Stargazer is away
Length: 24.3 km (15.1 mi) [for a shorter walk see below]
Ascent/Descent: 325m
Net Walking Time: ca. 5 ½ hours
Toughness: 5 out of 10
Take the 09.27 Cambridge North train from Liverpool Street
(09.41 Tottenham Hale, 09.48 Cheshunt), arriving Broxbourne at
09.53.
From Stratford, take the 09.15 Hertford (East) service (calls Lea
Bridge 09.21), arrives Broxbourne at 09.45.
Return trains: xx.16 and xx.47 to Liv Street
and xx.25 and xx.55 to Stratford.
After winding its way out of Broxbourne along a canal and through a
park, this walk ascends through the Spital Brook valley into Broxbourne
Woods National Nature Reserve, an assortment of varied, ancient and wild
woods, serrated by a plethora of streams. A circuitous route linking up
separate woods follows age old trails, paths and green lanes through a
magnificent and diverse woodland setting. While broadly following a well
signposted trail through the Nature Reserve, the walk often diverts from it to
take more interesting directions. Most of the distance and the ascent are
covered before lunch, but the lunch pub serves food all afternoon, so a
leisurely pace is entirely possible. There are plenty of signed and unsigned
paths in the woods, thus following the detailed written directions is
essential, and a map and a compass are recommended.
A shorter walk (18.8 km/11.7 mi, 3/10), finishing in Bayford,
is possible. Note: Broxbourne and Bayford are within the Oyster Pay-As-You-Go
area (but outside the numbered zones). A Hertford (All Stations) return ticket covers
both stations and is the cheapest option if ending at Bayford.
Tea: two pubs en-route, a few minutes from the
station: The Bull and The White Bear.
For walk directions, map, photos, height profile,
and gpx/kml files click here. t=swc.168
3 comments:
I am doing the Walk Tomorrow. But just to let you know. Instead I will take the Train. I will take the Bus. And what I will do. I will wait outside the Ticket Barriers until you all arrive.
9.27 so delayed that it is now scheduled to go fast from T'ham Hale to Bishop's Stortford to make up time. 9.57 departure therefore, by the looks of it.
As per the previous comment, we started half an hour later than posted.
3 off the train and 1 outside off a bus, ie n=4 in w=warm-but-overcast weather
Being a fast-ish group, we got to The Woodman for 13.25 hours. The pub has simplified its offerings a little, insofar as Greek wines and Real Ale are not on the menu anymore, sadly.
We got to The Bull at 16.15 and settled at a table outside. 1 took the next train, 2 one train later, 1 a bus. What we saw: precious little mud, low water levels in the plantiful streams, some kites, plenty of fungi, 1 feral youth tearing through Wormley Wood on a quad bike, with his mate on an electric mountain bike just ahead.
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