NLOG local walks protocol
- Please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the fact sheets before joining a walk.
- Please could all walk leaders send the local walks coordinator the names of all attendees.
- If you would like a lift or are able to offer one, please use the group email to arrange this with group members.
- Unfortunately we no longer allow dogs to join us on our walks.
- You take part in all events at your own risk.
| AUGUST | |
| Friday 1st | EVENING WALK - WILD HILL - A 4 mile circular walk. Walk leader: Neil Meet: outside The Woodman pub, Wild Hill AL9 6EA for a prompt 6.30pm start (do not park in pub car park). |
| Thursday 7th | EVENING WALK - NOTORIOUS LONDON: THE EASTERN CITY WALK - A 3.5 mile circular walk from the city wall in the east. Focusing, as ever, on the macabre, the walk will take in the locations of botched executions, the final resting place of thousands of plague victims and the site at which evidence from a murder scene may have finally revealed the identity of Jack the Ripper. If that’s not enough, there are literary connections a-plenty, as well as the stone at the symbolic heart of the city. Walk leader: Peter Meet: Tower Hill Underground Station (Circle/District Line) 6.50pm for a 7pm start. |
| Sunday 10th | DAY WALK - BUNTINGFORD CIRCULAR - An 11 mile circular walk from Buntingford. A walk through fields and woodland with lovely views across Hertfordshire. Bring lunch and drinks with you. There will be the opportunity for a drink in Buntingford after the walk. Approx. 40 minutes’ drive from Barnet. Car park is free on Sunday. Walk leader: Rosemary Meet: 9:50 for 10:00 am start. Bowling Green Lane Car Park, Bowling Green, Buntingford, SG9 9DF |
| Monday 11th | EVENING WALK - BARNET COURT HOUSE CIRCULAR - A 3 mile circular walk, from Barnet Everyman, up to High Barnet via the Old Court House Recreation Ground, returning through King George’s Fields and Highland Gardens. Walk leader: Leon Meet: outside Barnet Everyman cinema at 6:30pm for a prompt 6.45pm start. Barnet Everyman, Great North Road, Barnet EN5 1AB |
| Tuesday 12th | Social - BBQ - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Sunday 17th | HALF DAY WALK - BARNET TO ALEXANDRA PALACE FARMERS MARKET (LINEAR WALK) - A 6.5 mile linear walk from Oak Hill Park, following the Pymmes Brook, then crossing to the New River, ending at Ally Pally farmers market, where food and drink is available. Short walk back to Ally Pally station after for trains or buses (or perhaps a walk back). Walk leader: Leon Meet: at 9.45am at the entrance to Oak Hill Park, on the corner of Little Grove and Church Hill Road, for a prompt 10am start. |
| Wednesday 20th | EVENING WALK - HAWKSHEAD WOOD WALK (near South Mimms) - A 3.5 mile circular walk. Walk leader: Neil Meet: at 6.45 pm for a prompt 7 pm start outside The Woodman Pub, 21 Warrengate Road, Hatfield AL9 7TT (do not park in pub car park) |
| Friday 22nd to Monday 25th | WEEKEND AWAY – ELAN VALLEY, MID WALES - See members email for details. |
| Tuesday 26th | Social - Pub - Builders Arms, Barnet. Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 29th | EVENING WALK - TRENT PARK - A short circular walk in Trent Park (under 4 miles), starting and ending by Oakwood Station. Followed by an optional meal locally. Bring a torch. Walk leader: Mike Meet: for a 6.45pm prompt start under the clock outside Oakwood tube station (Piccadilly Line), Bramley Road, London N14 4UT |
| Saturday 30th | HALF DAY / DAY WALK - PITSTONE WINDMILL ASHRIDGE CIRCULAR - A 7-mile circular walk in Ashridge. Starting at the Bridgewater Monument then visiting Pitstone Windmill and Pitstone Hill before returning to the monument through the woods. Lovely views of the Chilterns, Vale of Aylesbury and rolling countryside. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/pitstone-windmill/trails/bridgewater-monument-to-pitstone-windmill-circular There is an option to add on the 3-mile waymarked Foresters circular walk with views of the Bridgewater Monument and Ashridge House for those wishing to extend this to a day walk. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ashridge-estate/features/waymarked-walks-at-ashridge Walk leader: Claire Meet: for a 9am start at the Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1LX. There is parking on Monument Drive near the monument but the car parks fill up early so you may need to park on the verge. |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| Tuesday 9th | Social - Discovery Hall - Floristry Talk. Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Saturday 13th | DAY WALK - HIGH BARNET TO TRENT PARK CIRCULAR - A 10 mile circular walk from High Barnet via Hadley Common, past the White Gates to Trent Park. Bring lunch and drinks with you. Walk leader: Karen Meet: 9:20 for 9:30 am start. Ye Olde Monken Holt (Monk) pub, 193 High Street, Barnet EN5 5SU |
| Tuesday 23rd | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 26th to Sunday 28th | WEEKEND AWAY – FLATFORD MILL - Details to follow in members email. |
| OCTOBER | |
| Thursday 9th to Monday 13th | WEEKEND AWAY - LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS - See members email for details. |
| Tuesday 14th | AGM - Discovery Hall - Details to follow in members email. Meet: at Discovery Hall at 8pm. |
| Tuesday 28th | Social - Pub - Details to follow in members email. |
| Friday 31st - Monday 2nd | WEEKEND AWAY - MARGATE - See members e-mail for details. |
| JANUARY 2026 | |
| Friday 23rd - Monday 26th | WEEKEND AWAY - GUNTON HALL, LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK - See members email for details. |
| FEBRUARY 2026 | |
| Friday 27th - Sunday 1st March | WEEKEND AWAY - STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - See members email for details. |
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