tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post1260867253455039167..comments2024-03-27T21:54:24.933+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sunday Walk 2 – the Wandle valley in south LondonAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-75580093980810979512016-09-19T12:55:01.245+01:002016-09-19T12:55:01.245+01:00Another walk marred by Southern's train crew d...Another walk marred by Southern's train crew declining to show up for duty, but at the appointed time eight walkers had already made their way to Mitcham Junction on earlier trains, trams, etc. That seemed enough to be going on with so off we went; in the course of the day we came across five others who'd done most if not all of the walk, though none had actually spotted the walk author's suggestion that anyone on a later train could start the walk at the next station down the line (Hackbridge), where I reckon we would have met them. So overall n=13 on a w=mild-but-cloudy day.<br /> <br />There seemed to be some incredulity that anyone had concocted a walk between these two locations and I suspect one or two had turned up to see if the whole enterprise was some mistimed April Fool's joke, but as the day went on I think these (admittedly low) expectations were just about exceeded. On the morning leg we got to visit a fine Arts & Crafts church and a couple of unusual buildings, courtesy of Open House London. Half the group had lunch at The Sun which was pricey but arrived promptly and was well received, though it was *such* a shame to miss the jolly sing-song apparently taking place at The Hope which we later heard about from one of our number who had detoured there.<br /> <br />The afternoon leg features some nice stretches alongside the River Wandle, with someone remarking that we saw more interesting birds than on many of our country walks: even the distant flash of a kingfisher darting up this much-improved river. Some dropped out after tea in the National Trust's Morden Hall Park café but the rest made it to the downbeat surroundings of Colliers Wood for a tube back at 5.30pm: quite a long day out for a 9-mile walk.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491475051270094030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-43112565864001390232016-09-18T11:50:17.140+01:002016-09-18T11:50:17.140+01:00Decided to go home as I don't know how to cont...Decided to go home as I don't know how to contact the group, if there is one doing this walk, and don't fancy a solo walk today. Can we have a meeting point at stations for when trains are cancelled as its difficult to leave a comment using the mobile and not everyone has a mobile or internet connection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-28674395952214086212016-09-18T11:03:22.570+01:002016-09-18T11:03:22.570+01:00Train cancelled. Anyone getting the next one?Train cancelled. Anyone getting the next one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-6528564394805370582016-09-13T13:56:18.793+01:002016-09-13T13:56:18.793+01:00The Hope, Carshalton, is just 5 minutes from The S...The Hope, Carshalton, is just 5 minutes from The Sun. Community owned, award winning back to basics pub http://www.hopecarshalton.co.uk/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com