tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post3294174409672126939..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday walk - Beeches Way map-led walk ( + last chance for moonlight )Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-36168037341052336692017-03-12T11:40:55.696+00:002017-03-12T11:40:55.696+00:006 after lunch headed off to Burnham station. This ...6 after lunch headed off to Burnham station. This was a good short cut option, as it reduced walk to a more manageable 11-12 miles versus 13-14 miles or even longer moonlight walk. It should be mentioned if the walk comes up again.<br /><br />We initially followed the same route as to Cookham, entered a large wooded park (also saw the cafe building in the park). We then went south followed a foot path along a stream to Druid's Oak - one of the best woodlands on this walk. Then on to Crow Piece Lane with fields on both sides and continued to the station. In fact, various routes could be followed including going through some woodlands but we decided to do the most direct route to the station. Everyone caught 4:54pm train from Burnham and two changed at Slough for a faster train back to London.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-45818687248574650352017-03-12T11:40:09.157+00:002017-03-12T11:40:09.157+00:00N=17 on this walk, a nice saunter through an inter...N=17 on this walk, a nice saunter through an interesting mosaic of woodland, heath and stately home park, with pubs nicely scattered en route. Despite the lack of written directions, navigation was not an issue, enough people having GPX or phone map apps to make wayfinding easy (at least, as far as I am aware: if anyone got lost, do say).<br /><br />The weather was w=white-cloud-with-sun-for-a-time. The sun actually broke through during lunch, which we had at a big table in the garden of the first possible pub, The Black Horse in Fulmer. The food here was tasty and came quickly, and personally I thought it a nicer place than the recommended lunch stop in Farnham Common. Many of us stopped for tea in that pub, which had a sumptuous rear veranda with sofas and hanging basket chairs - surely the best "smoko" in the country. However several of us were then peeved to find a nice open air cafe a few hundred metres beyond the village which would have been an even better tea stop. This and two other outside cafes (in Langley Park and by Black Park Lake) were not mentioned on the walk's home pages, an omission that will be rectified. <br /><br />A good number of walkers decided to head south from this point to Burnham station to have a shorter walk. It would be interesting to hear how they got on. Seven of us ploughed on, eschewing a cute rural pub in Litttleworth Corner, to get to Cookham after 5.5 miles. It was by now cloudy and so after drinks and some deep fried acrylamide in The Crown, we set off for the station. <br /><br />Two of us then noticed that despite cloudy skies at dusk the full moon was hazily but definitely visible and so we hastily set off for a moonlight walk, enjoying a peaceful and enchanting four mile stroll in the very mild - almost summery - night air along the river to Marlow. Sorry if anyone else would have liked to join us on this but it was very spur of the moment. Nice to get one more moonlight outing done before the clocks go forward and they become impractical on SWC walks.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-86683972355107899392017-03-10T21:37:39.570+00:002017-03-10T21:37:39.570+00:00Another short cut option is 9.6 miles - lunch at F...Another short cut option is 9.6 miles - lunch at Fulmer (4.3 miles) then walk till Farnham Common (7 miles - tea if desired), then from there, it is 2.6 mile walk to Burnham station. Buy a day return to Burnham. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-58618664814580895502017-03-09T22:30:09.843+00:002017-03-09T22:30:09.843+00:00Yes. I would be up for a Moonlight Walk. And I wan...Yes. I would be up for a Moonlight Walk. And I want to end the Walk at Marlow on the day. That's providing if I make it on the day. Marc Rickettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571530278010176066noreply@blogger.com