Sunday 26 November          Leader: Ant Connolly   (OS Explorer map 182) 

Meet:           Platform 7 of Finsbury Park station 0955 for 1008 train to Welwyn Garden City (arr 1031). This service starts from Kings Cross at 1002.                                                                              Toilets on platform as well as on train. Ramblers can also get the 0942 train from Moorgate to Finsbury Park arriving 0955 on platform 8 to connect with the 1008. 

Lunch:          Brocket Arms, Ayot St. Lawrence. Soup, chips, Sunday roasts and puddings only available.                                                                                                                                                              Benches nearby for picnic lunch. Reasonably priced sandwiches/baguettes can be bought at cafés near Welwyn Garden City before walk

Tea:               Cafés and pub options at end of walk

Distance:     10 miles, walking via Shaw's Corner where Bernard Shaw's house and garden is. We will be having lunch at a 14th Century Inn, and nearby there are a couple of                                    interesting grade 1 and 2 listed churches to visit. Returning from Welwyn Garden City. Two trains per hour back to Moorgate and one per hour to Kings Cross.                                        Please note due to the early twilight hours and walking back through woods we will need to maintain a steady pace

Fare:             CDR Welwyn Garden City £6.95 / Boundary zone 6 £4.55. Both with railcard discounts.                                                                                                                                                                      
Ant will meet the walkers on platform 7 at Finsbury Park.Photographs courtesy of Brian Falla