Nov 27
Start: 10:30am @ Rushall Manor Farm, Back Lane, Stanford Dingley (SU582723, RG7 6DS)Description: A favourite walk in West Berkshire. From Rushall Farm we proceed towards the delightful village of Stanford Dingley. From there we walk along the Pang Valley up to Rotten Row. We walk through some mixed farm and forest until we reach the …
Nov 26
Circular walk to Drayton St Leonard returning via Beaconsfield. Grade: Moderate I wasn’t feeling a hundred percent this morning, and it would have been exceedingly easy to just stay at home and not bother, it was frosty outside! I pulled on my big girl pants and got on with it. I arrived at the meeting …
Nov 21
Wantage Circular Start: 10:30am @ Wantage, The Beacon (formerly the Civic Hall), Portway (SU397877, OX12 9BX)Description: Regular short walk from Wantage held on the third Thursday of every month. This walk was with The Vale of White Horse group. It was a frosty morning, my car needed deicing before I set off. I had an …
Nov 21
Start: 10am @ Whitchurch Hill, recreation ground (SU637787, RG8 7PW)Description: anticircular walk including The Almshouses, skirting Woodcote and taking in woods along the way. Today’s walk was with the Henley and Goring group, thirteen ramblers and two doggies, Peanut and Molly. The forecast was for rain around 1pm but it didn’t happen, fortunately. This was …
Nov 21
Start: 10:30am @ Blewbury, the recreation ground car park, Boham’s Road off the A417 (SU525855, OX11 9HF)Description: Walking up Boham’s Road to the Downs northwards towards Upton and returning across the fields to Blewbury. A great morning for a walk, a group of twelve, and I am starting to see familiar faces now I have …
Nov 19
Start: 10:30am @ Wittenham Clumps car park (SU567923, OX14 4QZ)Description: To Little Wittenham, Day’s Lock, Dorchester and Warborough returning via Shillingford and Little Wittenham Wood. It had been sometimes since I visited the clumps and I was looking forward to a revisit. Just a thirty minutes drive to the rendezvous, and there was a good …
Nov 19
Start: 10am @ Ewelme, Cow Common car park (SU647911, OX10 6PG)Description: Circular walk to Swyncombe house via Swyncombe downs returning via Ewelme Downs. I’d never been to Ewelme before, a very pretty village. It was a lovely day weather wise, beautiful autumnal colours in the woods. Lots of excellent chat with some very nice people.
Nov 08
Thu 6th 10:00 SU682902 RG9 6EA Moderate 7.5 miles Circular DWNov Swyncombe, the church. Moved from Fri 7 Nov. Following The Ridgewaytowards Watlington, up to Greenfield then Pishill Bottom and Russell’sWater. Returning by way of Cookley Green. My very first Ramblers Walk. An excellent circular walk from St Botolph’s church in Swyncombe, just three of …