tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post5729788221839210723..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday walk - Box Hill to Leatherhead - a traditional pre-Christmas treatAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-59644817070965084232017-12-09T21:46:34.294+00:002017-12-09T21:46:34.294+00:00N=20 on this walk on a w=gorgeous-sunny-day - perf...N=20 on this walk on a w=gorgeous-sunny-day - perfect winter walking weather. A fairly cracking pace was set - almost no stopping for the views. The ground was largely crisp and hard. The two big hill climbs were even bigger than remembered: though short in miles this walk gives you a good workout. <br /><br />Four of us experimented with a gentler descent to Mickleham - the one described by Sandy, so thanks for that. It worked fairly well but was still a bit slippy in places: one person lost their footing, though no damage was done. <br /><br />Eight (or nine) lunched at the Running Horses, where a table had been booked. We had a lovely table under a glass roof with the blue sky above. The service was a little snooty - twas ever thus at this establishment - but the food delicious, apart, apparently, from the soup. I think some others lunched in the William IV. After lunch most went on to Leatherhead, even though it was very early, the Christmas market being one attraction. Four of us did the loop back towards Box Hill station, diverting to Denbies Vineyard and its self-service restaurant for tea at the end and getting there at 3.15. We then walked in the gathering dusk to get a 4.26 train from Dorking.<br />Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-47950754831015825812017-12-08T22:23:33.478+00:002017-12-08T22:23:33.478+00:00Or for an even less steep descent than the one by ...Or for an even less steep descent than the one by the wrecked car. Stay on the path up to the ridge of White Hill, bear left on open ground at the top to find the trig point. Then continue ahead on a grass path to reenter the woods to join Stain Street. Turn right for a few yards and then turn left down a broad track with a fence on your right. This is a gentle descent, at the bottom turn left along a broad track with a wall on your right and then take the first right down to the King Billy IV JohnLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092090078457803677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-72112808302821832032017-12-04T20:19:59.760+00:002017-12-04T20:19:59.760+00:00I can't make it on Saturday but yes, there is ...I can't make it on Saturday but yes, there is a less steep descent (see warning in 3rd para) - when you get to the byway (Stane Street) tuen right instead of straight on down the hill. After about 400m there's a bridleway descending sharp left diagonally (not the first footpath after about 150m). This passes a prominent wrecked car and then emerges in Mickleham near the William IV. <br />It's fairly clear on the 25 000 scale map Sandynoreply@blogger.com