9.5km (6m) Toughness 1 out of 10
Wakey wakey! Clocks go forward today. Don’t sleep in.
A woodland walk visiting 3 commons, the source of the Ravensbourne and 2 Iron Age forts.
Trains :
10:21 Hayes train from Charing Cross (Waterloo East 10:25 London Bridge 10:31) arriving Hayes 11:11
Trains back at xx:13 and xx:43. Hayes is in Zone 5
Lunch: In Keston, choose between the Fox Inn 01689 497898 (food said to be good but best to book in advance), The Greyhound 01689 856338 (dog-friendly), or the Triple Two Cafe
Tea: Back in Hayes, The Real Ale way micropub opposite the station is recommended. tel:07446 897885 Open from 2pm. You also got the New Inn nearby.
Directions: here t=swc.281
1 comment:
Eight walkers arrived by train and were soon joined by a car driver, so n=9 on a w=partly-sunny day. The walk author has set a tricky little route around this maze-like common and there was much studious puzzling of GPS gizmos at the many path junctions. Purely out of habit, the car driver suggested a few possible short cuts but was firmly overruled. The trees were still rather bare but there were lots of colourful gorse bushes and a few patches of the usual spring flowers (celandines, wood anemones and bluebells).
One sped on at Keston but four enjoyed mini Sunday roasts at the Greyhound and were joined by four sandwichers for the short final leg. Back at Hayes by 2.30pm it seemed a bit odd to be finishing a walk five hours before sunset, but we'd avoided the late afternoon showers and all seemed happy enough with this short spring outing.
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