Whatever you’re doing and wherever you are spending your July I expect your cosy neck warmer is being used as a cooling wrap rather than to keep you warm ….and the heat continues. We still have social walks this month so ensure you remember the sun tan lotion and plenty of water and consider a hat too. Both of the remaining July walks are joint ones with other groups so a chance to re-connect with friends in other groups or to meet new people.

Sat 18th Jul 2026 Northern Adventure Part 4” Stevenage to Biggleswade

Group Walk - 18ml. 8.50am Start time: 8.50 at Stevenage station main entrance on Lytton Way, East side of station. From London the suggested train is the 8.16 from St. Pancras, 8.23 Finsbury Park arriving Stevenage 8.45. Car parking at Stevenage station or other options at Biggleswade station or Arlesey station and take the train at 8.30 from Biggleswade, 8.35 at Arlesey to arrive at Stevenage 8.47. Distance: 18 miles finish at Biggleswade station which is 3 stations north of Stevenage on the same train line. Expect to finish c.4.30. The route uses the Hertfordshire Way, Letchworth Garden City Hicca Way, Kingfisher way, Bedfordshire green wheel. Mostly good firm tracks. Picnic stops only. Moderate Pace. The route started last year at St. Pauls Cathedral and this is the fourth in a pilgrimage set of walks with the aim of reaching Peterborough Cathedral. Dogs following the regulations are welcome. If intending to come, please notify the walk leader in advance if possible, but even on the morning of the walk it is fine. This is a joint walk for BBN and Essex and Herts. C: Jerome Ripp Tel: 07470196890 E: rippjerome@gmail.com

Sat 25th Jul 2026 Chelmsford Centenary Circle

Group Walk - 20ml. 9.15am Meet at Beaulieu Park Railway Station Foyer. CM3 3QW . ///pans.enable.gums. All day parking £5 per car. Essex & Herts members arriving by car may claim reimbursement from Gill during the walk. A circular route following the original municipal boundary of Chelmsford via the former Tudor Palace of Beaulieu, Broomfield and Writtle villages, Hylands Park Estate, Galleywood Common and former racecourse, Great Baddow and Sandon villages and finally a stretch of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Canal. Joint walk with the London group. Our walk today starts from the first new railway station to open on the Great Eastern Main Line in over a century. If arriving by train please note that toilets are located before you exit the gate line. Otherwise no public toilets at start unless we negotiate entry to use the station facilities. The Chelmsford Centenary Circle was opened in 1988 to commemorate the centenary of Chelmsford being declared a Borough under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1888. This declaration was met with much celebration as the Town Crier rang in the announcement outside Chelmsford Shire Hall. We will find the route today much changed from the countryside of 1888 and also from 1988 when we first walked this path - yet it still retains its charm and relevance in terms of urban development and countryside preservation. Gill and Jerome will point out places of interest along the way. There will be an opportunity to grab a morning coffee and use the facilities at the Cheerful Chai cafeteria at Angel Meadows, Broomfield; further toilet opportunities are at Writtle if required and then we will stop for lunch near the stables at Hylands House where a cafeteria, and toilet facilities are available. An afternoon break can be taken at Sandon ( no shops or facilities) before we follow the waterway back to the station. Anyone needing a comfort stop near the end can pop into Starbucks en route! C: Gill Struthers & Jerome Ripp Tel: Gill Struthers: 07591 971797 Jerome Ripp: 07470 196890 E: gillastruthers@hotmail.com

We start August with a walk to the Prom:  

Sun 2nd Aug 2026 To the Prom
Group Walk - 18/19ml. 9am Start parking at Danbury sports & social Mayes Lane CM3 4NJ. (GR TL782049). Lunch stop at the prom 11 miles, there are cafes selling hot & cold & food if needed & ice creams, there are loos. Walking in the woods with narrow tracks & with drops, along the canal & field edges. Will pass Beeligh Abbey. C: Ginny Powell Tel: 07736 946955

Look out in the August update for a chance to walk 10, 20 or 30 miles with me in Hertfordshire on August Bank Holiday Sunday – I’m doing a recce of the loops this week - and our Future Walks listing includes other walks we have over the August weekends for those who are around over the summer.

Keep hydrated out there.

Sue

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