February

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Saturday, 2nd February 2008 GREAT BLAKENHAM - CLAYDON -AKENHAM Start 10.30am, Distance 6.5miles Meet and park 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Chequers", public house, Great Blakenham. A new route for "GO", taking in some of the picturesque Gipping Valley and open countryside along tracks and bridle ways in the parishes of Claydon and Akenham. We shall return to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.15pm. Use www.multimap.co.uk to assist in finding pub. Pub post code is IP6 0LP. Post Event Review A very sunny and quite cold day but perfect for winter walking. Our new route, although a little muddy in places owing to recent heavy rain, provided some good distant vistas of Henley and parishes of Claydon and Akenham. The section around Akenham Church and Rise Hall being particularly picturesque. The pub provided us with a great choice of food, some good value Daily Specials - I can particularly recommend the Cottage Pie. Well done David and your staff, we shall return again on Saturday, March 22nd for yet another virgin route around the Gipping Valley.

Saturday, 9th February 2008 FLEMPTON - CULFORD - WEST STOW Start 10.15am, Distance 7.5miles Meet and park 9.55am to pre-order food at "The Greyhound", public house, Flempton. A route taking in the magnificent park at Culford with its mature Wellingtonia trees. Open countryside, forest trails and a particularly peaceful stretch by the River Lark. We shall return to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.15pm. Use www.multimap.co.uk to assist in finding pub. Pub post code is IP28 6EL. SORRY, THIS WALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED AT 10.55AM, THURSDAY, 7th FEBRUARY DUE TO A LOW NUMBER OF CONFIRMED BOOKINGS. Saturday, 9th February 2008 update....A rare occasion and a great shame the walk had to be postponed on what would have been a superb day! Another 9 people tried to book for this walk well after the 48hour deadline. I am very sorry to disappoint those and perhaps more importantly, walkers who had booked before Thursday but, I must emphasise the importance of booking a minimum of 48 hours before the scheduled start of any walk. As much as I do not like to disappoint customers, to be fair to all host pubs, a reasonable amount of notice one way or another must be given and arrangements have to be made for the walk to be checked a day or so before hand if it is to proceed. COULD I ASK EVERYONE PLEASE, BOOK EARLY TO AVOID A RISK OF FUTURE WALK POSTPONEMENTS.

Saturday, 16th February 2008 KERSEY - WHATFIELD, Start 10.30am, Distance 5miles. Meet and park 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Bell Inn", Kersey. An undulating and picturesque walk giving some quite unexpected panoramic views near to the Brett Valley and Semer. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 12.45pm.

Saturday, 23rd February 2008 THURSTON - PAKENHAM Start 10.30am, Distance 5.5miles Meet and park 10.10am at "The Victoria", public house, Thurston to pre-order food. This pretty route takes in an interesting series of trails and tracks featuring meadows and a significant amount of attractive woodland, close to the village of Pakenham. We shall return to the pub for lunch at approximately 12.45pm.

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