Hello Ramblers,
As I write this programme the sun is shining. I am sure you are looking forward to the summer rambles and the long, bright evenings
Committee membership:
At this point Iwould ask you to think about serving on the committee next term. I am sure there are a few members who have a lot to offer the club.
The AGM is in October and you can contact any committee member if you would like to put your name forward.
Summer Party: Our Summer party will be held in St Saviours Church Hali in Pimlico on Saturday 26th July. Tickets £3 each to cover the cost of the hall and music, will be on sale from all committee members or on the door. Bring
food to share and your own drink. Music is by "Colour Splash". We would welcome any prizes for the raffle. The party starts at 7pm till 11pm. The hall will be open from 4pm if members would like to leave in food or prizes for the raffle. 'There is a Mass at the Holy Apostles Church in Pimlico at 6pm. The previous parties have been a great success and we hope to continue this trend.
Cardinal Hume's interest in the Club: I recently received a letter from Rev
Charles Wookey, Archbishop's House, Westminster. He was writing on behalf of Cardinal Basil Hume who is Patron of the St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Ramblers Club. The Cardinal likes to keep up to date on the club activities and annual reports. I forwarded the information requested on behalf of the club. Ialso informed our President Fr. David Barnes and sent him a copy of the letter which he acknowledged.
Monthly dinners: Club members meet on the first Saturday of each month for a meal at a Central London Restaurant (not too expensive). The next three will be June 7th. July 5th. August 2nd. Please note that in future the meeting place will be outside Westminster Cathedral after the 6 PM Mass. CONTACT MARGARET MORAN for further details.
Welcome to new members: Renata Schmidt.Greenford, Middlesex,UB6 9J1. Krystyna Wilowska, London, W3 052.David Thomas, London, SW20 9EP. Margaret Madill, East Dulwich, SE228DL. Angela Murphy, Streatham, SW16 2NY. Jan Hilderbrand, Hampstead, NW3 6YA. Marie Fitzpatrick,
London, SEl9 ILL. Sophie Lucas, London, SWlI 4AH. Catherine Fox, London, E84SA.
August Weekend In Yorkshire: Frank and Anne Keating are organising a weekend in Skipton and surrounding areas on August 22nd 23rd and 24th. If any member is interested they can get in touch with Frank and Anne after the 2 t st of July. (they will be on holiday till then. I can personally
recommend this weekend.
Walking Holiday In Bavaria: Paul Connolly regrets that due to his current employment situation he has bad to cancel the holiday announced in the
last newsletter.
Advance Notice: Club Holiday, Bourton on The Water. 23rd May to 30th May 1998. Ester Harris has booked 44 places at the Holiday Fellowship
house and if all are filled there will be no supplements to pay. The price of the holiday will be known by May 1997. Deposit for holiday is £25 payable
by September 13th to Ester Harris,
Day Of Recollection: This year was held at the Benedictine Centre For Spirituality in Cockfosters. Members who attended found the day spiritually
refreshing. It would be good to see more members on the next day of recollection.
Request for volunteers: The club has been asked to .provide volunteers to collect in connection with the September "Children's Day" Flag Day. Some of the money collected is for the benefit of the Westminster Diocesan Children's' Society. Some members may remember taking a voluntary
collection for this Society when Geoff and Marion Miller entertained us to tea on a St Alban's Ramble. That contribution was much appreciated and any
members who would like to help further may contact me for further details.
Fare reductions with Network Southeast Cards and Travel Cards: Don't forget when buying your ticket to go on a ramble always tell the ticket
clerk if you have either a Network Southeast Card or a Travel Card. You can
nearly always save something both at Underground Stations when buying an all zone Travel Card and at Rail Stations buying either a single or return
ticket. But rail-ticket clerks are not required to tell you about this so it is up to you to ask.
TIps for New Ramblers: At the last AGM a suggestion was made that all new ramblers get a standard information pack. The committee have considered this and agreed to try the foldover leaflet a copy of which is
enclosed with this newsletter. If you are introducing friends to the club please ask them to read the leaflet before they ramble. Members of the committee can supply extra copies. We welcome any suggestions for improving the leaflet, bearing in mind that the number of pages has to be kept within sensible limits.
Maxine O'Reilly's latest performance: Many members of the club will have seen Maxine O'Reilly, also a member of the club, performing on stage, including her take-off of Margaret Thatcher which she performed at the 60th anniversary celebration. She is currently performing in "DA" by Hugh Leonard at the White Bear Theatre, 136 Kennington Park Road. Tickets are £7 (concs. £5). Performances are Tuesday-Sunday until 8th June at 8pm. So if you want to go and support her you will need to act quickly. Box Office:
0171 7939193. 2 mins from
Kenmington tube station.
Happy Rambling
Club Committee 1996-97
President: Fr David Barnes, Parish Priest, St Mary Moorfields.
Vice President: Paul Brunning,
Secretary: Helen Hunt, Treasurer: Gillian McLauchlan,
Ramble Ljst Compiler: Maurice Hickman, Membership Secretaries
Margaret Moran,
Mike Hoffman,
Social Secretaries
Patrick Lucas,
Tom Heron.
Committee Member
Lyn Woolham.
Ramble List and News June - August 1997
Sunday 1 June 1997 (OS Map 175) Leader: Bernadette Cahill
Meet: Waterloo* at 1015 for 1035 train to Sunningdale (arr 1120)
Lunch: Four Horseshoes, Burrowhill Tea: None
Distance: 9 miles returning from Sunningdale
Fare: £6.80 CDR SUNNINGDALE (£4.50 with Network Card)
Description: Interesting varied countryside, not difficult.Leader will meet group at station.
Sunday 8 June 1997 (OS Map 176) Leader: Rena Borg
Meet: Richmond Station at 1015 for 1030 start
Lunch: The Dysart Arms, Petersham Road (near entrance to Richmond Park) - good food
Tea: Possibly. A visit will be made to the Isabella Plantation.
Distance: 12 miles returning from Richmond
Fare: All Zone Travel Card
Saturday 14 June 1997 (OS Map 176) Leader: Peter Macdonald
Meet Richmond Station at 1045 for 1100 start, then 3 mile towpath walk.
Lunch: Rose & Crown, Kew Bridge. Tea: Possibly if you wish it.
Fare: All Zone Travel Card.
Visiting Kew Gardens after lunch. Cost £4.50 or £3 for senior citizens. Swimming at Richmond Leisure Centre for anyone interested £2.70.
Sunday 15 June 1997 (OS Map 188) Leader: Paul Brunning
Meet: Charing Cross at 9.50 for 1010 train to Chelsfield (Kent) - arr 1036.
Lunch: Crown, Knockholt. Tea: Sevenoaks
Distance: 12 miles returning from Sevenoaks.
Fare: £4.50 CDR SEVENOAKS
Sunday 22 June 1997 (OS Map 185/177) Leader: Maurice Hickman
Meet: Victoria* at 1015 for 1036 train to Oxted (arr 1119)
Lunch: The Bull, The Green, Chelsham
Tea: Coombe Woods Centre near Croydon - lovely trees and flowers.
Distance: 12 miles returning from EAST CROYDON
Fare: £5.70 CDR OXTED (£3.75 with Network Card)
Description: Interesting walk along the Vanguard Way tong distance path.
Saturday 28 June 1997 (OS Maps 198/199) Leader: Maurice Hickman
Meet: Victoria * at 8 20 for 8 47 train to Lewes (arr 9 51)
Late Lunch (2-3): The Cricketer's Arms, Berwick
Tea: The Old School, Jevington. Home made cakes! Ramblers especially welcome!
Distance: 18 fairly hilly miles with some flat stretches in between.
Fare: £14.90 (£9.85 with Network Card). If you would like to join at lunch contact Maurice.
Sunday 29 June 1997 (OS Map 188) Leader: Hilary McNabb
Meet: Victoria at 1000 for 1020 train to Otford (arr 1102)
Lunch: The Fox & Hounds, Romney Street. Tea: Kemsing
Distance: 11 miles returning from Otford
Fare: £5.70 CDR OTFORD. We hope to visit Edith's Well in the afternoon.
Saturday 5 July 1997 (OS Map 187) - Strawberry Picking Leader: Dorothy Hickman
Meet: Charing Cross at 1115 for 1136 train (London Bridge 1143 ) to Earlswood (arr 1217).
Lunch: The Station, South Nutfield. Tea: Priory Farm, Redhill.
Distance: 6 miles returning from Redhill.
Fare: £5 CDR REDHILL
Sunday 6 July 1997 (OS Map 165) Leader: Maureen Cahalane &
Bridie Barry
Meet: Baker Street at 9 10 for 936 train to Amersham (arr 1020)
Lunch: Penn Street - choice of pubs. Tea: Perhaps. Who knows!
Distance: 10 gentle miles returning from Amersham
Fare: £5.20 CDR - All Zone Travel Card
Sunday 13 July 1997 (OS Map 197) Leader: Philip Evans
Meet: Waterloo* at 9 25 for 9 45 train to Rowlands Castle (arr 1115)
Lunch: The Coach & Horses, Compton. Tea: Petersfield
Distance: 16 miles returning from Petersfield
Fare: £15.20 CDR ROWLANDS CASTLE (£10.05 with Network Card)
Sunday 20 July (OS Map 198) 1997 Leader: Maurice Hickman
Meet: Victoria* at 9 10 for 9 32 train to Hassocks (arr 1038)
Lunch: Half Moon, Plumpton (serves good food)
Tea: Crackers, High Street, Lewes (cream tea £2.50)
Distance: 12 mainly hilly but exhilarating miles over South Downs returning from Lewes.
Fare: £12.70 CDR LEWES (£8.45 with Network Card) plus excess Wiversfield to Hassocks.
Sunday 27 July 1997 (OS Map 187) - a 'faster' walk? Leader: Witold
Meet: Victoria* at 10 15 for 10 34 train to Coulsdon South (arr 1102)
Lunch: The Fox, Coulsdon Common (good food) or picnic lunch in Happy Valley.
Tea: Farthing Downs
Distance: 10 miles returning from Coulsdon South
Fare: £3.60 CDR COULSDON SOUTH
Short walk before lunch. Visit to Chaldon Church (wall paintings) in afternoon.
Saturday 2 August 1997 (OS Map 188) Leader: Paul Brunning
Meet: Victoria* at 10 00 for 10 24 train to Edenbridge Town (arr 1112) - change at Oxted.
Lunch: The Henry VIII, Hever; women please mind your heads!
Tea: Chiddingstone Village
Distance: 8 1/2 miles returning from Hever
Fare: £6.50 CDR HEVER
Sunday 3 August 1997 (OS Map 197) Leader: Peter Macdonald
Meet: Victoria * at 8 40 for 9 02 train to Bognor Regis (arr 1048); short bus ride to Pagham.
Lunch: Crab & Lobster, Sidlesham. Tea: Pagham
Distance: 7 miles returning from Pagham to Bognor Regis by bus.
Fare: £15.30 CDR BOGNOR REGIS (£10.10 with Network Card)
Saturday 9 August 1997 (OS Map 197) Leaders: McCabe Family
Meet Victoria *9 40 for 1002 train to Chichester (arr 1147) (A& B Pilgrimage walk)
Please join correct part of train. Turn left out of station and keep straight on to Cathedral where walk starts at 1215.
Lunch: Spotted Cow, Hunston (food available) - GR 863020. Tea: None but cold drink stops.
Distance: 8 miles leaving at Barnham Station (1805 train), 11 miles leaving at Ford Station (1900 train) or 15 miles leaving at Arundel Station (2005 or 2105 train).
Fare: £15.50 CDR. CHICHESTER (Less with Network Card).
Sunday 10 August 1997 (OS Map 176) Leader: RenaBorg
Meet High Barnet Tube Station (Northern Line) at 1015 for 1030 start.
The Cock & Dragon, Chalk Lane (near Trent Park) Tea: Affirmative
Distance: 12 miles returning from Oakwood Station.
Fare: All Zone Travel Card.
Sunday 17 August 1997 (OS Map 175) Leader: Paul Connolly
Meet: Paddington at 9 25 for 9 45 train to Reading (arr 1018) - change here for 1025 train
to Goring (arr 1038). Good walk through exceptionally beautiful countryside.
Lunch: The Black Horse, Checkendon (cold food - serves good filled rolls)
Distance: 12 miles returning from Goring
Fare: £9.80 CDR GORING (£6.45 with Network Card)
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 25 AUGUST 1997 (OS Map 197) Leader: Philip Evans
Meet: Victoria at 8 40 for 9 02 train to Amberley (arr 1021)
Lunch: The Hurdlemakers, East Dean (West Sussex)
Tea: No tea but cold liquid refresment available of the alcoholic kind.
Distance: 20 miles returning from Amberley.
Fare: £12.10 CDR AMBERLEY (£8 with Network Card)
Sunday 31 August 1997 (OS Map 165) Leader: John Burbage
Meet: Euston at 9 30 for 954 train to Leighton Buzzard (arr 1110)
Lunch: The Swan, Northall (SP 961199)
Tea: Ivinghoe Beacon, possibly
Distance: 16 miles returning from Berkhamstead
Fare: £9.50 CDR LEIGHTON BUZZARD (£6.25 with Network Card)
Description: A brisk morning walk on the level with a steep climb, after lunch of course.
Abbreviations used
An asterisk after the main line station means the train stops at Clapham Junction.
CDR means Cheap Day Return
Engineering Works
Please be aware that some services can be subject to delay due to Engineering Works.
For the latest information about Weekend Engineering Works tune in to page 491 ofCeefax on BBC2 on Thursday or Friday.
Midweek Events
Wednesday 25 June 1997 Pilgrimage to the Shrine at 'Vest Grinstead, Sussex.
Pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Consolasion St Francis at West Grinstead.
The Shrine has quite a bit of history attached tu it. Notable features is the tiny upper room chapel which contains a very old crucifix and the priest's hole used used by priests in the time of persecution. Outside the church is the grave of the famous Catholic Hilaire Belloc.
This pilgrimage is being arranged by the ASCENT (Christian Movement for the Retired)
Further details from Dorothy Hickman
Wednesday July 23 1997 Visit to Chelsea Physics Garden
Meet Victoria near entrance to platforms 16, 17, 18 at Buckingham Palace Road side of station from 2 pm to 2.15 pm. If desired we shall return through Battersea Park.
Admission to Garden £3.50.
If you would like these midweek events to continue could you send ideas or offers of help to organise an event to the Ramble List Compiler - Maurice Hickman.
Self Catering Weekend at Beachy Head Youth Hostel
Maurice Hickman is organising a weekend at Beachy Head Youth Hostel at Eastbourne. If you would like to come on it please send a SAE for details to Maurice. He plans to leave on Friday and come back on Sunday. The Awaybreak fare to Eastbourne from London is £18.30. 1/3rd rd off with Network Card). Food will have to be brought to cook at breakfast time
and perhaps in the evening using the hostel's cooking facilities. However, we could find a suitable pub for the evening meal to save the bother of cooking. A deposit of £ 16 will be required by Maurice by the first week of September if you wish him to book for you, otherwise the address to write to is: The Warden, Youth Hostel, East Dean Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8ES. Tel No: 01722 - 337494 Fax: 01722 - 414027
Arundel and Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimage
The Saint Augustine of Canterbury Pilgrimage August 1997
This is from Saturday 9 August to Sunday 24 August 1997. The Pilgrimage will be from Chichester to Canterbury. We will walk up to 17 miles each day. However all our excess luggage will be carried for us in a van and we only need to take what we require for the day. We sleep overnight on the floors of schools and church halls but we are allowed to bring a mat or airbed and a sleeping bag to make sleeping on floors more comfortable. A lady with the
help of several assistants does the cooking each day for the breakfast and evening meal. The cost for the whole Pilgrimage including the return coach is £150. However, you are not restricted to coming on the whole Pilgrimage but can do a week or a few days if you wish. For more information contact Maurice Hickman
.
FRANK and ANNE KEATING ARE ORGANISING A WEEKEND AT THE END OF AUGUST (22nd - 23rd - 24th). Anyone interested should phone them after 21st July.
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