PROGRAMME OF WALKS

You are advised to check times of public transport before use.

New members: we always stop for a picnic lunch on Wednesday walks.

Sun 03 Mar – Meet 10:00 am parking area on Ridgeway off B4494 Wantage to Newbury road [SU418841]. 6½ miles via Wether Down, Lands End and Farnborough; spectacular views. Tel: 962 1710, mob 07919 901622.

Wed 6 Mar – Meet 10:30 am at Hambleden car park next to Stag and Huntsman Pub [SU785865]. 5-5½ mile round walk via Aston, Remenham and Hambleden Mill. Tel: 947 3923, mob 07843228502.

Sat 09 to Tue 12 Mar – Mountain Section to South Devon.

Sun 10 Mar – Figure of 8 walk. Meet 10:00 am or 1:30 pm.at Mill End car park, Hambleden, [SU785854]. Morning walk 7 miles via Pheasant's Hill,Rotten Row, Bockmer Farm and Medmenham. Afternoon walk 4/5 miles via Rotten Row and Hambleden. Tel: 978 7703, mob 07752 785411.

Wed 13 Mar – Meet 10:30 am Woodcote Village Hall car park [SU645821]. 6 mile circular walk. Tel: 01491 873658, mob 07798 770630.

Sat 16 Mar – Meet 10:15 am,Woodcote Car Park [SU645821]. 5 miles via Wroxhills Plantation. Tel: 926 8035, mob 07982 048387.

Sun 17 Mar – Meet 10:00 am at 'informal' layby on right side of lane leading to "Homer Farm" from Nuffield [SU667856, OX10 6QR]. 8 miles via Hailey and Nuffield. Good views. Bring lunch. Tel: 07890 361862.

Wed 20 Mar – Meet 10:15 am at Ufton Nervet Church [SU635675], Park carefully in the village. Walk via Padworth and Sulhamstead 5½-6 miles. Tel: 926 8035, mob 07982 048387 or tel: 969 3449.

Sat 23 Mar – Meet 10:00 am West Wycombe Garden Centre car park [SU825947]. 10½ miles via Hellsbottom Wood, Wheeler End, Kensham Farm, Fingest, Hanger Wood, Cadmore End and Great Cockshoots Wood. One steep hill. Bring lunch. Possibility of café in Garden Centre at end of walk. Tel: 962 1710, mob 07919 901622.

Sun 24 Mar – Meet 10:30 am Goring Village car park behind the Catherine Wheel PH [SU599807]. 5 mile walk around Streatley. Bring packed lunch if wishing to do a 2-3 mile walk around Goring in the afternoon (depending on weather!). Tel: 01491 873658, mob 07798 770630.

Wed 27 Mar – Meet 10:30 am at Boveney car park [SU940777]. 5 mile walk across the meadows of the Thames flood plain with a chance to visit one of many tea-rooms at Eton (for plebs) or Windsor (for hoi polloi).Tel: 988 2515, mob 07530 54221.

Fri 29 Mar – Good Friday Meet 10:00 am Bucklebury Crossroads [SU556691, RG7 6RP]. 6-7 miles. Tel: 950 7696, mob 07810 364161.

Mon 01 Apr – Easter Monday. Villages and Downs. Meet 9:45 am at Boham's Road car park in Blewbury [SU525855, OX11 9HB]. 11 miles via Upton, Churn Farm, Lowbury Hill & the Astons. Please bring picnic lunch. Tea & cakes at garden centre if back in time! Tel: 984 2989 (on day only, mob 07974 813202).

Wed 03 Apr – Meet 10:30 am at Littlewick Green, Nr Maidenhead [SU838800, SL6 3RA]. Park with care around the Green and meet opposite The Cricketers Pub. 6 miles via Hall Place Farm, Robin Hood's Arbour and Maidenhead Thicket. Tel: 947 3923, mob 07843 228502.

Sun 07 Apr – Figure of 8 walk. Meet 10:00 am or 1:45 pm at West Street car park (charge £1), Marlow [SU847864]. Morning walk 7½ miles via Davenport Wood, Lower Woodend, Mundaydean Bottom, Copy Farm and Bovingdon Green. Afternoon walk 5 miles via Forty Green, Bovingdon Green, End Farm and Seymour Court. Tel: 978 7703, mob 07752 785411.

Wed 10 Apr – Meet 10:30 am car park St Barnabas Church, Elm Road, Reading [SU734704] (No 9 bus alight at The Maidens). 4 miles via Whiteknights Lake, the Harris Garden and Maiden Erlegh Lake. Tel: 935 3314 or 926 4134.

Sun 14 Apr – Meet 10:00 am Peppard Common [SU709818, RG9 5JX] (please park carefully around the common). 11 miles via Kingwood Common, Hook End, Stoke Row and Highmoor. Bring lunch. Tel: 950 7696, mob 07810 364161.

Wed 17 Apr – Meet 10:30 am Finchampstead Ridges NT car park [SU813635]. 6 miles via Heath Pond. Finchampstead, Blackwater nature reserve and Wellingtonia Ave. Not too arduous. Tel: 947 6942, mob 07813 712984.

Sat 20 Apr – Meet 10:00 am at Cookley Green bus shelter [SU696903]. 7 miles via Swyncombe and the Ridgeway, coffee stop only (back for lunchtime)! Tel: 941 1310.

Sun 21 Apr – Meet at 10:00 am at Theale High St. Car Park (end nearest M4) [SU645714]. 6½ miles via North St., Nunhide Lane, Sulham Woods and Little Heath. Bring packed lunch but number of convenient pubs at the end. Tel: 07771877456.

Wed 24 Apr – Meet 10:30 am Nettlebed Kiln [SU702868, RG9 5AX]. 8 miles via Cookley Green, Ewelme Park and Park Wood (possible bluebells). Tel: 950 7696, mob 07880 660961.

Sat 27 April – Meet 10:00 am in public car park on north side of Dorchester Bridge [SU579940]. 7½ miles via Little Wittenham, Wittenham Clumps, Shillingford, Warborough. Optional pub lunch at finish. Dave and Nicky Sayer 947 5074, mob 07972 580232.

Sun 28 Apr – Meet 10:00 am Hambleden car park [SU785865] adjacent to the Stag & Huntsman. 8-9 miles, via Woodend. Bring lunch; optional drink afterwards at the S&H. Tel: 01628 628628.

Wed 01 May – Meet 10:30 am Cliveden NT car park, WOODLANDS entrance [SU910833]. Walk in grounds, long hill up, taken slowly. 5 miles. Tel: 926 8035, mob 07982 048387.

Sat 04 May – Meet 10:00 am Nuffield Church (parking beside church) [SU667873, RG9 5SR]. 10½ miles via Heycroft Shaw, Port Hill, Copse Wood (hopefully bluebells), Digberry Lane, Ewelme Park, Swyncombe Down and Harcourt Hill. Please bring food and drink. Tel: 926 2451.

Sun 05 May – Meet 10:00 am Cadmore End car parking off B482 opposite school [SU784927]. 7½ miles via Hanover Hill, Mousell Wood, Fingest and Hanger Wood. Tel: 962 1710, mob 07919 901622.

Mon 06 May – Bank Holiday Meet 10:15 am Peppard Common [SU709818]. 7½ miles via Satwell, Greys Court, Greys Green and Rotherfield Peppard. Hopefully plenty of bluebells. Some hills. Bring refreshments for late morning break. Tel: 954 3193, mob 07717 383066.

Wed 08 May – Meet 10:30 am Rushall Manor Farm [SU584723]. 6½ miles via Bradfield, Stanford Dingley and River Pang. Tel: 962 1710 Mob 07919 90162.

Sat 11 May – Meet 10:00 am Mill End, Hambleden car park [SU785854]. 10 miles via Aston, Culham Court to Hurley and back across Temple Bridge returning via Medmenham to Mill End. Tel: 947 7463, mob 07949 169287.

Sun 12 May – Meet 10:00 am Dry Leas car park, Henley [SU760831, RG9 2JN]. 8½ miles via Rotherfield and bluebell woods. Bring lunch. Tel: 07890 361862.

Wed 15 May – Meet 10:30 am Snelsmore Common Country Park. [SU464710] (B4494). Walk via Winterbourne and Bagnor 6-6½ miles. Tel: 926 8035, mob 07982 048387 or 969 3449.

Sat 18 May – Meet 10:15am on the verge opposite Stonor House Main Gate [SU736890]. 4½ miles via Southend, hilly, good views. Tel: 926 8035, mob 07982 048387.

Sun 19 May – Figure of 8 walk. Meet 10:00 am or 1.30 pm at Henley Town Hall [SU759826]. Morning walk 6½ miles via Hunts Green, Upper Bolney, Harpsden and back along the Thames. Afternoon walk 4½ miles via Deer Park, Lower Assendon, Lambridge Wood and Fairmile. Tel: 978 7703, mob 07752 785411.

Wed 22 May – Linear walk. 9:42 am train to Staines. Walk via Runnymede Meadows, Magna Carta, Air Forces Memorial and Coopers Hill slopes. Return train from Egham. 6 miles, easy walking. Tel: 954 6333.

Sun 26 May – Meet 11:00 am outside East Hendred church [SU459887] for a 9 mile walk to Ginge, Betterton House, Lockinge, Ardington and West Hendred. Bring packed lunch. Tel: 926 4134.

Wed 29 May – Meet 10:30 am Whitchurch Hill Green [SU638788]. Round walk of 7 miles. Tel: 01491 873658, mob 07798 770630.

Sat 01 Jun – Meet Reading Station at 9:30 am to catch the 9:44 am train to Paddington. 'A walk for Diana' taking in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green and St James' Parks. 7 miles. For a shorter version drop off and get bus/tube (you will need a travel card if using the tube). Tel: 01491 873658, mob 07798 770630.

Sun 02 Jun – Meet 10:00 am Rushall Manor Farm [SU584723]. 10 miles via Mazelands Farm, Pang Valley, Stanford Dingley and Bradfield. Bring lunch. Tel: 962 1710, mob 07919 901622.

Wed 05 Jun – Meet 10:30 am at Sherfield on Loddon car park [SU679579]. 5½ miles in search of the source of the Loddon. Flat as a pancake! Tel: 988 2515, mob 07530 454221.

Sun 09 Jun – Taster Walks. Meet 1:30 pm at Mapledurham Playing Fields off the Woodcote Road [SU698758, RG4 7EZ]. Please come along, the more the merrier as we need members to chat to the public and explain about the Club.

Sat 15 Jun – Meet 10:00 am for a walk of about 6½ miles around Wyfold Grange and Hook End. Park carefully along verge in Park Lane, a few hundred yards north of Cane End [SU677802, RG4 9HE]. Tel: 947 1118, mob 07768 923841.

Sun 16 Jun – Meet 10:30 am Wallingford, Old Cattle Market car park off New Road [SU608892]. 7 miles via Thames Path, Shillingford and Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. Tel: 986 8915, mob 07972 604666.

Wed 19 Jun – Summer outing by coach to Mottisfont in Hampshire, National Trust property. For enquiries tel: 947 3923.

Thu 20 Jun – Leslie Drain Memorial Walk. This walk may be of special interest to those who knew Leslie and appreciated all that he did for us during his long membership of our Club. Meet 7:15 pm Goring Station [SU602806]. Leslie’s favourite 5 mile evening walk via Upper Gatehampton Farm. We plan to stop on the hillside overlooking the Thames and drink to his memory with the last of Leslie’s excellent homemade wine. Tel: 987 2496.

Sun 23 Jun – Scarecrows and Teas. Meet 10:00 am Boham’s Road (opp. Sebastopol Wines) car park, Blewbury [SU525855 OX11 9HB]. 11 miles over the downs via Compton and Aston Tirrold returning to Blewbury along part of the scarecrow trail and finishing with optional tea (hopefully) at Blewbury church. Bring lunch. Tel: 950 7696, mob 07810 364161.

Wed 26 Jun – Windsor Great Park. Meet 10:30 am Blacknest car park off the A329. [SU962686]. 6½ miles around the lake to Totem Pole, Copper Horse. Fairly flat terrain. Tel: 947 6942, mob 07813 712984.

Thu 27 Jun to Mon 01 Jul – Mountain Section to Ambleside.

Sat 29 Jun – Meet 10:00 am Silchester Roman Town North Wall car park [GR SU635628]. 6 miles via West End Green and Roman Walls. Tel: 950 7696, mob 07810 364161.