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This is an archive of walks done by the Saturday Walker's Club. You should only need to use this page if the SWC website is down.

Saturday 23 May 2015

Walk 3-83: Crowthorne to Blackwater

Length: 20.5km (12.7 miles), Toughness: 3/10

Train: 10:30 from Waterloo changing at Guildford (arr. 11:03, dep. 11:09) to Crowthorne arriving at 11:38. Buy a day return to Crowthorne. Return trains from Blackwater are at 16:25,17:25,19:25,20:25 (change at Farnborough North, walk to Farnborough Main) and xx:51 (change at Guildford). It is also possible to return to Paddington (change at Reading) at xx:02, xx:31.

Options: The walk can be shortened by 2km by taking a short-cut through Finchampstead omitting Eversley.

Lunch: The Queens Oak (0118 973 4855) in Finchampstead about 8km into the walk. About 2.5k further is the Tally Ho (01189 732 134). If taking the short-cut through Finchampstead another option is The Greyhound (0118 973 2269) about 9km into the walk.

Tea: Pistachios in the Park at Sandhurst Memorial Park. It's about 40 minutes from here to Blackwater station.

Directions: For more information including directions, maps, GPS etc. see SWC.83

2 comments:

MoonBrain said...

6 on the walk.
4 had lunch at The Queen's Oak, 2 had a packed lunch before joining the others in the pub.
2 caught the train from Sandhurst. The remainder headed to Blackwater, stopping for tea and cake at Pistachios in the Park, which is highly recommended.

Andrew said...

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