<<< POP UP WALK: Poet's Stone and wild garlic

Sun 9th Apr 2017


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Event Details Updated
UPDATE 26/3 - DUE TO RAIL ENGINEERING, THIS “POP-UP” WALK HAS BEEN CHANGED – IF YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THIS WALK, PLEASE CHECK THE NATIONAL RAIL WEBSITE NEAR THE DATE IN CASE OF LATE CHANGES TO TRAIN TIMES & note the leader’s mobile phone no. 079 0512 5820
Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
London
Distance
20ml.
Start Time
10:40
Route
Start and finish Petersfield station (Depart Waterloo 08:30, Clapham Jct 08:39, Woking 09:00. Then rail-bus to Haslemere to catch train at 10:24, to arrive Petersfield 10:40. The walk aims to start at 10:45. Car parking is available at the station or in the town.)

A circular from Petersfield in Hampshire - The walk explores a beautiful part of the South Downs National Park with a pub lunch after 7 miles at The Hawkley Inn (please see website www.hawkleyinn.co.uk if you wish to pre-order food) or bring your own food to eat on the attractive village green where there are several benches.

See Petersfield’s connections with John Small; King William III; Peter the Great; and Wetherspoons !
Find out about Steep’s connection to John “Day of the Triffids” Wyndham.
The climb to the Poet’s Stone and afterwards the descent on the Hangers’ Way to Hawkley are both steep, but the spectacular 30-mile sweeping view of the South Downs rewards the effort.
After 10 miles, there will be an escape point at Liss Station – eg, the 16:29 train, with rail bus, arrives Waterloo c.18:39.
For those who wish for a longer walk, the leader will return to Petersfield Station by one of several routes aiming for either the 17:04 (Waterloo 1915) or 1724 (Waterloo 1940) c.15-17 miles in total.

General Notes
A memorial walk, to mark the exact 100th anniversary on 9.4.1917 of the death at the Battle of Arras of the WW1 poet, Edward Thomas - see the poem Adlestrop and others ... There was a report he died without a mark on his body from a passing shell, but other reports say he was shot through the chest No dogs, please
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