!!!POP UP WALK: The Tring Ring

Sat 24th Jun 2017

Walk Details:

Event Details Updated
UPDATE 11/6 This is one of two pop-up walks on 24 June which replace the "Vikings and UFOs" walk which was to be held on this date, but which has had to be cancelled. UPDATE 17/6 About half the walk is in shady woodlands which will be most welcome if this hot weather continues. 15 miles are in the hills, the last 5 miles are flat canal, reservoir walking. Wendover has 2 pubs, coffee bars and a “chocolaterie” or picnic in the park. Ice cream available in the woods mid afternoon. Probable finish 5-5.30 depending on conditions.
Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
London
Distance
20ml.
Start Time
9.00
Route
Start and finish at Tring Station (take 08.24 from Euston)

A circular walk following the Ridgeway, Icknield way in the hills and woods and Grand Union canal

General Notes
Lunch in Wendover
Start and Finish

Entry Details:

Cost

Walk Report

The "Tring Ring", Saturday 24th June 2017
7 walkers, 21 miles - leader Jerome Ripp
Start 09.00 Finish 17.23; 3 stiles; 900 feet of ascent.
A cooler day after the recent heatwave gave us ideal walking conditions. The morning section followed the Ridgeway / Icknield Way with some glorious views over Tring park and beyond Tring to the northern Chilterns. We passed a few colourful signs warning that HS2 will destroy the idyllic beauty of this area. Lunch in Wendover provided a variety of options including a very good local coffee shop Rumsey's. The longer afternoon section contained several loops in the woods above Wendover leading to a refreshing drink/ice cream stop in the woods just beyond the "Gruffalo". Gradually descending from the hills with a spectacular view to Ivinghoe Beacon and then a final section beside quiet reflective waterways and reservoirs back to Tring station. A well-behaved group with no yo-yo in sight.
Photographs by Bola Baruwa

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