Friday Night Full Worm Moon Special
(Byfleet to Hampton Court) t=swc.45
Distance: Approximately
9.2 miles or 15.0 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 1 out of 10
Train: 16:20 Woking train from London
Waterloo, arriving Byfleet & New Haw at 17:00. If you miss this train, you can try catching
the 16:50, arriving at 17:30 and catch us up…
This is a slightly longer outing than usual for
our evening program at this time of year – but thought the forecast fine
weather and full worm moon merited an extended outing….Apologies to our
regular evening walkers who do not have flexible schedules (I promise, next
week, we will start at the customary 18:30).
I have not done this walk before – but thought
its general East trajectory and water features would make good viewing of the
moon. Also, there are an abundance of
watering holes along the way…I would suggest we stop in one – possibly the Weir
Pub with its riverside terrace for drinks and a bite to eat before finishing up
at Hampton Court where there are also some refreshment points.
More information about the route can be found here. Note we are shaving about
1.5 miles off of the original walk by starting in Byfleet & New Haw NOT West Byfleet.
So remember to alight from the train accordingly…..
Return travel from Hampton Court are at 24 and 54
past the hour until 22:54.
Enjoy the walk!
1 comment:
Much to my surprise 7 alighted at the correct station from the appointed train and after a brief round of formalities set off to find the canal. Although there is no designated footpath route to the canal from Byfleet station, we decided to experiment with a concrete track that looked as if it ran through a vacant lot towards the canal -- It did! Where there track turns left you take a well trod footpath off to the right which leads to the canal side. It is not an official route and not the prettiest -- but it is certainly well used and saves a long trek down a busy road....so, one to keep in mind for the future.
The canal was pretty in the late afternoon sun...the area has a number of water features and we managed to make the right choices and ultimately ended up on the banks of the mighty Thames towards sunset. Our stomachs got the better of us and we stopped at a pub called the Angler about 20 minutes before the Weir where 6 stopped for drinks and dinner while one carried onwards. The pub was very efficient in service (though perhaps not serving the finest of food, it was not bad)....During the brief wait for our meals, we were entertained by the quandary of a little robin who had founds its way into the pub and upstairs to the room where we were dining.....Many windows were opened and various "shooing" and other tactics were tried.....eventually our little dinner guest managed to finds its way back outside.
After dinner, it was properly dark....at first we wondered where our moon was -- but then it appeared off to the East....It was big and bright....eventually our route turned more Eastward and we had the lovely bright moon in front of us, sometimes atmospherically reflecting on the water.....near the Weir, we bumped into a familiar face who had started late from Hampton Court, making for n=8 under a w=bright-full-worm-moon.
We arrived at Hampton Court about 21:15 and went straight to the 21:24, as most were planning to walk again on Saturday! A very enjoyable evening out!
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