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The best bit of a walk on a cold and windy day is..
….coffee from a flask, inside a warm car 
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A walk from Westhumble to Dorking
A sunny, Spring day was ideal for a short walk (4 miles?) from Westhumble to Dorking via the North Downs. I found four books in the Dorking Oxfam Bookshop, including two books on cycling even though I don’t cycle! Lunch at The Cricketers Inn on the road out of town was a very decent BLT and a Pinot Grigio.
Snack on North Downs
North Downs
St Barnabas Church, Ranmore
Dorking
A ram
North Downs
Spider’s web
Westhumble
House on edge of Dorking
Vineyard
St Barnabas Church, Ranmore
Vineyard
Dorking park
St Barnabas Church, Ranmore
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River Thames, East Molesey
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Lost, without a book or a compass
I’ve nothing in the to-be-read pile so I’ve dug out a to-be-studied Christmas present. I have previously looked into map and compass reading, but I’m a lazy student and didn’t get far.I should have persevered because I once get lost on a walk. Although I knew roughly where I was, I had no idea which country lane I was on or in which direction I was heading. It was towards the end of the day and I was hungry and tired and becoming concerned by the diminishing light. What did I do? I headed back the way I came and took an alternative lane in a different direction. By chance, this was the route I was intending to take. Phew!
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Every blog should post this video!
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Pimlico and Victoria
It’s been a lovely day for wandering around London. I’m fond of the the Victoria / Pimlico area and I had intended to browse around Tate Britain. However, desperate for sustenance, the queue in the Tate cafe was just too long, and I walked straight out to continue my walk in the sunshine! These are my non-touristy pictures of the walk.
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The Boy’s Companion
I think I was about 12 or 13 when I was given The Boy’s Companion – A Book For Every Boy. My copy disappeared half a century ago but I have managed to get hold of what I think is the same edition from 1962.It’s a book from a bygone age, with chapters on sports and hobbies, but also on motoring (?), shooting, wrestling, putting on a play, bird watching, and metalwork (including how to make a bird-cage!). The four colour plates in the book are titled British Bird’s Eggs, British Birds, British Butterflies, and International Code of Flag Signals!
However I was only really interested in the chapters on football and card games. As a kid all I wanted to do was kick a ball around, and between the ages of 9 and 14 this is probably all I did in my spare time.The extract on the left, taken from the chapter on ‘association football’ (as the book calls it), shows the type of boots worn at the time. I had a second-hand pair that didn’t have studs and were intended for use indoors and on hard surfaces. I guess my mum got them cheap somewhere and that they were all she could afford. Eventually she was able to buy me a new, sleeker pair – with screw-in studs!
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Epsom Downs
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Dorking – a perfect sky for pictures
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View from Clapham Junction
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