tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post7669576831556125343..comments2024-03-17T23:14:14.187+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Walk - Tadworth via Headley Heath Circular - Hopefullly [heather] (part two)Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-75481328377850765742018-08-19T10:34:40.146+01:002018-08-19T10:34:40.146+01:00Indeed, an enjoyable day with varied company thank...Indeed, an enjoyable day with varied company thanks to the variations different groups chose. I finished the walk at Mickleham to get the bus home and avoid the SWR strike - had to run down White Hill to catch the 1624 after dallying in the lunch pub, but this was a good way of adding the morning short cut and extension routes to the main walk. <br />I've suggested a couple of edits to the directions on the walk comments page. Sandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-70338720279941757252018-08-19T10:32:48.841+01:002018-08-19T10:32:48.841+01:00The reccomended tea pub is, I see, changed on the ...The reccomended tea pub is, I see, changed on the home page but not in the pdf. The latter proved influential yesterday, with walkers scorching my suggestion that we stop at the Blue Ball by waving paper instructions at me and saying the Bell was the “official” tea stop.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-71643723686082038632018-08-18T23:25:00.209+01:002018-08-18T23:25:00.209+01:00Agree with tea pub feedback. Thought I'd alrea...Agree with tea pub feedback. Thought I'd already changed it. Will do.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-44046140480840021602018-08-18T22:54:03.069+01:002018-08-18T22:54:03.069+01:00N=27 on this walk, a number reached after complica...N=27 on this walk, a number reached after complicated calculations and the collating of various reports from those on the specified train, the one an hour later, the one in between etc. The various factions did manage to meet and mix, so that was good. All possible variations and options of the walk also got a thorough airing. <br /><br />There was no heather. Just a tiny patch. So it was the other sort of heath after all. Only five butterflies all day. Most of the downland flowers were over (though there was a good showing of clustered bellflower on Juniper Top). The weather was w=mostly-grey, with even a feeling at times that it might rain. It did not, but it felt a bit like summer was over despite the sticky humidity. <br /><br />In places the directions could definitely do with some TLC. The Tree proved an efficient lunch pub with big portions even of the vegetarian dishes, which made a nice change. People enjoyed their drink at the Bell but yours truly would like to lodge a protest at this being described as “the tea pub” as it does not do hot drinks. My companion and I (as the restaurant reviews say) backtracked 300 metres to the Blue Ball, a glorious place with a glassed-in terrace and garden which does proper tea in pots and serves nice deserts. Mention this as a tea option in the walk directions, please, and don’t assume everyone finds 1970 time-warp boozers charming. <br />Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-39169156636625475582018-08-17T09:53:59.097+01:002018-08-17T09:53:59.097+01:00“Sources close to the walk poster” say that there ...“Sources close to the walk poster” say that there MAY (could possibly, might plausibly be expected to be) more heather in the short cut as it stays on the heartland while the main route goes into the non-heathy Box Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-23704015985922840292018-08-17T09:45:59.222+01:002018-08-17T09:45:59.222+01:00Thanks for the tip re short cut. A few of us plan...Thanks for the tip re short cut. A few of us plan to take the 10:47 train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-75161282593808845072018-08-17T08:07:39.754+01:002018-08-17T08:07:39.754+01:00For those who wish to take the short cut in the mo...For those who wish to take the short cut in the morning, if you take 10:47 train - an hour later, with any luck, you will arrive at the pub at similar time to the group which did the long version via Boxhill in the morning. I am told by the ‘official’ source, more heather will be seen with the short cut than the long version. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-80168682574223373352018-08-16T22:17:49.570+01:002018-08-16T22:17:49.570+01:00Hi guys
I am attending this walk as I am getting ...Hi guys<br /><br />I am attending this walk as I am getting a break from the builders. Like to do the full main walk and possible extension and care to join me? Yes hopefully some heather too.<br /><br />MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-7807020353539937962018-08-12T22:14:20.600+01:002018-08-12T22:14:20.600+01:00I have been eyeing the Milford to Haselmere walk f...I have been eyeing the Milford to Haselmere walk for awhile. It would be wonderful to do it with the club. RMT permitting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com