Mobile number Programme and Newsletter August-November 2012 Chairman s Note s

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1 Mobile number Programme and Newsletter August-November 2012 Chairman s Note s Further to my note in the last programme concerning the forthcoming vacancy for a new Membership Secretary, I am delighted to report that Diane Biggadike has volunteered to fill the post. Diane will take over at the next AGM. Don t forget to book your seat for the coach trip on Tuesday, 28 th August. This time we are off to Canterbury. There will be an 8 mile walk ending back in the city or, if preferred, a one mile walk direct to the city centre. Pick-up points are shown in the programme. The cost is 12 pp. An Ode to the Back Marker When out walking how many people give a thought to that solitary person at the rear of the group. I refer, of course, to the back marker. As Shakespeare might have said, Tis awfully lonely at the back The group to follow on winding track Off go the leaders, the pace so fast Alright for them, there re not last 1

2 Which way to go, what path to take One can t see round corners, a decision to make Blowing on whistle that nobody hears Shouting out loud helps to calm ones fears A solitary life and that s for sure Rounding up strays like a guide on tour Move to front and risk a glare Best stay behind - don t take the dare To be serious, it can be a strain for the BM if people fail to keep up with the main group. London in particular, with its many attractions and distractions, can be very trying. So please, when we are out and about, do try to keep in visual touch with those in front and don t wander off. AGM Our AGM this year will be held in Dereham Hall which is behind Upminster Library on the 7 th November at 7.30 pm. There is a form for proposing the new committee members in the back of this programme. Secretary s Report Congratulations to Joan Bullivant and Iris Jupp for completing the Hadleigh to Southend (H2S) Legacy Walk. 17 members from Essex Area completed the walk, a total of 302 attended during the week. I have a booklet of the route, if anyone wishes to see it, or contact Norman Berry normanberryuk@yahoo.co.uk. for a copy. The price is 2.00 plus postage. The Footpath and Countryside Officer for Barking and Dagenham is Michael Cullen, 2 Whitmore Avenue, Harold Wood, Romford. RM3 0WY. Tel

3 Havering Footpath & Countryside Officer Footpath Maintenance Working Party We are hoping to continue with this work during the summer and autumn months on Fridays, starting at 9.45am. Provisional dates are July 13th, August 10th, September 14th, October19th and November 16th. On July 13th the plan is to work on footpaths near The Grove in Upminster. Further details will be available in July. It would be very helpful if Ramblers would let me know of footpaths in our area where they feel work needs to be done. Christmas Lunch We are planning to hold our Christmas lunch this year on the 18 th December, at The Olde Plough in Bulphan. A booking form will be included with the next programme. Please contact Peter O Neill if you have any queries. The estimated cost is 21. The closing date for the next programme is the 24 th October 2012 As we plan to start to compile the December to March programme as soon as the August programme is issued it would be much appreciated if you could supply your walks as soon possible especially if you require a specific date. Our drop dead date is the 24 th October but please remember the later you leave it the likelihood the dates that you require will be more restricted. This date is a week earlier than normal to accommodate the menu details of the Christmas lunch. If you would like to lead a walk on the next programme, please contact the relevant under mentioned person: To lead a walk on Tuesday, contact Peter O Neill on To lead a walk on Saturday, contact Peter Rees on or peter.rees2@virgin.net To lead a walk on Sunday, contact Peter Rees at peter.rees2@virgin.net 3

4 Web Site If you would like to receive your programme by instead of a paper copy please contact Peter Owen on haveringeastlondonramblers@gmail.com. By obtaining your copy in this way it will save us printing and postage costs. The programme is the largest outlay from our funds. A programme will, of course, still be printed but we are hoping to be able to cut down the number being run off. However, if you decide after a trial of receiving the programme via , that you would rather revert to the printed copy please just send another to Peter Owen at the above address and you will then be sent paper copies. All members with access are urged to try the new system. All walks If the weather is inclement, it is important to either check our web site as noted on page 1or contact the leader to see if the walk will take place. Please check for the availability of public transport on the TFL web site, before travelling at weekends to allow for the planning of alternative routes. Car share Please car share where possible, as parking is often quite limited. Curry Evening Curry night is Thursday 4 th October 7.30 at the Railway Hotel, Hornchurch at 7.30pm. The curry is optional as the full Ember Inn menu is available. The venue is next to Hornchurch District Line Station, buses 252, 193, and 256 also pass the door. Further details can be obtained from Tony Hyde on

5 Walking with the Ramblers All sporting activities have inherent hazards associated with them, and rambling is no exception. In spite of the safety of members always being the paramount concern, accident will occasionally occur. It is therefore important that when entering into the activity, each member appreciates that they have a responsibility to identify the hazards associated with the activity, and take all reasonable steps to eliminate or minimize the potential for an accident to occur. The Ramblers Association is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company registration number Registered charity in England and Wales Number Registered office, 2 Floor, Camleford House, Albert Embankment London SE1 7TW. 5

6 Havering and East London Ramblers Association Committee Members Chair : Peter O Neill Secretary: Ken Richards, 26 Arundel Road Harold Wood. Romford. RM3 0RT Treasurer: John Whitten,. Membership Secretary: Tony Hyde, 23 Heron Flight Avenue Hornchurch. RM12 5LN Walks Secretary: Peter Rees Havering Footpath & Countryside Officer Joan Bullivant Newham Footpath & Countryside Officer John Buckle Webmaster: Peter Owen 6

7 Sat 4 Aug 10:15am Bernard Stevens Meet at Galleywood Common in the first car park on the left after leaving the A12 (junction 16) at the Galleywood turn off (B1007), for a circular walk passing through West Hanningfield. GR TL Nearest Post Code CM2 8JU Lat N / Long E Sun 5 Aug 9:00am Sandra Dalton Meet Harold Wood station for car share to Chilham in Kent. Chilham has probably the largest medieval square in England and was the setting for the BBC adaptation of Emma. Walk in the open countryside of the Stour Valley. Very little shelter on walk so if the weather is bad ring to check walk is going ahead. Bring a packed lunch as no pub stop during walk. Chance for afternoon tea in Chilham at end of walk. 8 miles Tues 7 Aug 10:00am John Whitten Meet at Belhus Park golf course car park for walk around Oakwood Plantation and Belhus woods Lakes. GR TQ Nearest Post Code RM15 4PX Lat N / Long E Sat 11 Aug 10:15am Roy Clemance/Maureen Collins Meet at Epping Town car park off St. Johns Road, for a circular walk round Epping railway. GR TL Nearest Post Code CM16 5EG Lat N Long E

8 Sun 12 Aug 9:00am Ron Lockheart Meet at H.W.N.C. Gubbins Lane for a car share to Moreton, for a walk from the Nags Head P.H the walk is a figure of 8 with 10:0am and 1:15pm starts Post Code CM5 0LF GR Expl 183 TL 534/070 Walk will have a lunch time pub stop. This walk is a joint walk with West Essex. 6 & 5 mile legs. Tues 14 Aug 10:00am Joan Bullivant Meet at the Millennium Centre, Dagenham for a circular walk. Sat 18 Aug 10:00am. John Buckle Meet at High Beach Visitor Centre, for a circular walk through Epping Forest. Explorer 174 GR Post code IG10 4AF Sun 19 Aug 10:00am Ron Lockheart Meet at Tylers Common for a circular walk. postcode RM14 1TS GR Expl 175 TQ miles Tues 21 Aug 10:00am Linda Moulder Meet at Thorndon South visitors car park, off A128 (parking charge 2.20) for a circular walk via North Thorndon.. Sat 25 Aug 10:00am Tony Hyde Meet at the Cricketers PH in Mill Green, for a circular walk to Blackmore and back. 6 miles 8

9 Sun 26 Aug 9:00am Ron Lockheart Meet at H W N C Gubbins Lane for a car share to Danbury Community Centre Car Park off A414 main road just before the small roundabout, for a 10:0am walk start. Please note there is no pub stop on this walk. Post Code CM3 4NJ GR Expl183 TL 782/ miles Tues 28 Aug 9:00am Les & Janice Cannings Canterbury coach ramble along the Great Stour Way and the surrounding area finishing in the centre of Canterbury. Pick-up points will be the Tesco Superstore at Rainham (9.00) Hornchurch Station (9.10) Hornchurch North Street opposite the Fire Station (9.20) Ardleigh Green College (9.30) Gallows Corner bus stop opposite Furniture Village (9.40) Gubbins Lane bus stop/a12 traffic lights (9.45). Leave Canterbury between & Arrival back in Havering is planned between hrs. Sat 1 Sept 10:15am John Smith Meet at Billericay station car park for a circular walk to Lake Meadows and around Norsey Wood. Car Park fee 2 6 miles Sun 2 Sept 9:00am Tony Rowe Meet at Harold Wood Station for car share to East Hanningfield. Walk along Saint Peter's Way to Purleigh. Packed lunch advisable as pub could be very busy on a Sunday. Return along same path. Fairly easy 10 miles. Tues 4 Sept 10:00am Phil Havis Meet at Ingatestone Hall, Meadow car park, off Station Lane (By kind permission of Lord Peter s Estate). Circular walk to Mountnessing Hall. GR No Dogs Peter O Neill s mobile phone

10 Sat 8 Sept 10.15am Peter Rees Meet at the Hatfield Forest car park on lane signposted to Bush End and Hatfield Forest from the A120 at Takeley, for a circular walk around Hatfield Forest. Car park fee 5 (National Trust members are free) for car park go through the gate to the second car park (The Shell House car park). GR TL Nearest Post Code CM22 H Lat N o / Long E o 5. Sun 9 Sept 9:00am Ron Lockheart Meet at H.W.N.C. Gubbins Lane for car share to The Viper at Mill Green the walk is a figure of 8 with 10:0am and 1:15pm starts Post Code CM4 0PT GR Expl183 TL 641/018 Walk will have a lunch time pub stop. This walk is a joint walk with West Essex. 6 & 5 mile legs. Tues 11 Sept am Norman Tolley Meet at the Fyfield village hall which is at the end of Houchin Drive, Clatterford End. Houchin Drive is 2 miles north from the roundabout at Ongar on the B184 for a circular walk to Northwood End, New House, Nether and back to Houchin Drive, G.R Post Code CM5 0RG No Dogs 6 miles Sat 15 Sept 10:15am Les Cannings Meet at the Wat Tyler Country Park. Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea for a linear walk from Pitsea to Benfleet (the 4 for 2 return train to Pitsea is 1.50 each the single fare is 3) The car park is on the right just inside the main gate Post Code SS16 4UH 5. Sun 16 Sept 9:30am Iris Jupp Meet at Doddinghurst Village Hall for a circular walk. Pub stop or bring packed lunch miles 10

11 Tues 18 Sept 10:15 Peter Owen Meet at the Jacks Hill car park in Theydon Bois for a circular walk to the Copped Hall Estate and back across Bell Common. GR TQ Lat N o Long E o Sat 22 Sept 10:00am Tony Hyde Meet at the Hacton Bridge car park in Hacton Lane, Hornchurch, for a circular walk through Gaynes Parkway. GR TQ Nearest Post Code RM12 6EA Lat N Long E Sun 23 Sept 9:20am Ron Lockheart Meet at H W N C Gubbins Lane for a car share to Navestock Side for a figure of 8 walk, for a 10:0am walk start. Please note there is no pub stop on this walk. Post Code CM14 5SD 175 TQ miles Tues 25 Sept 10:00am Phil Havis Meet at Stock Village Hall car park, entrance to car park is in Common Road off the B1007 just north of the Hoop Public House. Please park at the far end of the car park. This is a circular walk on paths and lanes skirting the west side of Hanningfield Reservoir. GR No Dogs 5. Sat 29 Sept 10.15am Tony Hyde Meet at the Mountnessing Windmill car park for a circular walk via Ingatestone Hall GR TQ Nearest Post Code CM15 0TD Lat N / Long E miles Sun 30 Sept 9:00am Kathleen Valentine Meet at Harold Wood Station car park for car share to Benington, Herts. Pretty circular walk via Ardeley and the Beane Valley. Packed lunch advisable as pubs en route not yet checked. 8 miles 11

12 Tues 2 Oct 10:00am John Whitten Meet at car park opposite Danbury Post Office, for walk through Bellhill Wood, Pheasant house wood Thrift Wood and Danbury Common GR TL Nearest Post Code CM3 4DQ Lat N / Long E Miles Thurs 4 Oct 7:30 pm Curry Night at the Railway Hotel, next to Hornchurch Station. Sat 6 Oct 10:15am Peter O Neill Meet at Canada Water Station entrance, for a linear walk to Limehouse Sun 7 Oct 9:30am Iris Jupp Meet at Blackmore Village outside the Leather bottle Public House. Bring Packed Lunch 9-10 miles Tues 9 Oct 10:30am John Buckle Meet at Waterloo Stn. at 10.30am under central clock for overground train to Richmond. Riverside walk from Richmond to Kew. 5miles Sat 13 Oct 10.00am Beryl Buckler/Coral O'Neill Meet at Waterloo Mainline Station under the main clock. Catch the train to Barnes. For Part 2of Beverley Brook walk to Thames Path and beyond to Barnes Bridge Linear walk. Sun 14 Oct 9:20am Ron Lockheart Meet at H W N C Gubbins Lane for a car share to Navestock Heath for a figure of 8 walk, for a 10:0am walk start. Please note there is no pub stop on this walk. Post Code RM4 1HD GR Expl TQ miles 12

13 Tues 16 Oct 10:15am Ken Richards Meet at Chafford Gorge Nature Park Visitors Centre. From the North Stifford roundabout on the A13 (GR ) take the A1012 towards Grays. At the second roundabout turn right (third exit) into Devonshire Road, and the next right into Drake Road, This takes you to the visitors centre car park. GR Sat 20 Oct Sat 20 Oct 10:15am Joan Bullivant Meet at Honor Oak Park Station for a hilly, linear walk to Crystal Palace Station. 6 miles Sun 21 Oct 9:00am Joan Bullivant Meet at H.W.N.C car park in Gubbins Lane Harold wood for a car share to Ongar for a circular walk. Pub stop 10 miles Tues 23 Oct 10:15am Peter Rees Meet at the Tesco s near Bromley- By-Bow underground Station for a walk through Docklands stopping at Trinity Buoy Wharf and finishing at Island Gardens. 6 miles Sat 27 Oct 9:30 am Linda Moulder Meet 9.30 am at Barking Station, Platform 1 for a train to Harringay Green Lanes Station for a linear walk to Alexandra Palace, via Parklands and Highgate woods.. Sun 28 Oct 9:00am Norman Valentine Meet at Harold Wood Station car park for car share to Terling for circular walk to White Notley. Pub stops but bring packed lunch. 11 miles 13

14 Tues 30 Oct10:30am Tony Hyde Meet at Marble Arch Station under Marble Arch for a walk around the war memorials. Sat 3 Nov 10:15am Les Cannings Meet at the Western Esplanade on Canvey Island at the free car park which is on the left just past the amusement arcade and cinema, for a circular walk via the sea wall, Canvey Point and Canvey Heights. Lay N o / Lat E o Sun 4 Nov 9.00am Tony Rowe Meet at Harold Wood Station for car share to Crockham Hill, Kent. Lunch in Westerham. Quite a hilly walk miles. Tues 6 Nov 10:00am John Smith Meet at the Epping Forest Visitor Centre, for a circular walk through Epping Forest. Explorer 174 GR Post code IG10 4AF 6 miles 14 Sat 10 Nov 10:30am Doreen Tayler Meet at Putney Bridge Underground station for a walk that covers the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race course passing through Hammersmith and Barnes and ending at the Ship Inn at Mortlake. Sun 11 Nov 10:00am Joan Bulivant Meet at Embankment Tube Station for a circular Remembrance Day walk. Pub stop 10 miles Tues 13 Nov 10:00am Peter O Neill Meet at Upminster Station main entrance Upminster circular walk via the Ingrebourne Valley 6 miles

15 Sat 17 Nov10:15am David Brooks Meet at the Fishers Green car park in Stubbings Lane, for a circular walk around the Lee Valley Country Park Lat N o / W o GL TL No Dogs Sun 18 Nov 10:00 am Joan Bullivant Meet at Greenford Station for a hilly, linear walk to Brent Cross Station. Pub/cafe stop 11 miles Tues 20 Nov 10:00am Jerry O Brien Meet behind the church in Havering Ate Bower for a circular walk 5. Sat 24 Nov 9:30 am Linda Moulder Meet 9.30 am at Barking station, Platform 1 for a train to Harringay Green Station for a linear walk to Clapton Station, via New River, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Springfield Park and Walthamstow Marsh. Return by train to Liverpool Street Station.. 6 miles Sun 25 Nov 9:00am Ron Lockheart Meet at H W N C Gubbins Lane for a car share to the Admiral McCardy way Starts Coronation Park Timsons Lane Chelmsford, for a 10:0am walk start. Please note there is no pub stop on this walk. 10 miles 15

16 Tues 27 Nov 10:00am Norman Tolley Meet at the bottom of Park Drive Upminster. Park in the road in either Argyle Gardens. or Cranston Park Avenue, for a circular walk via Cranham Church, roads, fields, Mary Magdalen Church and Cranham Marsh. GR

17 Walk Leaders David Brooks John Buckle Joan Bullivant Les Cannings Roy Clemance Sandra Dalton Micky Doyle Phil Havis Sheila Horne Tony Hyde Ron Lockhart Linda Moulder Jerry O Brien Coral & Peter O Neill Don Ostle Peter Owen Joyce Rees Ken Richards Peter Robinson John Smith Tony Rowe Bernard Stevens Doreen Tayler via Membership Secretary Norman Tolley Norman & Kath Valentine John Whitten 17

18 New Walks and Walk Leaders Required. The committee would like to thank all the volunteer walks leaders who have enabled us to provide wide variety of walks that are available to the group each week. We must all remember that these people give freely of their time to investigate, plan and lead our walks. Having said that, the walks coordinators are always seeking new ideas and people who would like to lead a walk. This may appear a daunting prospect at first but rest assured help is always available to either turn your idea into a walk, or support you in leading it. If you feel you have something to offer please contact your walks coordinator, or a committee member, who will be only too pleased to advise you. Please remember that the walks programme is dependent on volunteers if no one volunteers to lead walks there will be no walks programme and therefore no walks for anyone to participate in! 18

19 Ramblers Holidays Walking Partnership The Havering and East London Ramblers group has recently joined The Walking Partnership. This new partnership, supported by Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, provides direct financial contributions to local walking groups to help with organising group walks, encouraging people to get out walking, helping to clear and improve footpaths, providing equipment to help walkers etc. Over the past 65 years, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays has given many millions of pounds to assist walking charities and conservation projects in Britain and the countries they visit on their worldwide holidays. Now our group can benefit directly. Ramblers Worldwide Holidays operate group walking holidays in the UK and all around the world. Each holiday is accompanied by a qualified walks leader, so you can leave all the organising to them and just enjoy meeting like minded people and of course, some fantastic walking. Holidays are graded in terms of difficulty, and there is a full range from sightseeing right up to hut-to-hut mountain treks. Take a look at their website on or give them a call on for more details or to order a brochure. Remember when you book to quote the name of our group, and we will then receive a contribution of 10 per person on UK holidays, 20 per person on short haul holidays, and 30 per person on long haul holidays. This extra funding could really make a difference to us 19

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21 Nomination Form Name of Nominee... Position... Proposed By... Seconded By... Please send by the 1 st November to: The Secretary Mr Ken Richards 26 Arundel Road Harold Wood Romford, Essex RM3 0RT Enclose S.A.E. if acknowledgement is required. If any member wishes to put forward a proposal to improve how the Group is run, please send details of the proposal for inclusion in the agenda by 7 th November It must be seconded and forwarded to Mr Ken Richards at the above address. 21