Welcome to  your Mid July update.

Social walks

We have already  had two fantastic  social walks in July – thank you to  leaders Gill and Rob and the two Peters. It was lovely to see some new members joining us on both  walks and there are lots of pictures in our Photo Album

There are still  two more social  walks to  come in July -  Part 2 of Richard’s Capital Ring and Jane is leading a mid-week walk   in the East Herts/ West Essex area.  Check the Future Walks section of our website for any  updates to  these walks

Sunday  21^st July:  Capital Ring (Clockwise), Part 2.  21 miles 9.30 am, New Beckenham Station, Pavilion Lane BR3 1QW. Leader: Richard Rose 07980 340038

Meet outside the west entrance of the station building on Pavilion Lane. Trains from London Bridge depart 08.27 or 08.57 and arrive  at New Beckenham  at 08.47 or 09.17 respectively. (Fare is £4.40 with railcard.)

The route follows the Capital Ring  from New Beckenham to  Crystal Palace,  then on to Norwood Common, Streatham Common (with a mid-morning stop at Rookery Cafe), Tooting Common, Wandsworth Common (lunch stop at Skylark Cafe @11miles on Dorlcote Rd). In the afternoon  the route crosses Wimbledon Park and  Common,  Richmond Park and finally follows  the Thames into  Richmond.

Our expected finish is 5pm at Richmond Station: Tube, Mainline and Overground  trains.

The Inner London Ramblers have produced excellent PDF guides for each section of the Capital Ring, containing lots of information on places of interest  and maps as well as  describing the route.  Inner London Ramblers - Capital Ring Guides

The last part of Section 3 and then Sections 4, 5 and 6 cover Richard’s walk.

Thursday 25^th July: A walk from Finchcroft. 15.5 miles. 9.30am, Finchcroft Stables, Thorley Lane West,  CM23 4BN (TL 465 200) (just off the B1004) Leader: Jane Skinner 07757 916138

Loo and refreshments available before setting out. The morning route goes from Stortford to Rickling Green via Bury Green,  Hadham Hall and Manuden (morning break).  Lunch will be at  Rickling  Green  where there is a pub.

The afternoon route goes through the Quendon Estate via bridleways to Wicken Bonhunt  then just touches Newport  before finishing at Audley End Station, where there is a frequent train service back  to Bishop’s Stortford. The day will end with a 20 minute walk through the more historic part of Bishops Stortford & pleasant housing estates/open parkland to return to Thorley Lane West and our cars.

A reminder that  our friends from The Finish Line Fund are fundraising with  their Finish Line Frolic  on Sunday 28^th July: Hare & Tortoise Running : Finish Line Frolic (eventize.co.uk)

A Centenarian!

Finally for this update, George Eastwood who was one of the very  early  members of Essex and Herts,  recently celebrated his 100^th birthday. He was sent a congratulatory card on behalf of as all and we let him know that Essex and Herts LDWA is still going strong and we  will be celebrating our 50^th anniversary next year.

Happy walking everyone,

Jackie  essexandherts@ldwa.org.uk