Programme of Walks
Walk Leaders -- please notify any changes to the Webmaster. Any last-minute changes will be shown on this page and as a Newsflash on the Home Page.
On most of our walks, unless it says otherwise in the programme, you should bring food and drink for lunch and snacks. If the leader has planned for the group to eat lunch in a pub this will be clearly stated in the programme.
We show in green italics some (most) of the challenge events organised by our neighbouring groups. See "Strider", the LDWA website or the local Group's website for further details.
We organise several Weekends Away during the year. Our Lake District trip in June is now over, but we are still looking forward to the Brecon Beacons in August and Exmoor in September - details below. You will find reports of most of our Weekends Away for the past few years in the Journal or the archives.
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| Sunday 1 | Whitchurch or Thereabouts - ca. 20ml | 0900 Whitchurch - CP on B471 opp. St John the Baptist church: GR SU637789 | 
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| Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 | Weekend Away - Brecon Beacons | See below | |||
| Sunday 15 | Winter Hill to Maidenhead Thicket via the River at Hurley - ca. 18ml | 0900 CP (free) adjacent Pinkneys Drive: GR SU855815 | Explorer 172 | Picnic lunch, probable pub stop. |
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| Sunday 22 | A Lot of Ups and Downs - ca. 20ml | 0900 Public CP, Watlington village centre: GR SU691944 | Explorer 171 | Village is 3 miles SW of Junction 6 on M40. Parking in public car park in town centre - charge unknown. The walk is around Watlington Hill via Skirmett and Fingest. |
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| Sunday 29 | A Prehistoric Perambulation - ca. 19ml | 0900 Lambourn CP (off High Street): GR SU323789 | Landranger 174 |
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| September | |||||
| Sunday 5 | A view of the Thames from Greece - ca. 20ml | 0900 Bradfield Village: GR SU604726 | Explorer 159 | A walk in west Berkshire south of the M4. Start is a few miles west of Reading and M4 junction 12. |
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| Sunday 19 | OBBO: Oxon, Bucks, Berks & Oxon - ca. 20ml | 0900 Mill Lane CP, Henley-on-Thames: GR SU771817 | Landranger 175 | 2000 ft of ascent. |
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| Friday 24 - Sunday 26 | Weekend Away - Exmoor | See below | |||
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| Sunday 3 | In the Southern Chilterns - ca. 20ml | 0900 Woodcote Village Hall CP: GR SU645821 | Explorer 171 |
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| Sunday 10 | A Wander round Woodcote - ca. 21ml | 0900 Goring Recreation Ground CP: GR SU604804 | Explorer 171 or Landranger 175 |
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| Sunday 24 | Hughendon Hike - ca. 20ml | 0900 Hughendon Manor CP: GR SU865955 | Explorer 172 |
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| Sunday 31 | Ashridge and beyond - ca. 18ml | 0900 Ivinghoe Beacon car park: GR SP964159 | Explorer 181 |
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| November | |||||
| Sunday 7 | Another Chiltern View - ca. 20ml | 0900 Small roadside CP in Bradenham.: GR SU828972 | Landranger 165 or Explorer 172/181 | If CP is full park other side of green by Bradenham Manor. |
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| Sunday 21 | Ridgeway Highs and Lows - ca. 18ml | 0900 Cowlease car park: GR SU727957 | Explorer 171 |
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| Sunday 28 | Down and Around About - ca. 18ml | 0900 Public CP next to Kings Hotel, Stokenchurch: GR SU759964 | Hilly walk on Chiltern Way & Ridgeway etc. Expect Mud! No shops or pubs on route. |
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| Sunday 5 | The Goose that will escape Christmas - ca. 18ml | 0900 Lay-by off exit 6 of the M40: GR SU715974 | Explorer 171 | Picnic lunch/drink at pub: "The Goose that will escape Christmas". |
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| Sunday 12 | Christmas Walk & Lunch - ca. 10ml | 0900 Pink & Lily pub, Lacey Green: GR SP828009 | Landranger 165 | Christmas pub lunch at 2pm for those with reservations. |
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| Sunday 19 | Christmas Tinsel and Tipple Walk - ca. 17ml | 0900 Seven Stars pub, Knowl Hill: GR SU822794 | Landranger 175 | Christmas attire - mulled wine and mince pies etc provided en route at Duncan and Linda’s houses. |
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- Clive's Welsh Weekend
- Clive will be leading 2 days' walking in the Brecon Beacons on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August with possibly a half-day walk on Friday 6th.
- Numbers will be limited to a maximum of 12, so please contact Clive to register your interest as soon as possible.
- More details later (there will be an email alert and RSS news feed when the information is available). You should plan to find your own accommodation once the venue is decided.
- Clive's contact details:
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- Duncan's Exmoor Weekend
- Duncan's weekend will be based in Lynton over the weekend Friday 24 - Sunday 26 September. Come for as many or as few days as you like and please make your own accommodation arrangements.
- The Friday walk will meet at 10am at County Gate Car Park (GR 795485) on the A39 Minehead - Lynton road. The Saturday and Sunday walks will start at Lynton Tourist Info Centre (GR 718495) at 9am.
- All walks will be about 15-16 miles, hilly (typically 3000ft ascent), with cream tea stops where available. There will be a mixture of coast walking, wooded valleys and moors.
- Contact Duncan: phone
