tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post8474308334360668907..comments2024-03-27T21:54:24.933+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Second Walk – Aldermaston to Woolhampton [Midgham Station] (via Stanford Dingley)Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-52705779306586652282016-10-15T22:41:43.714+01:002016-10-15T22:41:43.714+01:00N=15 walkers, with the initial clouds lifting arou...N=15 walkers, with the initial clouds lifting around 11.00 o'clock, for a w=sunny day thereafter (heavy rain though later while on the train back to London). The group stayed together to the lunch pub, where some had a second drink, while the majority moved on. Those few also had a mid-afternoon stop at (after a diversion to) The Cottage Inn in Upper Bucklebury, so arrived in Woolhampton much later than the main group. <br />Proper countryside quite close to London, hardly any other walkers met all day, some beautiful villages, and a nice pub providing for fast delivery of very fine doorstop sandwiches and other assorted goods. Lunch was had outside on benches in front of the pub in the sun, not a bad result for mid Oct. <br />Some corrections to the directions are necessary around the Bucklebury Common heathland, as the scenery is now much different now from when the walk research was done in deep winter. <br />16.24 train for 10, after a 30 mins stop in The Rowbarge. 17.24 for the other 5, who gave The Angel a try (which is fine, but not as atmospheric as The Rowbarge).Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.com