Colne Valley Walk
Saturday 15th March @ 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
A walk following alongside or near to the Grand Union Canal between Rickmansworth and Uxbridge (depending on time possibly doing a dogs-leg on the Hillingdon Trail away from the canal), with a CATCH-UP FOR ANY LOOP WALKERS WHO WISH TO FILL IN A MISSING BIT IF THEY LEFT EARLY LAST SUNDAY…but it will be backwards (in reverse, I mean!), but will still count.
BUT near Rickmansworth we shall first visit the Batchworth Lock Canal Centre (look up on internet) and there is a chance of a short boat trip here (if running).
ALSO I shall offer the chance to go under the HS2 Viaduct again from the other direction to last week from anyone experiencing FOMO. One person last week said this was the best bit of the whole walk!
Narrow boats and Locks aplenty along the way with the deepest lock on the Grand Union (11ft drop or rise).
Cafe at Batchworth Lock Canal,Centre and Coy Carp pub at Harefield.
With the way Life goes, it could be many years before we are back this way again, particularly as we get further round the LOOP and get involved with other places, so it’s a good opportunity on a spare weekend to get to know the area better.
Home from Uxbridge u/ground stn. Chance to leave early near Widewater Lock by bus back to Uxbridge (where some of us went home from last week).
Whole walk is 7-8 miles or so, unless if you leave early. Obviously this is OPEN TO ALL, not just LOOPY persons.
Rickmansworth Station is u’ground and national rail and is in ZONE 7. so you will need to buy a single ticket from Moor Park to there at some point.
Quite an early start from East Croydon Stn . TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED BY FRIDAY..
Paul Newbold (07968 223589