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From prison to hospital
The choir walkers undertook a rewarding outing on 19 October, visiting choir stalwart Martin Perkins in hospital en route and setting a possible new second-longest walk record.
Tony and Hazel skirt Downview Prison
Of scrumptious teas and past mishaps
On 14 September, six walkers caught the 400 bus from Caterham Station to start the walk at the Quarry Road stop near the M25 roundabout. They skirted the Godstone vineyard, then climbed the steep steps of Winders Hill to the ruins of Marden Castle, a former shooting lodge of the Marden Estate.
Perfect weather for Godstone walkers (photo George Taylor)
New heat high on riverside walk
A group of ten assembled at the Angler’s pub in Teddington on August 3, the first arriving with ample time to recline in deckchairs beside the Thames. High temperatures were in prospect, a forecast 34°C which would take the walking group into uncharted territory in the intensifying era of global warming.
Serenading the passengers at Teddington Lock
A problem of timing
Six walkers crossed the road from the Red Lion on yet another sunny summer's day (June 29) and progressed down to the panoramic path overlooking the bailey of the site of Bletchingley Castle. The walk had been postponed several times for fear of the exceptional temperatures forecast, verging on the high 30s C. Now they were back to the mid-20s C.
Yet another sunny day in Surrey - but below the recent temperature record
Three more walks
Following its record-setting walk in January, the walking group enjoyed three more outings over the next two months.
First, on 23 February, a select band of five departed from Caterham’s Boundary on the Green for a 5.5-mile tour that took them past Kenley Airfield and over Farthing Downs, with a half-time break at the Wattenden Arms in Kenley.
Four of the February five (photo George Taylor)
Oldies set record on steepest walk
Another select group of six, once again including John Rowe, met for the first walk of the New Year at the Warlingham White Lion on 26 January 2026.
Select Warlingham walkers at their tea stop