A mini-Guildford Circular via Chantries
Hill and Pewley Down T=swc.57
Distance: Approximately
5 miles or 8 km for those more metrically minded
Difficulty: 4 out of 10
Travel: 18:05
South Western Portsmouth Harbour bound train from London Waterloo,
arriving at Guildford at 18:35. Return trains are pretty frequent with the
faster services being 20:34; 21:39; 21:49; 22:04; and 22:39.
It is that time of year again…..the last couple
of years, we have had a September sunset walk on Boxhill….thought we would try Chanties
Hill this time around, using the beginning of SWC 57 as far as St.
Martha’s Church with its fine sunset viewing point (sunset should be at 19:14).
We will then back track a bit, cross through a dip and return to Guildford
via Pewley Down (reversing the beginning of Book 2 walk 13).
Post walk refreshments and possibly a meal can be
had at various establishments in Guildford.
More information about the route can be found here (SWC 57) and here (Book 2 walk 13).
Enjoy the walk!
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4 comments:
Hi. New to group. Is the SWC shadowing the Ramblers policy of 'The rule of 6 does not apply to us as we are a sports group', enabling you to walk as a larger group? Thank you.
No, the SWC has a policy of no more than 6 per group. If more than 6 attend a walk, they will be required to break into groups of no more than 6. Our walks do not have official leaders and instructions/GPX are available -- so breaking into smaller groups is possible.
Thank you. Will use app.
n=7 briefly assembled outside Guildford station before setting-off in smaller groups. As the route through the park by the river and weir is STILL closed, we were a bit late arriving on the hillside -- but did manage to catch the last fading touches of red in the western sky....Given the heat of the day, most of the attendees obviously thought we needed rehydration and nearly half the group had brought refreshies to have at the church, but given the growing darkness, we deferred our drink stop to the top of Pewley Down where we enjoyed our al fresco drinks in w=warm-evening-air and did some stargazing before the easy finish back into Guildford. Quite a nice little micro Guildford circular -- for sunset viewing, probably better a week or two earlier....
Also, spotted on the walk on the path up Pewley Down were w=5-female-glow-worms. A first sighting for many....
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