Ashurst Circular Walk

Ashurst Circular Walk

Distance: 14.5 Miles
Guide can be found here

Time 7 hours (including Lunch and Coffee breaks)


Starting point is the Ashurst Railway station which has FREE Parking, overcast skies a Northerly wind and the threat of rain - Good day for a hike

Anyway a good route, quite muddy underfoot in places (Well it is nearly the end of October)

Saw 500 Acre Wood, Pooh Car Park, Pooh Bridge, Piglet Tea Rooms, a whole host of Pheasants and a Sparrow Hawk - despite the wind the Sun did come out and it was a glorious day. Its not a hard walk but thoroughly enjoyable


Some pictures below with the odd comment as appropriate

Thanks for looking

Me and David (My Son) ready for the off

Gentle slope

Another incline

Tributary of the River Medway

And another

Autumn Sunshine

Check out the webs on the hedge - Halloween Preparation

Entrance to 500 Acre Wood

Entrance to 500 Acre wood behind - lets hope we dont get lost

So glad im not at ground level

It says it all

View from the Plaque

Pooh Bridge - Stick ready

No walk complete without

Beautiful Afternoon

Converted Oast buildings

Medway

Trying to get Arty

Woldingham Circular

Woldingham Circular

Distance: 11 miles
Guide: Guide Info

My Distance:8.2 Miles
Time - 5 Hrs

Parked in Woldingham Station car park  - Free on Sundays. Not a long route but some big hills, well 3 big hills.
Given its October the 8 its quite bizarre as the Temp was at 18 C (very odd) and an awful lot of green around. Managed to try out my new JetBoil - Worth every penny. Some pictures below - all pretty self explanatory.

If there is a rope ?

How can you not

Are lots of berries a sing of a bad winter ahead ?

Sometime B&W is just as effective

This could be the middle of Summer

Circular walk around Churt

Circular walk around Churt
Distance: 9 miles
Guide: Churt, Surrey Hills

My Distance: 10 Miles
Time - 4 Hrs 15 Mins

This was the first time I have done a proper walk (if you know what I mean)
I attempted to follow the route from the Surrey Hills Guide.

First thing to note everywhere I read told me about Car Parking charges, I actually arrived early ie around 6 am - there was no one to pay so I just parked, when I eventually left there was a chap with on the road collecting fees, I did offer but he said there was no need as I arrived early.

Its not very challenging physically, and a mixture of on and off road, the occasional hill. Certainly a pretty walk and some houses in beautiful locations.

Enough of a walk to check out my boots, just one blister which I can live with.

I have added a few pictures below to give an idea of what the area looks like.

Frensham Pond

No shortage of Bluebells

Half-timbered cottage on the edge of Churt

View Whitmore Vale

Streams Everywhere

Just seemed very English