A visit to the Folkestone Triennial (and circular walk) was scheduled for today but it is postponed to September 24 as it will be difficult for some, including the walk poster, to get there on a tube strike day. If you still want to do the Folkestone walk today, scroll down to the 24th for details and perhaps post a comment to let others know.
Emergency alternative: Guildford circular via Albury Mill
16.7 km (10.4 miles) 5/10
This is the “western walk” of the longer walk 185 Guildford circular via Albury Park. It's really a figure of eight: Chilworth on the way out, St Martha's Hill on the way back.
Train: 1030 from Waterloo (Woking 1055) arriving at 1102. Don't get the 1033 (CJ 1042) slow train to Guildford.
From Clapham Junction, get the 1027 Exeter train, or any train going to Woking, and change there [Woking that is ;-)].
Hopefully this later start will allow people time to take a tube-free route to Waterloo or Clapham Junction. Four fast return trains an hour.
Lunch: Percy Arms (01483-561765) near Chilworth station, after 5½ km.
Tea: usual options in Guildford, e.g. Yvonne Arnaud theatre cafe, the Britannia pub near the station.
L=swc.185.b and choose the Western Walk.
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Today was one of those "where was everyone?" days. It looks like a combination of the late change of plan, tube strike, poor weather forecast and even early train disruption on the line to Guildford put most people off, and only 3 gathered at Guildford. It was raining then, but by the time we'd put our waterproofs on it had stopped, heralding a day of #occasional-showers-otherwise-bright, in other words perfectly fine for an autumnal walk.
As it wasn't raining when we got to Halfpenny Lane, we decided to prolong the morning by going clockwise on the eastern loop, heading up St Martha's Hill first and passing some interesting mushrooms. This way got us to Chilworth about half way round the walk at 1.10 so to my mind, this works better than the suggested anticlockwise direction at least for this variant of the walk. As it still wasn't raining, we had our sandwiches on damp benches and passed on the Percy Arms, proceeding via a path diversion to Chantries and Shalford Mill. There we were caught by walker #4, a local SWC regular who had made a late decision to join the walk. Back to Guildford for convivial drinks in the White House before getting different trains just after 5.
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