It's time to continue the London Outer Orbital Path from last spring. This is a 150 mile long trail around London linking together parks, meadows, woodland, rivers and streams, and some suburban streets in a kind of Odyssey. We shall continue from where we left off in Nonsuch Park and should reasonably expect to get […]
Meet at East Croydon Station from 09.00 to catch the 09.22 train to Uckfield, alighting at Hever. This walk will be about 9.5 miles, and will start from Hever Station. It will take in Chiddingstone where we will stop for coffee, then The Rock at Chiddingstone Hoath, on to the Kentish Horse at Markbeech and […]
Bike Ride Led by Bob G 20 miles on The Waterlink to Greenwich. “Not one single hill” – Bob 9.30 at East Croydon, by the taxis.
The 40th Gatliff Marathon SATURDAY 19th OCTOBER 2024 The Gatliff Marathon is an annual challenge walk, jog or run of 25 or 50km mostly on footpaths and tracks in the Kent and Surrey countryside. The challenge is to complete the event in under 10 hours, following the route directions and checking in at each […]
This is the walk originally scheduled for 21st September but postponed due to sickness. We were all so impressed with the Pepys Walk last December that we did a Second Instalment in February. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth flogging to death, so here we are for a third go. Where? Again we’ll be following the 17th Century […]
I shall be doing the next stage of the LOOP* this SUNDAY November 10th, 2024, continuing from where we left off at Kingston Bridge and hopefully getting as far as Donkey Wood, not far from Hatton Cross. The route goes via Bushy Park, and later follows the River Crane for much of the remaining walk, […]
Merstham Women's Group (MWG) is holding a Folk Evening which is open to all on the evening of Saturday 16 November at 19.00, at Canada Hall, All Saints Church, Battlebridge Lane, South Merstham, RH1 3LH. Would you like to join us? All Saints Church is around a 15 minutes walk from Merstham station, which has frequent trains to […]
An easy stroll, no more than 4 miles, finishing about 3.30pm. From 10am meet at East Croydon station =>10.20 train (platform ?) to London Bridge station (loo stop 🚻 only) where my walk will start via the Shard, Guy's Hospital, the old Operating Theatre (optional visit) which is open from 10.30am to 5pm where the […]
You might well like Cornish pasties and cream teas but, "No!" these will not be served. With the restaurant named "The TRURO", perhaps West Country favourites might be expected. However, that name is of a ship that travelled from India to South Africa, during the 19th century. The cuisine served at the restaurant is a combination of […]
Dear COPSE Please join me for these events on the Saturday 30 November. In the morning from 11:30 you can shop at Reigate's Christmas Fayre organised by the Reigate Business Guild: Christmas Fayre - Reigate Business Guild. In the afternoon at 13:30 please meet me at the Renewed Hope/RDO stall outside Hamptons Estate Agent at […]
