Sited in the beautiful setting of Carshalton Ponds the Frost Fair is a traditional winter event with activities for everyone. The area is lit with twinkling fairy lights which all helps create a magical atmosphere. Outside Honeywood Museum and in the nearby Memorial Gardens and Festival Walk, stalls from the Wallington Farmers Market and the […]
This walk will be in North London, about 8 miles long. The route will take us through some elegant squares of Islington and other points of interest to Camden, and Primrose Hill (nice view weather permitting!) Then down the hill for a bus to Kings Cross or tube (no Thameslink from St Pancras). There are […]
No Oilskins or Sou'westers Required! Our late Tuesday night watering hole, Ruskin House, hosts various musical evenings, including jazz, folk and blues. Occasionally, specific concerts are organised, sometimes as charity fundraisers. On Saturday, 17th December, several COPSErs will be attending the one advertised here. RNLI will benefit and we all know how important is the […]
The walk is roughly 8 miles and involves no uphill sections. We pass the Sportsman Pub in Mogador and the cafe and loos at Reigate Hill. Halfway along there is a great reveal, where we walk out onto Colley Hill on the North Downs, with massive views to the South. All of this is dependent […]
This walk will be about 8 miles, but 6 with a possible short cut depending on conditions. It is fairly hilly and some paths will be muddy. As usual, bring […]
Tim says . . . Hello copsers I am leading a linear walk about 8 miles long on Sunday from Bletchingly to Oxted, with the option of a meal (including Sunday Roast) in Old Oxted in the late afternoon. The plan is to meet at East Croydon at 9.30 am to catch the 9.39 train […]
Meet outside Crystal Palace Station from 10.45am (where the coffee stall should hopefully be open). We will walk down to the bottom of Crystal Palace Park for a close look […]
This walk is from the southern shore of the Thames into Kent. So, going from Erith along the Thames eastwards, turning up the River Darent (which you may know from its upper reaches around Otford), and then doing a right turn along the River Cray. We can do 8 miles or so to Bexley, or […]