when:      Thursday 25th November

where:     Meet at Dalston Junction 10.15am. We will catch the 10.25am train to Honor Oak Park which arrives at 10.52, followed by a short bus ride to Dulwich

what:       There will be many interesting places to see; such as the Original College, the Picture Gallery, the College, the Toll Gate and Park, where we will probably have lunch. Afterwards will be short walk to the Hornimans Museum with plenty of time to look around and have tea.

There will not be a walk in December

Paul Farren reports on a recent walk on the River Thames: Our monthly walks are led by Michael Shore who this month took us to Canada Water by the Thames to do a circular walk of the area which was once the bustling Dockland of the Port of London. Now it is a beautiful residential area, but areas of water remain and every so often we came across artistic maps which told us the history of the place. A ‘monument’ which I found particularly interesting was in the form of a large iron circle set into the ground. Along its edges were the points of the compass and lines radiated to these points from the centre. Along each line was written the name of a place in that direction, its distance fron London and the cargos which were brought from that place….fascinating. The whole area is full of interesting sites, including a large marina on which brightly-coloured boats were being sailed and a swing‑bridge. After lunch, we took a long walk to Greenwich, passing fine views of the Thames and the Canary Wharf complex and passing the magnificent statue of Tsar Peter the Great who came to this country to learn how to build a navy for Russia. We had tea in the Greenwich Museum which is full of fine exhibits and close to both the Naval College and the quaint winding streets of Greenwich itself. As a north Londoner, south-of-the-Thames is strange country to me and on this walk I saw places which I had not known the existence of! And after days of greyness and rain, the sun shone for us…a welcome bonus.