This walk explores the woodlands of the Greensand hills, with some fine views across the Weald.
Trains:
Trains:
10:07 London Bridge, 10:22 East Croydon, 10:35 Oxted.
09:50 London Victoria, 09:57 Clapham Junction, 10:31 Oxted.
Lunch:
Westerham is 5.5 miles into the walk and has many places to eat - two central pubs are the Kings Arms Hotel (01959-562990) and the Grasshopper on the Green (01959-562926).
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2 comments:
I am going to say that there were n=8 on this walk. I did the morning alone, having incompetently missed the intended training and followed on 40 minutes behind.
The choice of pubs in Westerham was between a hotel which was sterile and corporate, with centrally printed menus, and a pub where the appearance was tired and the aroma could not accurately be described as fragrant. It takes a bit to make a neighbouring branch of Costa seem more appealing as a lunch stop, but they managed it.
I did brave the pub for a swift half afterwards, where eventually four of our group emerged from an upstairs space I hadn't previously seen, after lunches that they said were entirely fine. The temptation to think I may have been hasty in my judgement endured for the few minutes that passed before I encountered the bucket catching drips from one of the urinals. The four lunchers reported there were another two or three consuming sandwiches elsewhere.
Though the morning was faintly sunny, it was by now getting very overcast and beginning to rain, and there was little chance of completing the walk before dark, leading me and one other to take the bus back to Bromley South. It would be interesting to hear how those who did the full walk fared. w=clear_morning_with_rain_beginning_pm.
Hi David,
I counted 16 at the station so n=17 including you.
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