April was pretty cruel, this year, especially in the wintry two weeks after Easter which slowed to a halt the belting progress of the trees which had exploded with green earlier in the month. But Hey Dinga Ding Ding! The 14 ORRA Ramblers and two dogs who set off to Haslemere on the last Saturday … Continue reading April 2017 Ramble – Strong Views
January 2017 Ramble – Old Father Thames (again)
A river walk is a good way to start the year. It's hard to get lost, though some years we have managed it. This time we didn't. This was the 34th walk in the ORRA series. They began in January 2006 with a walk deep in Essex mud, though nobody can quite remember where. This … Continue reading January 2017 Ramble – Old Father Thames (again)
September 2016 Ramble – Along the oldest road
Once again the weather smiled on the 11 Ramblers who braved the throng at Euston Station for the short ride to Tring, as it so often does for this last-Saturday-in-September outing . A slight delay for a laggard arrivee brought the number to an old-fashioned non baker’s dozen, and then we were off on an … Continue reading September 2016 Ramble – Along the oldest road
April 2016 Ramble – A lovely Palmeresque Spring outing
The great landscape painter Samuel Palmer would have loved this beautiful day out in the Darent Valley that he touched with visionary magic in the years 1826 to 1836 in his pictures of its woods and hills turned into an earthly paradise. So it was too for the select band who ventured out on the … Continue reading April 2016 Ramble – A lovely Palmeresque Spring outing
January 2016 Ramble – Walking the Meridian Line
The Thames is always beckoning for these New Year Walks, an easy option if the trains happen to be disrupted by snow or storms. They weren't, but habit grips hard, so for this New Year 2016 ramble we approached the river from Blackheath and Greenwich rather than (as previously) starting riverside and staying there. A … Continue reading January 2016 Ramble – Walking the Meridian Line
September 2015 Ramble – A Goldilocks Outing
It was a glorious day. And a wonderful walk, among the best we have ever had, people said. After a summer and early autumn of chill and downpours, the Last Saturday of September behaved as it normally does, delivering almost perfect Goldilocks walking weather: not too hot and not too cold. Ten old faithfuls (some … Continue reading September 2015 Ramble – A Goldilocks Outing
April 2015 Ramble – Greenwoods, Bluebells, Blue Skies
It was not a prepossessing start. Rain sprinkles and clouds all over the forecast as we set off. As we waited under the canopy at London Bridge station, we wondered if it might not be better to go home at 10am and write a pretext report of the walk and pretend that the pictures did … Continue reading April 2015 Ramble – Greenwoods, Bluebells, Blue Skies
