Entries are now open for the 2025 Capital Challenge (27 miles) to be held on Saturday 12th April. It's selling fast so apply soon if you want to participate.
Route: Meet at Feltham railway station. Train departs London Waterloo 08.33, Vauxhall 08.37, Clapham Junction 08.43. Meet on the Platform 1 side of the station, by the bus stops. The walk will go from Feltham, along various rivers to the Thames at Isleworth, then onto Richmond Park and finish at Surbiton Station at around 16.30. There is a frequent service back to Waterloo and Clapham.
Start: TQ106733: what three words: ritual.hogs.poet
Finish: TQ181673: what three words: trip.yarn.expert
Last week's walks
1. Tuesday 29th October 2024: Ron led ten members on a 8.5 mile walk from Surrey Quays to London Bridge.
Tuesday's walkers in Docklands
photo: Joelle Paul
Tuesday's walkers having a rest
photo: Joelle Paul
Tuesday's walkers viewing The City late afternoon
photo: Joelle Paul
2. Thursday 31st October: Emma led 22 members on a 7.2 mile halloween walk from Tower Hill to Marble Arch.
Thursday's walkers viewing The City at night
photo: Charlotte Minchell
Thursday's walkers at Crossbones
Photo: Emma Dowling
Thursday's walkers on Millennium Bridge
Photo: Emma Dowling
3. Saturday 2nd November: seven members joined Gavin on reconnaissance walk from Arundel.
Saturday's walkers strolling through a tree tunnel on Mill Lane, Halnaker
photo: Gavin Fuller
Car of the Week
A Heinkel Kabine spotted by Westways cafe on Saturday's walk. Designed by the Heinkel aircraft company and built under licence in the UK in the 1960s by the Trojan car company.