The Whie Hart, a familier site in most towns including Leicester. Thanks to Colin for planning the route. Hawogian task force - Photo by Harvinder, Learning how to fly! - Photo by Jeff, His cup's bigger than mine! 5 souls set out on a overcast morning from Turville Heath: Mike, Mark O, Steve, Clare and myself. But it was the only free house in the village and had increased its trade. It was discovered near the viewpoint mound, where there is a free telescope set up (direct view of St Pauls). We were glad they did as Audrey kindly envited us back after for tea and cake. The start of the walk was hampered by coastal landslip so a detour had to be taken. We were soon trucking across muddy fields but it was a fairly easy route to follow and well marked for the most part. Hay has a 13th century castle which witnessed many sieges and incidents. Seven of us (Clare, Marcellus, Sharon, Deirdre, Florian, Lesley and me) met on a sunny day. A preview of the book, Equine Journeys: The British Horse World, released this autumn, 2018. For those who ventured to that far off place called Waltham Abbey (35 minutes drive time from Harrow), they were rewarded with easy, enjoyable walking. 2 Steves, 2 Kens, Brian, Zhang, Mary and Clare. ChrisE: 20 Sep 2019: ChrisE: 22 May 2018: ChrisE: 22 Jun 2013: Magnus Greel: 18 Feb 2011: Barmaid offered this as a consolation pint, and charged us the difference from the Rocking Rudolph for the privelige. Two contrasting signs, The Roast and Boiled Meat. The route took in the palaces of Westminster, Whitehall, St James, Buckingham and Kensington. We set a blistering pace and arrived back at the cars at 2.30ish and went for a lovely cup of tea. We had a picnic afterwards by the lake, earlier the lake had been the setting for a re-creation of the battle of Actium by local model boat owners. We stopped at the Rising Sun near Highmoor for lunch and by then the sun was out so we stayed outside to enjoy the view of the village green. My family come here at least once and sometimes 2-3 times a week. Food was great, got both starters and main. Chilham has the remains of a Norman castle, 13th century church and original town square - plus tea shop and Elizabethan mansion. The Lunesdale Arms has been recently refurbished by the current owners and is presented in excellent order, with a number of period features including beamed ceilings, stone and wooden flooring, open fireplaces and wood burning stoves, creating a cosy atmosphere for both dining and drinking. Good value too, we've enjoyed this place and all the staff are extremely friendly and helpful, we will be back. The rest did the medium course and we split the map reading between us, some points were well hidden and it took some searching to discover them. We made our way towards our first view-point at Horsenden Hill, unfortunately not much of a view because of the clouds and mist. 1762. 9 of us went to Hay for the 2nd camping trip of the year. The menu was interesting with some unusual dishes. There was no eend to the silver dishes and baskets all sot out with flowers, and a running over with bunches of white grapes and oranges, and everything else good that ever grew on arth! Well we picked the weather didn't we! - Photo by Harvinder, Medieval wind chime musical instrument - Photo by Harvinder, Glad we avoided this path ! - Photo by Phil, Walkers about? Long have I awaited thee!” He mounted the horse and rode on—rode and rode, until he saw standing before him, a palace made of copper. Thanks to all for coming. On Saturday 7 of us took the canoes from Glasbury on a 11 mile trek along the Wye (5 in kayaks and 2 with the supplies in Canadian canoe). A fine bevy of HAWOG beauties arrived over the day at Littlehampton YHA. 10 of us met at Richmond on Saturday for the navigation day. We passed through Young Peter's Square, where a group of noisy revellers led by Brian were enjoying a Sunday afternoon party. The pub … Food is reasonably priced for great quality food, Myself and about 14 work colleagues went last night for our Xmas in May evening as we couldn't all get together at Xmas time! Thank you for your lovely review. On arrival in Seaton the local hostelry was sought by many! Plenty of woods and autumn leaves throughout. We had a break at the Dell cafe on the Serpentine to enjoy tea and cakes whilst watching the sunset over the water, plus testing the teams knowledge of British PMs 1945-79 (Eden and Douglas-Home proved to be the difficult ones). Arrived back at Tring at about 16:00. R. (hence) of the month Mārgaśīrsha Lit. Guys included Tahir, Ian S, Mat, Alex, Michael J and Marty. We climbed up 100m to the viewpoint on Boxhill. William Pitt attempted a similar measure, but was mobbed by the housemaids, and abandoned it.— Meanwhile, the White Horse, Overton on Dee, Wrexham, was highly commended in the category for its outstanding work. The short winter days meant being up at 5.30am to be on the mountains at 8.00am, gving us the full daylight hours available. Three new climbers took the registration test. For me, the highlight was the new greenhouse, half surrounded by a lake, with beautiful orchids inside, a waterfall, an arid zone and an interactive zone showing how roots grow and what goes on underground. 8 of us gathered on yet another glorious Sunday morning in Windsor. The rest of us continued on to find a suitable picnic spot and had lunch along the bank of the canal (where they later joined us). The White Hart. Booking in at the hostel was simplicity itself since we had pre-booked and were expected. As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstones? After an initial review of map reading (and waiting for Derek's call) we set off on the riverpath to Petersham gate, and once in Richmond Park the group set off to find the first checkpoint.