Greensand Gadabout

Sun 14th May 2023

Walk Details:

Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
London
Distance
20ml.
Start Time
09.40
Route
Hurst Green (train departs London Victoria 08.51, Clapham Junction 08.58, East Croydon 09.11)

Via Crockernhill Common, Bough Beech Reservoir, Ide Hill (lunch spot), Toys Hill, High Chart and Limpsfield to Oxted

General Notes
Picnic lunch advised
Finish

Entry Details:

Cost

Walk Report

9 walkers, 20.4 miles - leader Gavin Fuller
This weekend had proved somewhat cursed for our leader in putting a walk on - the originally-planned one had to be postponed after emergency engineering works on a viaduct knocked the trains out, whilst the latest rail strike put paid to Plan B. That walk couldn't be staged the following day due to engineering works, which also knocked out the next two ideas he had. So it ended up being Plan E, with a walk around the Greensand Way in Surrey/Kent.
Eight walkers joined him at Hurst Green just as the sun started coming out earlier than forecast, and for most of the day sunshine predominated for a welcome change, dappling the numerous woods the route went through. Woods at this time of this meant plenty of bluebells, whilst the fields outside were mainly a sea of yellow due to rape crops; with Sweden having won the Eurovision Song Contest the previous evening at a contest staged on behalf of Ukraine perhaps blue and yellow were appropriate colours for the day with them being the colours of both country's flags!
It turned into a very pleasant day's walk, although even with a upping of the pace at the end only one of the group managed to get to Oxted station in time for the 17.29 train; half the rest made good use of the wait for another one to pay a visit to the inevitable Wetherspoons.
Photographs by Gavin Fuller

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