Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles or 7.3 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Meet: Exit of Bermondsey Tube Station (Jubilee Line) at 3:00pm sharp!
End: Bermondsey Tube or London Bridge
This is a special combination outing to take advantage of the seasonal Finnish Church Christmas Fair in Rotherhithe. We will set off on the Rotherhithe walk in reverse which will soon bring us within a stone's throw of the Finnish Church where we will make a diversion and explore the Christmas fair. We will then continue following the walk route in reverse eventually coming to Southwark Park -- hopefully before 5pm when it closes!
In the southwest corner of the park, for those who wish, we will make another diversion to Fourpure located near the South Bermondsey Rail station. This coincidently is the start/end of the Bermondsey Beer Mile and we will spend the evening exploring craft ales....
For anyone unable to join us in the afternoon on the walk, please meet us at Fourpure. We will aim to stay there until about 18:15 before moving on to another venue on the beer mile route.
More information about the walk route can be found here.
Enjoy the walk and the beer...am already getting thirsty just thinking about it!
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As it happens, 9 people promptly met at Bermondsey tube on Friday afternoon (I guess Friday is the new Saturday for some anyway) for this seasonal special. We were fortunate to have the walk author with us, so doing the route in reverse was not a problem. Shortly after passing the Mayflower pub, we made a short diversion to the Finnish Church where we had a 15 minute stop to explore the goods available. I think most bought something...mulled wine, licorice, open face salmon sandwich, biscuits.....After pulling ourselves away, we continued the route enjoying a nice sunset view from Stave Hill. We managed to make it to Southwark Park before it closed and had a nice stroll in it in the dark..One peeled off at Surrey Quays and 3 took the main route through the park to the Angel pub on the Thames -- leaving 5 to make the diversion to Fourpure, the first stop on the Bermondsey Beer Mile, to quench their thirst. Arriving about 17:15, we spent some time sampling their craft ales while waiting for others to meet us...we were eventually joined by another 6 people, making for a total of n=15 for some portion of this outing. Eventually, we managed to pull people away from our comfortable spot and headed to Partizan the next craft brewery for a brief visit before heading on to the Outback where we ended up settling in for the night with 2 generously going out to get us pizza while we rest of us sampled some interesting craft ales while watching a football game from a cozy couch...A fun afternoon and evening in w=initially-bright-sunshine-followed-by-clear-night-skies.
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