Walking Group Gallery (Pre 2015)
To see the 2015 gallery click here.
Below are the pictures from Rushmere Park in April 2014. We did a circular walk from the Three Locks up to Great Brickhill,
down through the Rushmere Park woods and back along the Grand Union Canal.
The following pictures were taken on Wednesday 2nd July 2014, when the
group did a circular walk from Princes Risborough, through Horsenden, then up
to the Ridgeway above Princes Risborough and back down to the town. We crossed
several railway lines and walked through fields full of wild flowers, a field
of blue flax, and saw many orchids.
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On 18th July twenty four members of the
Walking Group set off to London on one of the hottest days of the year, taking
advantage of the “two for one” ticket offer from Chiltern Railways, to walk a
small section of the Thames Path Walk which follows a route of approximately 40
miles in its entirety from the Cotswolds in the West, through the heart of
London and out to the Thames Barrage in the East. For
an excellent report by Janet C click here.
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On Wednesday 13th August , a group of 15 members from the walking group, led by Tony Coney, walked a 4.6 mile walk starting and finishing from "The Swan" at Great Kimble. We walked up to Whiteleaf, crossed the golf course, then back down to Monks Risborough, Askett and finally back to Great Kimble. On route the group decided to see how many people could fit in a kissing gate. The answer is shown in the enclosed photos.
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On the 12th September 2014, 22 members of the
Walking Group enjoyed a 6.5 mile walk in Oxfordshire in beautiful weather. We
started from the car park at Wolvercote, walked through Wolvercote Green
village and then joined the footpath alongside the Oxford Canal, walking into
Oxford.
After lunch in Oxford taken around the Castle area, we
then walked back alongside the River Thames, passing Godstow Lock, the ruins of
Godstow Nunnery, and then past “The Trout Inn”, famous from the “Morse” series
of TV programmes.
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On Friday
7th November 2014 twenty three U3A walkers and one “brave” young man set
out for London.
Our
first stop was to view the “poppies” at the Tower of London. I think we were
all taken aback by the size of the crowds and the carpet of red that spread out
before us, it really hit home how many people had died in the first world war.
Next was a river trip down the Thames to Greenwich Quay and lunch at the “Spanish Galleon” pub, a pub the group had visited before. Reassembling beside the Cutty Sark, the next stage of our walk took us along the Thames Path towards the Thames Barrier, along a part of London many of us had not seen before. The sheer volume of building work going on along this part of the walk was amazing. We passed under the new Greenwich Cable Car as we made our way to the Barrier, where a pit stop for refreshments was eagerly taken. There is plenty of information online about the Barrier, which was finished 30 years ago, including a video of how the Barrier operates. The barrier has been closed 50 times so far between 2013 and July this year, the previous highest number of closures was 20 in the period 2002/2003.
We made our way back to Greenwich, with some of the group taking a floodlit trip back along the Thames to Tower Bridge, taking in final views of the floodlit poppies, and some making their way back to Marylebone. A big thank you to Janet C for organizing the trip, and to Judith for helping Janet, also thanks to our leader for organizing the train groups and keeping us all in order. An extremely enjoyable day exploring a new part of London.
Next was a river trip down the Thames to Greenwich Quay and lunch at the “Spanish Galleon” pub, a pub the group had visited before. Reassembling beside the Cutty Sark, the next stage of our walk took us along the Thames Path towards the Thames Barrier, along a part of London many of us had not seen before. The sheer volume of building work going on along this part of the walk was amazing. We passed under the new Greenwich Cable Car as we made our way to the Barrier, where a pit stop for refreshments was eagerly taken. There is plenty of information online about the Barrier, which was finished 30 years ago, including a video of how the Barrier operates. The barrier has been closed 50 times so far between 2013 and July this year, the previous highest number of closures was 20 in the period 2002/2003.
We made our way back to Greenwich, with some of the group taking a floodlit trip back along the Thames to Tower Bridge, taking in final views of the floodlit poppies, and some making their way back to Marylebone. A big thank you to Janet C for organizing the trip, and to Judith for helping Janet, also thanks to our leader for organizing the train groups and keeping us all in order. An extremely enjoyable day exploring a new part of London.