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With Hope in their hearts
Some of the eleven walkers gathering at the The Hope in Carshalton on February 6 2023 had an extra pre-walk as the tiny pub car park was full. After finding spots in local roads they joined the rest on the group enjoying a pre-amble beer from the pub's fine selection of real and craft ales. The route was a reprise of the one attempted on 15 November 2021 which involved a circular walk following the Wandle River downstream throughout. This seemingly impossible feat requires the use of public transport mid-way to gain altitude, but had been scuppered in 2021 by a broken down tram.
The hopeful eleven
A chilly winter walk
Ten walkers gathered in front of a roaring (gaslit) fire in the Boundary-on-the-Green pub (formerly The Fleeting Brooking, formerly the Ladybird) in Caterham-on-the-Hill on January 16 2023.
Initial stretch in Happy Valley
Winter solstice outing
The group conducted its traditional winter solstice walk on Monday December 19. Dick Jones was waiting anxiously alone at the Coombe Lodge Hotel as walking colleagues were delayed by a choir meeting and heavy traffic.
Sostice seven at Croydon viewpoint
A walk in the rain
Eight walkers left the Sir Julian Huxley in Selsdon on Monday November 28 and walked along the undulating Old Farleigh Road to Selsdon Nature Reserve.
The November 28 group - photo George Taylor
Walkers beat the clock
Fourteen walkers embarked on their journey from the Red Lion in Bletchingley on October 31 at the unwonted hour of 1pm – which followed the reversion of clocks to GMT the previous Saturday night. Calculations indicated we needed to be back at the said Red Lion by 4.30pm in order to avoid benightment, and a brisk pace was set as the group, who included four women, headed south through woods and then across farmland, following the line of the Greensand Way.
Walkers encounter a steer near Godstone
The steepest day
Ten walkers gathered in glorious autumn sunshine at the Old Bell in Oxted on October 10 and set off northwards towards the imposing escarpment of the North Downs.
Crossing the M25