Day Events and Walks

Meet Goring & Streatley Station 10.05 (Paddington 09.08 – check!) Streatley YH, Stitchens Green, Pyghtle Cottage, Westridge Green, Parsonage Green (St Mary’s & the Giants), Aldworth (lunch at The Bell Inn), Starveall, Ridgeway, Unhill Wood, Starveall Farm, Moulsford, Thames Path, Streatley, Goring Station. 21km, 13miles, 333m ascent [E159 & 170].

Meet at parking area (free) at 09.45 for a prompt 10.00 start. GR SO 938029, What3words double.firmly.mysteries.

Route will be approx 15Km, 410 M ascent/descent. A walk of hilltop views, valleys and woodland. We start via Sapperton village to Pinbury Park, then Gloucester Beeches, onward to Edgeworth Manor. We then loop back via Thick Wood and Edgeworth to our start point. Bring standard gear and packed lunch.

Meet Shoreham (Kent) Station at 10.45 (London Blackfriars 09.46 - check!). East from Shoreham Station to Romney Street, south-east to Woodlands and The Rising Sun at Cotman’s Ash (lunch – bring your own, as the pub does not serve food), then west on the North Downs Way to Otford and north on the Darenth Valley back to Shoreham. 10 miles, 320m ascent. Basic walk is 14km with an optional diversion of 2km at the end to visit Shoreham village, where there is the possibility of visiting a pub or café. [E147]

Meet at 4 Eastrip Ln, Colerne, Chippenham SN14 8AX (parking for a few cars) at 09:30. This is a rural walk following the Bybrook river to Castle Combe, a pretty honey stone Cotswold village and scene for many film shoots. Look out for the beaver activity! Tea and home made scones on the return. Bring a packed lunch. 18km, (11 miles), ascent 450m.

Skills share and night navigation walking refresher weekend based at Truleigh Hill Youth Hostel near Shoreham-by-Sea