DR Rambles

After the gales on Monday and the rain on Thursday, today was positively benign. Worcestershire Beacon is quite a hill to climb and takes its toll on batteries.  Unfortunately those… 

A fascinating story of how the Croome Estate was developed in the 18C by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown as the grand home of the 6th Earl of Coventry through to being… 

After a steady climb up the village road through Westmancote, the tarmac suddenly ends and the fun begins – fun, that is, if you like steep, rocky tracks. After a… 

Were we all mad? The remnants of Hurricane Ophelia were about to hit us with winds of up to 50 mph expected and yet we were heading up to the… 

A lovely ramble over Wittenham Clumps to the River Thames at Shillingford then across fields to Dorchester before returning. Great to have Veronica & Bob along with their Birthday Cakes!… 

Parys Mountain (above), on Anglesey, is “Like rambling on Mars” says Terry. He hopes to run another ramble there next year – hope you can get there! Meanwhile, Val &… 

Bare chalk when wet can be very exciting! See more of how our West Sussex rambles are going at Photos

A few photos from the Regional Ramble Andy led around the Sculpture Trail in the Forest of Dean last Tuesday:  

We met in the Visitors Centre car park at Pitsford a small but happy group of 2 scooters, 3 walkers joined later by Eileen Scannel her friend Jac and dog… 

Val & Bob have just led two lovely rambles in West Sussex.  See photos for more.

A lovely ramble on Bredon Hill, Worcestershire.  See Photos for more pics.  

Although we re-reccied the route only 7 days before the ramble we didn’t know the road was going to be dug up.  Fortunately, we were able to go along the… 

Southern Regional Ramble – Fleet Pond – 30th July 2017   We had a really super day at Fleet Pond.  This is the largest freshwater lake in Hampshire and is… 

Thank you Jackie, Peter, Charlotte, Cathy for joining us at Ride London- Freecycle yesterday.    I think we all had a great ride – in spite of a bit of… 

Photos of week of varied rambles in the Brecon Beacons led by Arthur can now be seen at Photos

Val & Bob led a lovely ramble in the New Forest while John took a small but intrepid group up “The Gullet” See Photos for more.

A select group of ramblers first drove 1½ miles gaining 500 feet of height to the Buzzards Nest car park on the summit of Cardie Hill. The ramble route took… 

    Two great days of rambling at Hadrian’s Wall in much improved weather.  On Monday we rambled from Walltown Quarry Country Park to Cawfield Quarry picnic site and on… 

  A lovely day rambling from Sutton Bank Visitor Centre thanks to Ian and Flora. See Photos for more.    

  At last a break in the weather gave us a great ramble along lanes and tracks – and the chance to play in a couple of fords. See photos…