This was held in the Chairman's back garden in Harlington on a nice sunny, but not too hot day.
28 members attended bring a variety of cakes & nibbles. These were shared out with plenty to go round.
Many cups of tea & coffee were provided. Some members brought other drinks.
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Much chatting was done & everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Unfortunately many members sent their apologies as they were unable to attend due to other commitments.
This was a very special walk as it was decided to take Yvonne, our programme secretery on a 4 mile walk. Yvonne, who although organises most walks, is not able to participitate due to her walking ability. Therefore we took a wheelchair on the walk & Yvonne was able to either push it or ride in the chair.
We started offf from Manor Farm Court at 11pm. There were 9 of us including Yvonne, however Penny felt that the distance may be too long for her at present & therefore after a short while she reurned to her car leaving 8 of us on the walk. Yvonne started by pushing the wheelchair passing along a tarmaced path through several gates.
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| Anna, Beryl, Tony R, Yvonne, Debbie, Brenda & Tony P |
When the path became rougher she sat in the chair & was pushed along a difficult section to meet the Grand Union canal. Yvonne the returned to pushing until a leaving the canal via a fairly steep section where Tony P pushed her up to Old Wolverton Road & the bridge crossing the canal. we passed the Galleon pub before leaving the road on the path to Old Wolverton church. The church was closed but several members found bench in the shade for their coffee stop. With difficulty Tony R pushed Yvonne downhill past the remains of Old Wolverton castle now sadly almost non existent. We continued crossing a dried up water course before waiting for the others to arrive. Here we had another coffee break before reaching the path alongside the Great Ouse river. We followed the river until we came to the tunnel under the canal, here yvonne had the walk through the tunnel as the wheelchair had to be squashed to pass through the narrow tunnel. Yvonne continued walking downhill using the handrail to rejoin the river path.
Several members then took it inturns pushing Yvonne until crossed a brdge & turned away from the river. We then followed a path, though several gates back to the car park. A good day & well worthwhile giving Yvonne a day out in lovely weather & nice countryside. A particular thank you to Tony P for pushing in the difficult places.
As some of the club were away on the annual UK holiday the chairman decided to offer other members a local walk. 5 members met at Tingrith church. We followed the track north, went through a kissing gate into a field which had recently been cut for hay. We followed the field boundary to enter a field of sheep mainly sheltering from the sun. Then then came to a road which we crossed on to a new footpath which we followed alongside a wheat field. After a while we turned right across a footbridge to enter Basil's Wood, noting the recently installed fence stopping dogs etc from entering an area reserved for ground nesting birds. We continued on until we came to Higher Rads End where we turned left passing some large houses. We left the road to cross another field of hay before passing through a kissing gate onto a farm track. We left this and followed a footpath to rejoin the original path along the wheat field further southwest. Another kissing gate led to Castle Farm Lane which we followed for a short distance before turning left through a kissing gate into a sheep field with Washer's Wood on our left. Another kissing gate led us into a wood where we stopped for our coffee break.
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| Joy, Jean, Debbie & Tony P at our coffee stop |
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Track of walk, walked in anti-clockwise direction
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18 members car shared down to HF Abingworth on the edge of Thakeham, near Storrington on the Monday 29th June and checked in in time for the obligatory "Cream Tea" to start our annual holiday break. Abingworth is a small hotel venue and together with our 18 members , there were another group of 14 from Abingdon, near Oxford and a few couples selfguiding.
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| View of Abingworth House |
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| View from the House of the lake nearby |
Once again we had opted for Gentle guided walking, being offered three levels of walks each day , roughly 4, 7 or 9 miles in scope. The options were explains for each day on the evening of the previous day before Dinner. The meals as usual were excellent as were the breakfasts and packed lunches to order.
Day 2 ( first day of walking) walk started with a coach trip that dropped the groups of at various stages , all aiming to arrive in the afternoon at Petworth. Those on the shorter walk had plenty of time to explore the National Trust property at leisure. All groups approached the Petworth house through the 700 acre Deer park with stunning views of the house on approach.
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| Day 2:Group 1 on route |
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| Day 2 Some of group 1 traversing the Petworth Estate deer park |
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| Day2:Group 1 approaching Petworth House |
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| Some of our group at a Petworth cafe! |
Day 3, our second day of walking started with each group doing a circular walk of varying size, starting from Abingworth house, visiting Thakeham and Storrington before returning, That evening after dinner, we all had the chance to participate in the HF countrywide quiz, Unfortunately no big winners but we all enjoyed the atmosphere.
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| Mark and Flora: Two of our guided walks leaders |
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| Relaxing in the lounge after a walk |
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| Lovely to see Joan .... |
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| and Anna able to get on holiday with us! |
Day 4 walks once again started out with a coach trip to drop us off as the various start points and all passed through Singleton on our way to end at the Gardens of West Dean with a fine cafe to finish.
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| Day 4 Walk2 , a sighting of Group 3 in the distance! |
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Day4 Walk2 uphill in the heat |
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| Day4 Walk2 The rolling hills |
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| Day4 Walk2 View of Goodwood Race course |
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| Day4 Walk2 At trig point on way to Singleton |
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| Day4 walk2 A well earned rest form the heat |
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| Day4 Walk2 Lovely house on way to West Dean! |
That evening, after dinner we all participated in a charity Bingo session and the winner of a mug was Sue!
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| A mug shot of the Bingo winner |
Day 5 , we concluded with a fine extensive breakfast and all checked out to make our way back home.
It had been an extremely hot day, but when 10 ramblers set off from Ampthill Great Park at 6 pm it was perfect with a pleasant cooling breeze. We walked at a very gentle pace along the ridge in open parkland with views over Bedfordshire.
We safely negotiated crossing the road at a nasty bend and proceeded to stroll along the path and track to Houghton House. At the small car park we were pleased to be joined by Penny.
When we arrived at the ruin we could hear a man singing and a young person was videoing him. We later discovered that the group of young men were all family from Romania. They told us that they were recording Christian Songs to send home. From time to time we could hear the gentleman serenading us.
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sat on the steps admiring the view across the vale contemplating how it
would change when Universal Studios UK was completed. Some bubbly and
nibbles were handed round to supplement our picnic meal. 
Gill, Diane, Mary, Anna, Tony, Keith & Beryl with Brenda, Sandra & Paul at the rear.
Finally, we wended out way back through Ampthill Great Park to the cars. All in all it had been a pleasant evening
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| Track of walk, walked in clockwise direction |
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| Tony R, Beryl, Jean, Neal. Kathy & Anthony P |
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| Track of walk, walked in anti-clockwise direction |
Eleven of us met at Langford where we made our way across the railway and after a mile or so came to the upper reaches of the River Ivel, following the course of the river until arriving at Arlesey.
We then crossed the railway once more by using the station footbridge.
After a break we passed Champneys at Henlow Grange before following the river along the Kingfisher way back to Langford.
11 of us met on a glorious spring morning at the Greensand Ridge car park in Millbrook.
Beryl very publicly spirited got her tools out of her car to pick up litter! Didn’t take too long as there wasn’t a lot.
We set off along the track towards the golf club where we stopped for a group photo.
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Geoff, Tony R, Joy, David, Tony P, John, Dianne, Beryl, Jean & John G |
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Tony P, Tony R, Geoff, Beryl, Dave, John W, Jean, Joy, John G & Diane |
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| Track of the route, walked in anti-clockwise direction. 6.5 miles enjoyed by all. |
A dozen or so keen walkers met outside the village hall in Stewartby in Churchill Close MK43 9LU at 10 AM , for a largish circular walk of 5....well 6.5 miles around the group of lakes adjacent to the Forest Centre.
Coffee break and snacks were enjoyed half way and the weather was glorious again!
A gloriously fine day and wonderful company . A circular Walk of 6 miles starting and ending at the George pub!
On 16 April 2026, 9 walkers met at the Sandy Smith Nature Reserve Car Park and set off at exactly 10 am. We walked up a gentle incline away from the car park when a car hooter was heard and an additional member of the club had arrived. While we waited, a second late comer arrived. So now we were 11 walkers!
It wasn’t long before we entered a wood which was covered in bluebells. It was just a shame that a barbed wire fence was between us and the carpet of flowers. Then we came across many cowslips and they kept appearing throughout the walk.
We walked along various tracks and were kept away from military areas at Chicksands by large notices informing us not to trespass. We crossed a field and climbed a hill which had a pond at the top with lots of bullrushes. There we had our coffee/banana stop. The views throughout the walk were amazing and we could see for miles and miles.
We could see Rowney Warren Wood on our left as we proceeded to Appley Corner where we turned right along the John Bunyan Trail. A second stop was held alongside a stream and a metal railing which was just the right height to sit on! After a climb back up a gentle hill we came to the fence of the Chicksands Military Base. We were taking some photographs when a member of the British Army with a huge dog came to have a chat. He told us that the camp was manned by the Army, Navy and Air Force.
It was all downhill from then on back to the cars. Many of the group said that they had never walked in the area before and did not even know it existed. (Just shy of 4 miles.)
Track of walk, walked in clockwise direction
