East of Epping
Sat 17th Jul 2021
Walk Details:
Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
London
Distance
19ml.
Start Time
09:00
Route
Start at Loughton underground station at 9am for an Essex Linear Ramble. Finish at Epping station
General Notes
A repeat of the very wet autumn walk – hopefully without the mud!
Bring a packed lunch. Please register with Lonica in advance due to the current covid restrictions
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Walk Report
East of Epping, Saturday 17th July 20218 walkers, 18 miles - leader Lonica Vanclay
7 walkers joined me (so a merry band of 8) for our 18 mile walk from Loughton to Epping via Hainault forest, Lambourne, Theydon Mount, Epping Forest and Coopersale to Epping.
The only complaint we could possibly have about the weather was it was hot - very hot in the open fields - however, the forest shade was very pleasant indeed and quite a lot of the walk was in forest, so we all survived.
The sky was blue and the clarity of the views was amazing. Are there views in Essex I hear you say - yes - right back to the Shard from Stapleford Tawney!!
Needless to say it being Essex, we did not escape mud - and several paths were so overgrown by nettles and brambles that the path was hard to discern. Glad I didn't wear shorts - apologies to those who did.
Remarkably few other walkers were passed - though there were lots pulling in for Paintball and 100 Tiny Trotters were out on their horses on a circuit - fortunately we only passed a small proportion.
It did all mean we had a proper "country" experience though - all within reach of the underground line.
Photographs by Lonica Vanclay
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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
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Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
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