Length: 9½ km (6 miles). Toughness: 1/10
10:35 Hayes (Kent) train from Charing Cross (Waterloo East 10:38, London Bridge 10:44, then lots of stations in south London), arriving Hayes at 11:20. Hayes is in TfL Zone 5, so buy a Zones 1-6 Travelcard or use Oyster PAYG/contactless.
Trains back to Charing Cross are at xx:00 & xx:30.
This short walk should let you get back in plenty of time for any evening engagements on the Sunday before Christmas. The walk author has done well to devise a six-mile route through three small wooded commons on the outer fringes of London, with plenty of loops and whorls to squeeze it all in.
You should reach the village of Keston with its two popular pubs by 1pm, and I reckon you'll need to call ahead to have any chance of getting a Sunday lunch in either of them (or indeed at the end of the walk, where the New Inn opposite Hayes station has been transformed from a humble Harvester into a smart-looking restaurant and bar). There are other tea options in Hayes if you just want some light refreshments before catching the train.
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And Hayes has some more interesting ales and ciders just nearby at The Real Ale Way, open til 8pm
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One of us stepped off the train at Hayes felt the drizzle and nearly got back on. Sadly though, he had already been spotted by walker number n=2 and had to continue. It didnt drizzle all day, just some of it. W=occasional-drizzle-slightly-warmer.
Icy underfoot with water on top of it. No slips though. We weren’t lost or anything but we might have gone round backwards. Not lost though. No way.
Lunch at the Fox. I splashed out and had chips. It is Xmas after all.
Back to Hayes for 3. The Real Ale Way micropub made an ideal ‘tea’ stop. A half of porter for me, a half of ridiculously strong cider for Red Rambler. Back to London on the 3.30
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