9.45 train from Waterloo (9.52 Clapham Junction) to Milford, arriving 10.38
Buy a day return to Milford (Surrey).
This is an old favourite, but always full of interest, with some hilly bits and a pretty village or two, and in the afternoon a public footpath route across the National Trust Winkworth Arboretum
There are two possible lunch pubs: the Merry Harriers quite early in the walk and the White Horse in Hascombe ....more towards its middle (why don't book 1 walks give distances to lunch pubs??), which serves food all afternoon.
There is a cafe at the entrance to the Arboretum, but the nice tea place, if you can get there before it closes at 5pm is Hectors on the Wey at Farncombe Lock. Godalming also has lots of options
If you want to extend the walk, the Walk Options some suggestions for climbing hills to views (or in one case, quixotically, no views). I add a suggestion of my own: going north along the Wey from Farncombe Boat House (rather than south to Godalming) brings you to Guildford in about three miles: a very pretty walk. Early on this route there is a riverside pub garden at Farncombe.
Trains back from Godalming are at 12, 28 and 40 past. All These trains also call at Guildford. T=1.20
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#N=21, #W=Sunny, This walk starts with a rather overgrown path along side the railway but soon opens out to more interesting countryside. We met a group walking with full grown llamas that can look even the tallest of us straight in the eye. About 12 stopped for lunch at the White Horse which served us in the garden. We had to disentangle ourselves from a waitress who would have liked us to eat more formally on the terrace but were able to order and pay individually at the bar. Food was generally good and delivered efficiently, the goats cheese ravioli was excellent. Some stopped for ice cream at the Arboretum and most for tea and cake at Hectors. Godalming looked a picture in the afternoon sun with a brass band playing as we walked along the river to the station. An excellent day out.
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