A warm welcome to new primary members Alistair Watson, Tom Gardiner, Jessica Hepburn and Nicholas Goldowsky; and new associate members Sally Edwards and John Petrides.
Forthcoming Walk
Saturday 11th January 2025
Up on the Downs
Event Type:Group Walk.
Region: Southern England
Distance: 16 miles
Start Time: 9:15
Route: Hassocks station (train departs London Victoria 08.16, Clapham Junction 08.23, East Croydon 08.34). If coming via London Bridge train departs 08.05). Buy return ticket to Brighton. Via Jack and Jill, Ditchling Beacon, Stanmer, Wild Park and Brighton Racecourse to finish at Brighton station. We'll be crossing the South Downs so expect some ascent and descent to blow away those new year cobwebs!
Notes: Break point at Moulsecoomb station (11.5 miles). Lunch break at Stanmer where there may be the opportunity to buy food/drink, but enough provisions for the day is recommended, as is a torch although we should get to Brighton before it gets dark. Expect some mud on the route.
Start TQ304156 : what three words: campus.showcase.visual
Finish TQ310049: what three words: noble.change.served
Last week's walks
1. Friday 3rd January: Susanne led 33 members on an 11 mile circular walk from Monument.
Friday's walkers assembling by the Monument
photo: Barry Arnold
Friday's walkers in an unusually empty square next to the Guildhall
photo: Norman Corrin
2. Saturday 4th January: Andy, for the last time as a walk leader before moving to New Zealand, led 26 members on 16.8 mile circular from Wimbledon.
Saturday's walkers on Richmond Hill
photo: Emma Dowling
Walk leader Andy receiving a small gift on behalf of London Group as a token of our appreciation for him leading a number of walks over the past 16 years and as a leaving present for him and Deborah.
photo: Emma Dowling
Saturday's walkers at Queensmere, Wimbledon Common
Photo: Barry Eade
Walkers ascending in Richmond Park
photo: Gavin Fuller
Property of the Week
Marble Hill House seen across the Thames Photo: Gavin Fuller
