This short circular walk is an option from the Guildford to Farnham walk (link at the bottom of this post)
Length: 13.4km (8.3 miles)
Difficulty: 2 out of 10 (6 out of 10 for Hogs Back start)
Trains: Catch the 10.00 Guildford train from London Waterloo (10.09 Clapham Junction) arriving Guildford 10.44.
Trains from Guildford back to London, xx.03, xx.34.
Lunch: Watts Gallery tea shop in Compton ( 01483 813590 ), located 6.2km (3.8 miles) into the walk, serves cakes, soups, sandwiches, salads, and hot savouries and has picnic tables outside.
Watts Chapel further down the road has a sheltered stone seating area above the chapel.
For a pub lunch,The Withies Inn, Compton ( 01483 421158), 7.2km (4.5 miles) into the walk, is a popular option. Booking is advisable if you wish to eat here.
Tea: The cafe at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre usually has a good selection of cakes. A couple of pubs are passed between there and the station.
This walk is one of the options described in the L=2.12.a
7 comments:
Walking the original version of this walk from Wanborough Jane
Yes made it to Watts Gallery .Crossing dual carriageway at Hogs Back was a test Alsoslightly disappointed that entry into Watts actual Gallery is now appro £18 00Bumped into Jenny and another Lady outside Withies Inn best Jane
7 and a dog met at the station. 6 opted for the Hogs Back route, and 1, who only had the book directions, took the book route. (The dog wasn’t bothered either way).
The six were surprised to find a whole hillside of oilseed rape in flower. In November or what? Quite a sight.
The promised drizzle never happened, leaving us with a w=cloudy-dry day, not too bad underfoot.
The 6 divided at Compton with 3 heading for the gallery caff (busy) and 3 for the Withies (also busy) after a brief look in the chapel. (You can’t not look in the chapel)
In the Withies the 3 caught up with Walker 7 who was already well into a ploughman’s. 2 stayed for a meal. Walker 3 and Walker 7 left after a drink. Not sure if the Watts 3 caught up with the remaining Withies 2. Walker 7 sped ahead leaving Walker 3 to find his own way back. Add in the Wanborough 1 (see other comments), and that makes us n=8 in total.
The Yvonne Artaud seemed to be closed so no meet-up there. Walker 3 got the 15:34 all by himself.
All in all a pleasant autumnal day out.
Love the walk report M Tiger. Reads like one of my schools maths problems but missing the final bit: how many people had chips at the Withies?
The rapeseed was almost certainly white mustard (which is yellow). It is grown as a cover crop, to keep the soil active between crop plantings. Later in the winter they kill it off and plant commercial crops.
Walker: thinking about it, it did seem to be a softer yellow than OSR. That also explains the smattering of other flowers phacellia and (er) flax.
Pete b they wouldn’t let me near enough the tables .to check for chips.
Yes, phacelia, flax and buckwheat are used too. There is also stubble turnip which produces foliage and turnips that sheep are then grazed on.
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