton Central to London Paddington (Change at Slough). Arrives: 17:26
Cost: £4.70 for a cheap day return to Windsor and Eton Central
Meet: 10:10 at Paddington station
Contact: Mike

Sunday 29 January. The W.A.M./J.C.W.T.M. memorial walk
This walk is in memorial of 'The Great Man' himself. Starting at Audley End train station the walk will take in some of the surrounding countryside before heading to the world famous Saffron-Walden Maze. Opened by 'The Great Man' himself in 1753 (a great achievement, probably only eclipsed by his birth three years later.) it has been said that as the maze actually inhabits fractal space it is actually infinite, and although some do believe this claim to be a total lie I believe we will prove this correct. There will be a pub visit during the walk (though getting totally sloshed, spending all of your money and dieing through mercury poisoning is but an optional tribute to 'The Great Man'.)

Travel details:
Outward: 09:58 train from London Liverpool Steet (Calling Tottenham Hale 10:10) to Audley End. Arrives: 11:01
Return: 17:19 train from Audley End to London Liverpool Steet. Arrives: 18:14
Cost: £10.55 for a cheap day return to Audley End (costs £7.25 from Tottenham Hale)
Meet: On train or at Audley End
Contact: Simon Binnie

Saturday 11 February. Box Hill & North Downs
We'll be going to the North Downs - initially walking around Box Hill country park (with a viewpoint over the Weald) then along the North Downs way and exploring the area at the top of the Scarp. br>
Travel details:
Outward: 10:33 train from London Victoria to Boxhill & Westhumble. Arrives 11:21
Return: 16:28 train from Boxhill & Westhumble to London Victoria. Arrives 17:17
Cost: £5.30 for a cheap day return to Boxhill & Westhumble
Meet: 10:10 at Victoria Station
Contact: Mike

Saturday 18 February. Sandy - St. Neots Beer Festival
The walk will start by exploring the fort in Sandy warren. We'll then head north along a Roman Road and the Greensand Ridge Walk. The route into St Neots is along the "Hen Brook". You can then catch the train home or come along to the St. Neots winter beer festival (See here for details) br>
Travel details:
Outward: 10:21 train from London Kings Cross (Calling Finsbury Park 10:26) to Sandy. Arrives: 11:05
Return: 17:06 train from St Neots to London Kings Cross. Arrives: 18:02, or later trains for the Beer Festival
Cost: £10.65 for a cheap day return to St Neots (costs £10.35 from Finsbury Park)
Meet: On train or at Sandy
Contact: Mike

Saturday 25 February. Thames Barrier and Greenwich
The walk will start at Falconwood Station in south-east london, walking north through Eltham park and Oxleas wood to Woolwich common, then on to look at the mighty Thames Barrier, there will be plenty of time for pointing and taking photos. From here we will walk along the Thames path, looking out over the sludgy brown river that gives the path its name. Continuing along the path, we should reach Greenwich park fairly quicky, and then we will walk round the park, via the observatory and the national maritime museum for those who wish to see them (both free!) or via a pub for those who don't (sadly, no free beverages). The walk will finish with a lengthy tour of the many beautiful pubs of Greenwich, and a special celebrity appearance from C.J.B.!! Approx 8 miles.

This is a MODERATE walk, for lazy people, and should not tax anybody unless they are grossly unfit. Although we plan to have multiple pub stops, there is no guarantee of lunch at any of them, so bring your own lunch.

Travel details:
Outward: 10:16 train from London Charing Cross to Falconwood. Arrives approx: 10:45
Return: From Cutty Sark DLR
Cost: £2 for a cheap day SINGLE to Falconwood + DLR fare
Meet: 10:00 at Charing Cross Station
Contact: Flora

Saturday 18 March. Monopoly Pub Crawl
Not sure whether this should be counted as a walk, but then they are all a long way apart so you end up walking quite a way.

For those who don't know, the idea is to go to a pub on the street of every property square on the London Monopoly board and have a drink (1/2 pint beer, single spirit, small glass of wine or soft drink!). We tried this last year - see photos

Meet: 10:30 at Elephant & Castle tube station so we can get to the pub on Old Kent Road for 11
You will need a Zone 1-2 travelcard.
Contact: Mike

Sunday 26 March (N.B. New date). Richmond
We shall walk a short way along the Thames towpath before climbing Richmnd Hill. The panoramic view from the top is one of the best on the river. We shall continue on to the mound where there is another fantastic view. We shall walk across Richmond Park via Ham Bottom and Spankers Hill Wood and then join the Beverley Brook Walk, which passes the Barnes Wetland Centre. We will end up in Hammersmith where we can either find a pub or catch the tube home. Approximately 10 miles.

Travel details:
Meet: 11:00 at the Kew Road exit of Richmond tube station. (Make your own way there)
Return: From Hammersmith tube
Cost: Richmond is in Zone 4 and Hammersmith in Zone 2.
Contact: Beth

Saturday 01 April (N.B. New date). Dover-Walmer : The south west ridge of Kent, or coastal fortifications through the ages
Starting from Dover Priory station we will walk west along the top of the south downs before heading south to the sea near Shakespeare cliff and back east to Dover passing under the drop redoubt (Napoleonic fort) and up the cliff passing under the walls of Dover Castle (medieval castle and latter fortifications), above Dover harbour and head northeast along the top of the famous greyish cliffs of Dover no doubt sighting blackbirds but hopefully keeping the dark clouds at bay. We will follow the descending line of cliffs until there is another beach and railway station at Walmer where we will find Walmer Castle, a Saxon shore fort (Roman C4th /5thAD), a pub and the train home. Aprox 16-20km (10-12 miles)

Travel details:
Outward: 9:00 train from London Charing Cross to Dover Priory.
Return: 17:04 train from Walmer to London Charing Cross. Arrives: 19:05
Cost: £14.60 for a cheap day return to Walmer
Meet: 8:40 at Charing Cross station
Contact: Dave
(Post walk note: This walk ended up as 19 miles, thus rather more than the plan. What do you expect for a walk starting before noon on the 1st of April? Walk was, however, completed and enjoyed by all.)

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