Main walk: 10.1 miles /16.25 km (shorter versions are available)
This short but strenuous North Downs walk traverses a series of hills in a clockwise loop north and east of Box Hill & Westhumble station: Norbury Park, Mickleham Downs, Headley Heath and finally Box Hill itself. There are many fine viewpoints and in several places you can see your earlier route from a new perspective.
Trains: 09:41 London Victoria, 10:37 Box Hill & Westhumble. Return trains at xx:35 to Waterloo and xx:46 to Victoria.
Lunch: King William IV - hidden away on path leading up to Mickleham Downs, has an attractive terrace but limited indoor seating. The Running Horses - larger pub in the village centre.
At the end of the walk, The Stepping Stones pub is near Box Hill & Westhumble station.
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15 at the station with a n=16 th catching up later, after having followed the wrong group. Weather was w=cloudy-with-sunny-intervals A tough walk, slithery underfoot, which made some of the slopes tricky, treacherous even, and it was up down, up down all the way round. Lunch was at the Running Horses with some picnicking in the field behind the church. In the afternoon poor Mr Tiger, who had gallantly kept up all morning, was left behind at the Gallops. They galloped off, didn’t they. But, not one to bear a grudge, he soldiered on, with a song in his heart and a kind word for anyone he met. Later, he met a couple of fellow stragglers, who had the bright idea of taking a shortcut down the 250 or so steps to stepping stones bridge. Not so bright. The bridge was under water and the 250 steps had to be re climbed. There can’t be many more at Machu Pichu. A much needed pint of cider was partaken of in the Stepping Stones. As was a pint of Guinness.
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