Please see below our forthcoming scheduled walks. Walks are regularly added, so please keep checking these pages for up to date information. As always, thanks to all members who volunteer to lead. | |
| IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BOOK A PLACE ON WALKS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ADVISED. HOWEVER, SOME WALKS ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS. IF THIS IS THE CASE CONTACT DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN AND YOU ARE ASKED TO CHECK AVAILABILITY WITH THE LEADER DIRECT. Please note: In the event of very extreme weather forecasts (heavy rain, storms, even heatwaves!) walks may be cancelled at short notice. In which case the Walks Programme organiser will email all members and amend the website accordingly. If in doubt the walks organiser can be contacted on 07791 222647 or email: [email protected] | |
| JUNE | |
| Wed 29 | Day Trip to Devizes. Please note OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS. Cost: £33 per person We travel by coach from Petersfield or Liss to Devizes and Avebury Ring with a choice of longer or shorter walk. An evening meal is planned and included in the price. Full details are available on request. For non members who would like to join us on this walk, please email [email protected]. |
| JULY | |
| Sat 2 | Leader: Sandy Meet for 10am start at Emsworth Recreation Park car park on Horndean Road (B2148). GR. SU 747 067. Distance: 10 miles – all flat, on firm tracks, paths and sea walls. Details: ‘Sandy’s Childhood Haunts Walk’. Passing through Emsworth Brook Meadow Nature Reserve, we follow Lumley Road and Mill Lane (tracks) to Westbourne. From Westbourne we head for Woodmancote and then Hambrook on tracks, crossing the A27 on a footbridge, before following Ham Brook south on a footpath to Nutbourne. On the way we cross a railway line with quite high stiles on either side (the only stiles on the whole walk). A footpath takes us down to the coast, where we follow the sea wall around Prinsted to Thornham Marina (the tide will be in). Crossing two channels on safe, sturdy metal bridges, we briefly join the Sussex Border Path to reach Emsworth Yacht Harbour (yes, there is a boat theme here!). Heading north we regain Lumley Road and retrace our steps back to the car park. |
| Monday 4 | Leader: Tony, 07710 713116 EVENING WALK Meet: for 6:30pm start at Hawkley, near Church GR.SU745291 Distance: 5 miles Details: Via Hangers Way to Empshott Green, Hawkley Hurst, Mabbotts and Uplands. ** Optional refreshments at the Hawkley Inn at the end of the walk** |
| Wed 6 | Leader: Anne H, 02392 592892 /07905 617445 Meet: for 10am start at Jubilee Hall, Crouch Lane, off Catherington Lane, Catherington. GR. SU693 146 Distance: approx 9 miles Details: Walk on Monarchs way via Denmead Mill towards Hambledon and back through Lovedean. Undulating with lovely views. Can be shortened. Some styles. |
| Sat 9 | Leader: Freda Meet: for 10am start at Fernhurst CP, GR.SU895286. Distance: 8-9 miles Details: Just outside the village we stop to see Furnace Pond before making a gradual climb up to Older Hill. From there after a short distance along the Common path drops down via Verdley Edge and on down to Henley, from where we take level paths back to Fernhurst. This walk was first planned in February, but cancelled because of the big storm. |
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| Wed 20 | 12.30pm Club BBQ at QECP Cannonball Picnic Site, bottom of Butser Hill. Please note MEMBERS ONLY Please see recent email with full details There will be a walk to the BBQ area leaving Buriton Pond GR: SU 740 200 and returning after the event. Please note this includes at least one steep hill. Start: 11:00am Leaders: Sheila & Linda Distance: approx. 2 ½ miles each way |
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| Wed 24 | Leader: Sheila, 07443 627007 Meet: for 10am start at Beckham Lane, Petersfield GR. SU 743237. Distance: 7.5 miles Details: Walk over the fields, past Bedales School, Steep, Little Langleys, Ashford Hill, Old Litten Lane, Steep Marsh Farm, Shipwrights Way and back to Beckham Lane. This is walk is organised by Petersfield Rambling Club as part of the Petersfield Walking Festival, and all-comers are welcome. |
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| SEPTEMBER | |
| Wed 21 | “Watercress Wander” Leader: Val, 07791 222647 An “away day” comprising a walk, or maybe two, and a ride on the Watercress Line. FULL DETAILS TO FOLLOW |