Wednesday May 2                                Totternhoe Circular

Meet at 'The Swan', Stewkley at 9.45am for lifts to 'The Old Farm Inn', Church Road, Totternhoe, where we have permission to park. We shall depart from there at 10.30am. The walk of 4.2 miles starts with a short steady climb from the village up to Totternhoe Knolls picnic site followed by an easy walk along bridleways and former railway embankment (no stiles). Optional lunch at 'The Old Farm Inn' (over 50's two-course menu available).  PLEASE NOTE: CASH PAYMENT ONLY ACCEPTED.

Leaders: Jill (01525 240957) and Alice (01525 384523)

Wednesday May 9                                Winslow Wander

Meet at 'The Swan' at 1.00pm for car sharing to the Winslow Public Hall car park for a 1.30pm departure. The walk will be a short wander around the town with a bit of history along the way. Hopefully we will visit Keech's Chapel and St. Laurence Church.

Please phone Pat at 01525 270221

Thursday May 17                                Cow Roast Lock

Meet at 'The Swan', Stewkley at 9.45am to drive to Northchurch Common parking area for a 10.15 start. The walk encapsulates part of the Ashridge Estate through superb woods and open common and progresses to The Grand Union Canal through several locks, including Cow Roast Lock. Distance is 5 miles and only 1 stile. Optional lunch to be decided but, hopefully, we will make sure it is good!

Leaders: Imelda and Jerry (01525 373853)

Wednesday May 23                              Ouzel Valley Park

Meet at 'The Swan', Stewkley at 10.00am for lifts to 'The Barge Inn', Woolstone. Ron & John will meet us there for a 10.30am start to a flat (no stiles) walk around the Ouzel Valley Park. The walk of approx. four miles will take place on made-up paths, and walking boots may not be necessary. (Directions – Turn left off H7 Chaffron Way (between V8 Marlborough Street B4034 and V10 Brickhill Street) into Pattison Lane. Turn right into Marshall Lane and then left into Newport Road. 'The Barge Inn' is then on the right near the sports ground.) Optional meal at 'The Barge Inn'.

Leaders: Ron  (01525 630785) and John (01525 378916)

Monday June 4 - Jubilee Procession 1.30pm from Chapel Square to Rec Centre

Wednesday June 13                             Local Evening Stroll

Park at 'The Swan' or near the church to meet at the top of School Lane in Stewkley (opposite the church) at 7.30pm to walk via Footpaths 1, 3, 2 and 4, with extensive views to the west of the village, back to Orchard Lane and then return for an optional drink at 'The Swan'. Only 2 miles with few, if any, stiles. No dogs, please.

Leaders: Peter & Anne Wade (01525 240036)

Wednesday June 20                             Woburn Wander (Please note this walk has been cancelled)

Meet at 'The Swan', Stewkley at 10am for lifts to the free car park at Woburn, where John & Ron will meet us for a 10.30 start. A figure-of-eight walk in, out and back into the deer park, of about 4.5 miles but there are no stiles. No dogs, please. An optional meal at 'The Bell', Woburn.           

Leaders: John (01525 378916) & Ron (01525 630785)

June 19 – 21    White Cliffs Walks: Jerry & Imelda, George & Jean

Friday June 29                                     Ring Around Stewkley

For those intrepid Stewkley-ites who want to travel from home (and of course all others) this ring starts from 'The Swan' at 10.00am and follows the Cross Bucks Way over gentle hill and dale to Hollingdon and thence north and west to Drayton Parslow, where we shall stop for a light lunch at 1230-1245 at 'The Three Horseshoes.' By then you will have encountered 15 stiles and covered 4 miles – clearly the Stewkley kissing gates are not breeding adequately over this route! If that is all you wish to do, please arrange with a friend to leave a car at the pub before we meet. For the most intrepid, it is only another hour or so, 1½ miles and another 5 stiles over dale and hill back to the safety of the Stewkley enclave! Fields are in grass, so may be stock around – certainly sheep – so no dogs, please. Many of the tallest stiles have wire mesh, so you would have to lift dogs over anyway.

Leaders: Malcolm & Margaret (01296 688180 / 0798 5064705)

Thursday July 12                                 The Swanbourne Saunter

Meet at 'The Swan' at 10.15am for lifts to the start, which is in Mursley at The Beechams alongside the Church for a 10.30am start. Passing the fishing lakes and into Swanbourne and the Cross Bucks Way, Stewkley Lane and back into Mursley. Optional  pub lunch at 'The Green Man', Mursley.

Leader: Chris (01525 374625)

Saturday July 14 – Village Hall Flower Show & Fete 10.30am

Thursday July 19                                 Three Locks and Greensand Ridge                    

Meet at 10.00am at 'The Swan', Stewkley to drive to 'The Three Locks' car park. From here we walk a length of the Grand Union Canal towpath and then into the wooded countryside of the Greensand Ridge. Some kissing gates and a steady climb. Dogs on leads welcome. Distance 4-5 miles. Optional lunch at 'The Globe'.         

Leaders: Doreen & Mike (01525 240607 / 0792 3958444)

Wednesday July 25                              St Albans: A Roman Ramble

Meet at 'The Swan', Stewkley at 9.45 to drive to Roman Verulamium car park on A4147 for a 10.45 start. The walk is only 3 miles but is almost entirely within the boundary of the old Roman city of Verulamium (so NO stiles!) and takes in the splendid Norman cathedral. Mainly parkland walking. No dogs, please. Optional lunch to be decided.

Leaders: Imelda and Jerry (01525 373853)

            Walks for the next programme August-October to Anne or Chris by 15^th June please.

New walk leaders are always very welcome.

Please let leaders know if you are going straight to the start of a walk, and not the designated meeting place.

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