On Sunday 24 October 2021 Ant Connolly led a walk from Broxbourne. The itinerary published here on the website was necessarily lengthy because of late adjustments that had to be made following initial publication:

 

Sunday 24th October     Leader: Ant Connolly     OS Explorer map 174 

Meet:       Liverpool Street 0935 for 0957 for train to Broxbourne (arr1023).

                Train also calls at Tottenham Hale 1010.  

                 As the lunch stop is 7 miles into walk, there will be a rest stop                         after 4.5 miles so please bring a snack to keep you going. 

Lunch:      The Farmer’s Boy, Brickendon.  (Sunday Roasts – menu                                  attached). 

                  Self-booking needed as only online bookings are taken, and                        they charge a £10 fee for cancellations under 24 hours and ‘no-                      shows’. Bookings to be made at www.farmersboy.pub Tel. 01992                    511017 - please mention St Francis Ramblers on booking form                      so they can seat us together. 

                   Nearby Green with benches for picnic lunch. 

Tea:            No T 

Distance: 10 miles through Broxbourne woods returning from Bayford                             station but  NB see amended details in red below. Advisable to                       bring walking poles as it is muddy and hilly in places, and being in

                 woods there are protruding tree roots. 

                 Drop-out opportunity at 7 miles, after the lunch stop which is                            roughly 12 minutes' walk from Bayford station. 

                  Trains back half-hourly to Finsbury Park, Highbury and Islington                      and Moorgate. 

Fare:         PAYG Oyster and contactless to Broxbourne and from                                     Bayford. Freedom pass and 60+ Oyster card holders will need to                   buy singles £3.75 from boundary zone 6 to Broxbourne and £3.10

                 from Bayford to boundary zone 6. Both with railcard discounts.

 

NB. Following publication of the above details of the walk on Sunday 24 October 2021 members for whom the club has e mail addresses received the following important further details from the Ramble List Compiler:

 

After a recent recce, one section of the last 3 miles after lunch proved to be unsafe for walking, a stretch of road with blind corners and cars being driven far too fast. Regrettably, this walk will now end at the lunch stop with a total distance of 8 miles. 

 

If eating at the pub, please book on-line http://www.farmersboy.pub/ for 2.30pm; either a restaurant table or a covered seating outdoor area if you wish to eat outside, and remember to mention St Francis Ramblers on your booking form. They do not take telephone bookings. The pub grub is tasty and good-size portions. 

 

NB the following further announcement received on Tuesday 19 October 2021:

The pub is keeping a table for 10 for the walkers coming to lunch on Sunday and they are cancelling all the bookings under St Francis Ramblers. So don't panic if you receive an email saying your booking has been cancelled - everyone coming will be accommodated.

 

No need also to let Ant know if you are coming as numbers will be taken on the day and informed to pub.

 

Also, please bring your walking poles as the woodland ground is wet and muddy in places.