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1. New members
A warm welcome to new primary member Debbi Stevenson; and new associate members Tc Pahuyo and Matthew Buckle.
Forthcoming Walks
Please check here for any last minute changes to walk details. https://ldwa.org.uk/London/E/0/walks-prog-list.html
Friday 3rd April 2026
Camino de Eleanor Part One
Event Type: Group Walk.
Region: Southern England / London
Start Time: 9:05
Route: Leagrave station (08.21 from St Pancras arrives 09.01). Passing the site of Dunstable Priory, up over the Dunstable Downs, past Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, lunch in Flamstead (please bring packed lunch), past the working Redbournbury Mill, along the River Ver to St Albans Cathedral and the bell tower where the cross once stood. Finish at St Albans City station (or Wetherspoons).
Notes: Easter Weekend - Camino de Eleanor Please join me on a 700-year old pilgrimage in the footsteps of the funeral cortège of Queen Eleanor of Castile. Great-granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitane, she was a Spanish princess who married Edward I when she was 13 and he was 15. She died in Harby, near Lincoln, in 1290. Edward I led the funeral procession some 200 miles to Westminster Abbey, stopping at the important cathedrals and priories of the day. At each overnight stop, Edward gave orders for a cross to be erected in Eleanor’s memory. These became the Eleanor Crosses. Only three of the mediaeval crosses remain but the names live on too: Charing Cross is still the point from which all distances from London are measured. We will do the southern sections of the route, taking footpaths rather than main roads. If there’s enough interest, I will lead the northern sections later in the year. If anyone would like to know more about the history of the Eleanor Crosses, I can highly recommend Alice Loxton’s wonderful book: Eleanor: in Search of a Lost Queen. Bring food and plenty of water. There is a nice café on the Dunstable Downs for elevenses but otherwise food options are limited
Start: TL062241: what three words: rainy.topped.extra
Finish: TL155071: what three words: fetch.caring.grab
Saturday 4th April 2026
Camino de Eleanor Part Two
Event Type: Group Walk.
Region: Southern England / London
Start Time: 9:00
Route: St Albans City station (train from, St Pancras at 08.36 arrives 08.54). Leaving St Albans along a cycle path, we head cross-country, staying north of the M25, via Welham Green (some shops and possible join/bail point) and Cuffley (possible bail point) to reach the mediaeval cross which now resides in the middle of Waltham Cross shopping centre. Finish at Waltham Cross station.
Notes: Easter Weekend - Camino de Eleanor Please join me on a 700-year old pilgrimage in the footsteps of the funeral cortège of Queen Eleanor of Castile. Great-granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitane, she was a Spanish princess who married Edward I when she was 13 and he was 15. She died in Harby, near Lincoln, in 1290. Edward I led the funeral procession some 200 miles to Westminster Abbey, stopping at the important cathedrals and priories of the day. At each overnight stop, Edward gave orders for a cross to be erected in Eleanor’s memory. These became the Eleanor Crosses. Only three of the mediaeval crosses remain but the names live on too: Charing Cross is still the point from which all distances from London are measured. We will do the southern sections of the route, taking footpaths rather than main roads. If there’s enough interest, I will lead the northern sections later in the year. If anyone would like to know more about the history of the Eleanor Crosses, I can highly recommend Alice Loxton’s wonderful book: Eleanor: in Search of a Lost Queen. Bring food and plenty of water. There are a bakery and some small shops in Welham Green if you need more provisions.
Start: TL155071: what three words: fetch.caring.grab
Finish: TL1364004: what three words: drag.league.habit
Sunday 5th April 2026
Camino de Eleanor Part Three
Event Type: Group Walk.
Region: Southern England / London
Start Time: 9:05
Route: Waltham Cross station (train from Liverpool Street at 08.30 arrives 09.04). We head to Waltham Abbey and then along the river Lea into East London, past Eastcheap (whose cross was dismantled in the English Civil War) and then to Charing Cross, which is a Victorian replica. Those taking the Northern line home will also be able to see the murals created by David Gentleman in 1979, which depict the masons carving the stones.
Notes: Easter Weekend - Camino de Eleanor Please join me on a 700-year old pilgrimage in the footsteps of the funeral cortège of Queen Eleanor of Castile. Great-granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitane, she was a Spanish princess who married Edward I when she was 13 and he was 15. She died in Harby, near Lincoln, in 1290. Edward I led the funeral procession some 200 miles to Westminster Abbey, stopping at the important cathedrals and priories of the day. At each overnight stop, Edward gave orders for a cross to be erected in Eleanor’s memory. These became the Eleanor Crosses. Only three of the mediaeval crosses remain but the names live on too: Charing Cross is still the point from which all distances from London are measured. We will do the southern sections of the route, taking footpaths rather than main roads. If there’s enough interest, I will lead the northern sections later in the year. If anyone would like to know more about the history of the Eleanor Crosses, I can highly recommend Alice Loxton’s wonderful book: Eleanor: in Search of a Lost Queen. Bring food and plenty of water. There are plenty of places to top up provisions
Start: TL1364004: what three words: drag.league.habit
Finish: TQ302804: what three words: ashes.salsa.senior
Last week's walks
More photos from previous walks can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/londonldwa/albums/with/72177720330484716
Thursday 26th March: Gavin led eight walkers on a seven miler from Victoria to London Bridge.
Thursday's walkers at Effra Quay.
photo: Gavin Fuller
Tower Bridge seen from London Bridge stairs on Thursday
photo: Gavin Fuller
Bazalgette Embankment visited on Thursday evening
photo: Gavin Fuller
Albert Bridge from Battersea Park
photo: Gavin Fuller
Saturday 28th March: 212 walkers completed the 25 miles of the 10th Capital Challenge.
Here they are approaching checkpoint 1.
Checkpoint 2 in Brixton
Sunday 29th March: Jerome led 13 walkers 20 miles from Harrow to Bunhill Fields
Sunday's walkers at John Bunyan's grave
photo: Emma Byrne
Sunday's walkers at Kenwood House
photo: Jerome Ripp
View from Parliament Hill on Sunday
photo: Jerome Ripp
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Plaque of the Week
Spotted on Sunday on Jerome's walk
photo: Jerome Ripp
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