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EXTENDED WALK 2nd October, 2023

The next extended walk is on Monday 2nd October, 2023 which will be a circular walk from The free Car Park in Filston Lane, Shoreham, TN14 7SP.

The lunch stop will be at The Bricklayers Arms, Chevening Road, Chipstead, TN13 2RZ. Tel: 01732 743 424, see attached menu. Bob has indicated in the region of 15 of us give or take a few and the pub has therefore, requested that we advise them of our orders in advance. If you can advise Bob, by Monday 28th August what your orders are.  

Bobs email address is robertbrickell50@gmail.com 

We will aim to be at The Bricklayers Arms by 1:15 pm for lunch. The total walk distance is 9.85 miles. The distance to The Bricklayers Arms from Filston Lane is 5.8 miles.

Please arrive by 9:45am.  The walk will start at 10:00 am and will be led by Bob Brickell.

Directions:

From Swanley take the B2173 to the roundabout at the M25/M20/A20 junction and take the A20, London Road to Farningham roundabout. Take the second exit towards West Kingsdown and turn right onto Eynsford Road, A225, and continue through Eynsford, and at Shoreham station turn right into Station Road. Drive through the village and at the tee junction turn left into Filson Lane. The car park is on the left.

For Satnav users the post code is TN14 7SP.

EXTENDED WALK 5th June, 2023

The next extended walk is on Monday 5th June, 2023 which will be a circular walk from The Villager PH, Erskine Rd, Vigo Village, Kent, DA13 0TD, Tel: 01732 822 305, see attached map of the route.  We can use the pubs car park.

The lunch stop will be at The Villager PH and attached to this email is the menu. Bob has indicated in the region of 15 of us give or take a few and the pub has therefore requested that we advise them of our orders in advance. If you can advise Bob, by Monday 29th May what your orders are if you are stopping for lunch.  

Bobs email address is robertbrickell50@gmail.com 

We will aim to be at The Villager by 1:00 pm for lunch. There is a steep decent and incline in two locations which we will take our time on, otherwise the walk is fairly level.

Please arrive by 9:45am.

The walk will start at 10:00 am and will be led by Bob Brickell.

The total walk distance is 7.00 miles.

Directions:  The simplest route from Swanley is to take the B2173 London Road out of Swanley to Junction 3, M25 and take the M20 and come off at junction 2 for the A20 and then take the second exit heading towards Wrotham. Take the first exit at the next roundabout onto the A227, Gravesend Road, then right onto the Harvel Road then right again into Erskine Road and take the second right to The Villager PH car park.

The post code is  DA13 0TD for satnav users.

Extended walk Monday 3^rd April 2023

This month’s extended walk will be a historical walk around Battersea Park and Battersea Power Station. See attached map of the route from Victoria Station. The walk will be about 6 miles long in total including the walk around the power station.

The meeting point will be Swanley station. Please arrive by 09:30 to buy tickets to catch the 09:48 to Victoria, changing at Bromley South. The off peak return is £12.40 but for a group of three or more travelling together it’s a third off at £8.27. The suggestion is that we divide ourselves into groups of 3 or 4 people to make it easy to reimburse the person buying your ticket. Some people will have senior rail cards which will get them a third off anyway and others will have Oyster cards but if they are not linked to a senior rail card you could end up being charged the full off peak fare. There are no restrictions on return times for group saver off peak returns.

The walk will be led by Bob Brickell who will provide historical information about Chelsea Bridge, the Park from its inception through to its heyday, during the Festival of Britain, to the early 1970’s and, the Power Station to present day times.

Eating out at the Power Station is very expensive so Bob suggests that you take a packed lunch to eat in the park. There is a café in the park overlooking the lake if you prefer.

If you intend to go on this walk, would you please email Bob at robertbrickell50@gmail.com to say you will be going on the walk.

The following is a link to the Power Station website: 

https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk 

There is a lift within the chimney on the north western corner of the power station called lift 109 with a glass viewing dome that sticks out of the top of the chimney. Unfortunately, the first two weeks of April are all peak time tickets costing £21.45 each whereas off-peak tickets cost £15.90 each. Bob is also concerned that with a group of us trying to book times this may be difficult.

EXTENDED WALK 6th March, 2023

The next extended walk is on Monday 6th March, 2023 which will be a circular walk from The Golden Lion, Luddesdown Rd, Luddesdown, Kent, DA13 0XE, Tel: 01474 815 644, see attached map of the route.  We can use the pubs car park.

The lunch stop will be at The Golden Lion and attached to this email is the menu. Bob has indicated in the region of 15 of us give or take a few and the pub has therefore requested that we advise them of our orders in advance. If you can advise Bob, by Tuesday 28th February what your orders are if you are stopping for lunch.  

Bobs email address is robertbrickell50@gmail.com 

We will aim to be at The Golden Lion by 1:30 pm for lunch. There are hilly ups and downs on this walk but the views are good.

Please arrive by 9:45am.  The walk will start at 10:00 am and will be led by Bob Brickell.

The total walk distance is 7.15 miles.

Directions:  

The simplest route from Swanley is to take the B2173 London Road out of Swanley to Junction 3, M25 and take the M20 north and come off at junction 2 onto the A2 heading towards Chatham.

Take the exit for Shorne Woods Country Park and turn left onto Brewers Road.

Take the first exit at the roundabout onto Halfpence Lane and at Cobham carry straight onto Cobhambury Lane.

Turn right onto Luddesdown Road and follow the road to The Golden Lion which will be on the left.

The post code is  DA13 0XE for satnav users. It will suggest taking Batts Road which is rather narrow instead of staying on Cobhambury Rd.

EXTENDED WALK 6th February, 2023

The next extended walk is on Monday 6th February, 2023 which will be a circular walk from Kemsing Village free car park, see attached map of the route.  The car park is not large so car sharing is advised.

The lunch stop will be at The Bull Pub, High Street, Otford, TN15 5PG, Tel:  01959-523198. Attached to this email is the menu. Bob has indicated in the region of 15 of us give or take a few and the pub has therefore requested that we advise them of our orders in advance. If you can advise Bob, by Tuesday 31st January what your orders are if you are stopping for lunch.  

Bobs email address is robertbrickell50@gmail.com 

We will aim to be at The Bull by 1:00 pm for lunch. There is a climb out of Kemsing of about 250 feet up onto the North Downs Way but this is over a distance of 1.2 miles so, not too bad and a similar decent into Otford. If the weather is clear there should be good views from the Downs.

Please arrive by 9:45am. 

The walk will start at 10:00 am and will be led by Bob Brickell.

The total walk distance is 7.08 miles. Approx 5 miles am and 2 miles pm.  

Directions:  

The simplest route from Swanley is to take the B2173 London Road out of Swanley to Junction 3, M25 and take the A20 onto London Road towards Farningham and at the second roundabout take the second exit towards West Kingsdown and take the first right onto Eynsford Road, A225. Follow the A225 through Eynsford and Shoreham and at Otford where the road turns sharp right, turn left onto the Pilgrims Way then right into Childsbridge Lane and then first left into W End, follow the road into Kemsing, the free public car park, TN15 6NA, is on the left just past The Bell pub (No food on Mondays).