Bookham circular ( via Polesden Lacey)

Ramble: 3502

Meet: Bookham station KT23 3JG  11.41  

Distance: 6 miles

Lunch: Polesden Lacey cafeteria  RH5 6BB  (GR TQ133524) 13.15

Travel: London Waterloo  (Guildford via Epsom train)  10.54   Clapham Junction 11.03 Wimbledon 11.10 Epsom 11.28                                                             Return trains from Bookham at 16.18, 16.48, 17.18, 18.05 then hourly. Freedom Pass boundary: Ewell West

Leader: Frances 07940 899 401

FROM BOOKHAM STATION THE WALK TAKES US BRIEFLY ONTO BOOKHAM COMMONS THEN ONTO WOODLAND PATHS TOWARD POLESDEN LACEY.  EN ROUTE WE CALL AT ALL

              SAINTS CHURCH WITH ONE OF ENGLAND’S OLDEST YEW TREES (est. 1200 years old) IN FULL VIEW.  FROM THERE WE HAVE A GENTLE GRADIENT UNTIL WE REACH POLESDEN

              LACEY.  THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT ESTATE, NOW RUN BY NATIONAL TRUST, WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS OVER ROLLING SURREY HILLS TOWARD RANMORE COMMON.  LUNCH IS

              IN THE POLESDEN LACEY MAIN CAFETERIA, WHERE AN AREA WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR US.  A FULL RANGE OF FOODS IS AVAILABLE, INCL. HOT AND COLD MEALS, SNACKS &

              SANDWICHES;  ALSO A WIDE SELECTION OF DRINKS, HOT AND COLD, INCL. SOME BOTTLED/CANNED ALES.  AFTER LUNCH WE FOLLOW A TRAIL AROUND THE POLESDEN ESTATE

              AND ELEGANT GARDENS BEFORE HEADING BACK TO BOOKHAM, DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY.  AT THE FINISH OF THE WALK ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED ONCE AGAIN TO PARTAKE

              OF A WIDE SELECTION OF CAKES, SNACKS + ASSORTED DRINKS, HOT AND COLD.  INCL. IPA BEERS, IN THE GARDEN CHEZ FRANCES & RICHARD HOUSES, 5 MINS. FROM STATION!

              THE WALK IS APPROX. 3 MILES BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER LUNCH, EASY TERRAIN WITH NO STILES.  NO REALLY CONVENIENT DROPOUT POINTS.