Walks by Water - walking, hiking London

Let's go with the flow on this truly beautiful 9 mile river walk in Evesham a medieval market town that feels like stepping back in time !

We shall pass by the Bell Tower by All Saints and St Lawrence churches and also Abbey Park that so dramatically houses the remains of Evesham Abbey.

The walk shall take us past delightful Fladbury and its iconic Mill before we arrive at The New Inn in Cropthorne.

Please arrive by 9.05am so as to facilitate the purchase of group train tickets and we shall take the 9.50am train that arrives at Evesham at 11.36am.

Train ticket : Evesham return.

Or you may decide to drive.

The walk shall commence by 11.50am.

Please bring packed lunch, water, snacks etc plus waterproof jacket, walking shoes boots or trainers plus sunhat,sunglasses and suncream.

Meetup fee £8 payable in cash or £6 by Friday by bank transfer in advance, details available upon request.

Please make sure that you have adequate and appropriate insurance for this type of activity and you should be fit enough to walk 2.5 miles per hour.

We shall take the bus from The New Inn at 4.47pm and then take the 5.38pm train from Evesham that arrives back at 7.24pm.

You may of course decide to explore a little more and take a later train back to Paddington.

Please only post photos of others with their consent.

My number is 07714250849.

Let's go with the flow and spend 5 days in this truly most beautiful UNESCO city in the south of France situated on River Rhone that provided inspiration for Van Gogh and Picasso and is located so close to the white horses, back bulls and pink flamingos of amazing Camargue coastal area !

We shall be staying in Arles at the time of its annual " Les Suds " musical festival so please book accommodation very soon after signing up.

Apparently this musical festival lights up the whole city !

Tickets for the various concerts will become available early in the New Year.

We shall be taking flights as follows :

Monday :

Easyjet flights to Montpellier or Marseille before 9am - Marseille is preferable

Friday :

Easyjet flights from Montpellier or Marseille after 8pm - Marseille is preferable

If you wish you could fly back on Saturday or Sunday and perhaps visit all the amazing Roman remains in Nimes or take a boat ride in the Calanques by Marseille

Please book a hotel - Monday to Friday - of your choice in Arles for 4 nights.

After booking your hotel and flights please put a comment to that effect on the event page.

Likely itinerary : ( all walks 5 - 8 miles in length )

Monday afternoon

Meet Arles train station 4.30pm for 4.45pm

The waterways of Arles

The walk will finish in the Old Town by the amphitheatre.

We should all look to eat in the Old Town and then by 10pm we can all meet up for Bastille Day activities.

Suggested restaurants :
La Gueule du Loop
Restaurant l'Escaladou
L'Apostrophe Restaurant

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Tuesday

CHOICE

Longer or shorter walk :

Longer walk -

Meet outside Arles train station as from 9.30am

Bus A50 9.50am to 10.50am

Shorter walk -

Meet outside Arles train station as from 10.30am

Bus A50 10.50am to 11.50am

Both walks in the Camargue will start from
Pont de Gau

The first walk will be around 45 mins to an hour being a circular walk around two lakes

When everyone is together by noon we shall follow a route from Pont de Gau down to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

Bus back A50 4.09pm ( also at 4.37pm and 5.09pm through to 7.38pm)

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Wednesday

Morning :

Meet train station as from 9am - buying train tickets at reduced price in groups of 6 to 8

You will be assigned in groups for train travel as follows :

Avignon & Orange

Avignon & Nimes

All trains listed are TER

Train to Avignon at 9.47am that arrives at 10.06am

River and Ramparts walk plus historical centre sightseeing

Afternoon :

CHOICE
to be made by 9am

Nimes or Orange sightseeing

Train Avignon to Nimes 1.35pm that arrives at 2.09pm

Train Nimes to Arles 6.15pm that arrives at 6.43pm

A supplement would need to be paid to visit Nimes as this city is not directly covered by the one day Pass Journee

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Train Avignon to Orange at 2.10pm that arrives at 2.25pm

Train Orange to Arles at 5.31pm that arrives at 6.11pm

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Thursday

Meet train station as from 8.30am- buying train tickets at reduced price in groups of 5

Fabulous Sete ' the Venice of France' coastal circular walk that takes in many beaches so there will be time for swimming

All trains listed are TER

Train Arles to Sete 9.19am that arrives at 10.57am after changing at Montpellier

Train 5.15pm train back to Arles that arrives at 6.43pm changing at Nimes Pont du Gard

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Friday

Meet outside Arles train station as from 9.15am

River Rhone walk visiting Tarascon Castle and Beaucaire Castle that affords great views over the town and river

Bus to/from Tascon-sur-Rhone

Bus A20
9.40am to 10.02am

Bus back A20
12.26pm to 12.50pm

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All local travel by either bus or train

Meetup fee £40 ( season ticket holders £30 ) payable by cash or bank transfer in advance of the trip.

Walking in the Great Outdoors presents certain low level risks and by rsvping to this trip you agree to undertake such risks.

Only post photos of others with their consent.

If you make arrangements with others for restaurants or taxis you should honour those arrangements.

My no 07714250849

A beautiful FREE iconic London walk in such a wonderful setting!

Let's go with the flow !

We shall set off at 2.30pm and proceed to walk alongside the dozen or so beautiful ponds of Hampstead Heath pausing for a few minutes for a great view of London from Parliament Hill and ending at Bull and Bush pub following a lovely path through Hampstead Heath.

Please wear boots, walking shoes or trainers.

If you are late please meet us at around 3pm atop Parliament Hill.

There shall be NO toilet break during this walk.

Total miles walked around 4 miles.

Please only post photos of others with their consent.

My no 07714250849.

A truly beautiful 10 mile walk along the River Wey that takes in delightful historical ruins of Waverley Abbey and Frensham Little Pond & Great Pond too !

Let's go with the flow !

Please arrive by 9.20am at Waterloo under the clock so as to facilitate the purchase of group return train tickets for the 9.54am train to Farnham that arrives at 10.55am.

Meetup fee £8 payable in cash or £6 by Friday in advance by bank transfer.

Train ticket : return to Farnham.

Or you may decide to drive.

The walk shall commence by 11.10am.

Please bring packed lunch, water, snacks etc plus walking shoes boots or trainers.

We shall have a drink at the end of the walk.

Please make sure that you have adequate and appropriate insurance for this type of activity and also you should be fit enough to walk 2.5 miles per hour.

Train back from Farnham at 4.58pm that arrives back at 5.58pm having taken the bus from Great Pond to Farnham at 4.34pm.

Please only post photos of others with their consent.

My no is 07714250849.