Our header image at the moment shows : The Caterham U3A walkers on Coulsdon/Kenley Common ramble 10th January 2012. See below for more details concerning that event. LATEST NEWS : The Caterham U3A Walking group (Surrey : Tuesday mornings) : a group of 22 walkers met on 21st February at the ROYAL OAK pub, Merle Common, and we then walked an amended route to avoid as many stiles, and also muddy field areas, as possible. Being an amended route : for
information the route that explored the perimeters of Staffhurst Wood
and the Woodland Trust’s Little/Great Earl Woods, gave us a distance of just over 3.5 miles in the morning AND 189
feet ascended, although only the one stile in addition to that! There was a really pleasant lunch afterwards courtesy of the team at the Royal Oak.
Oakleafe Rambling Club aims to provide a full
programme of opportunities to walk with company in some of the best
parts of the south-east of England. Occasionally we travel further
afield from our two main bases of the North and South Downs.
Our Oakleafe programme of events now includes a monthly Thursday morning event. For details of locations proposed, see the EVENTS DIARY Tab
Please contact us for more information or to receive our emailed Walk Briefings.
This was the area walked Thursday 19th January (when the weather was not QUITE so clear!).
Over the last 7 years (and more for the U3A Walking Group in the Caterham area) our Club has developed to include some very friendly folk ~ a mix of keen walkers, keen socialisers and above all a place for a good sense of humour!! Since 2009, with further events in 2010 and 2011, we have arranged a 4-day walking break for many of our members. We are currently considering options for a similar weekend during late September 2012, probably walking parts of hte Suffolk Coast Path.
In 2012 we also are offering a further series of 4 Sunday Day walks heading from the coast in East Sussex and north and east, following the 1066 Country Trail with some diversions along the way to make up our entire distance plans. The distance overall would be aimed at 40 to 45 miles; and would finish probably near Rye, having started from Alfriston and following the 1066 South Downs Link paths. We will be starting from Berwick rail station in May (see the full events programme).
REMEMBER : for programme of our imminent and future Walking Events, please go to the [EVENTS DIARY] tab on the left side of the window.
A group of 17 from our U3A walkers take to the wet and muddy trails from Westerham in January 2012. This was probably one of the wettest walks we have had for some time!! Everyone was pleased to return to the GRASSHOPPER-on-the-GREEN pub for a well earned tipple and lunch afterwards to warm up/dry out.
Club founded : 2004 in Surrey
Active since 2007 also in East Sussex
Our Admin base is now in East Sussex
No annual subscription for members, or "joining Fee" : instead we operate a pay-per-walk subscription system ~ and we keep the subs as low as possible to support our promotion activities, website and event planning activities on behalf of members.
Our Events Diary is included as a separate page on this site, which gives basic details of forthcoming walks
We then send around by e-mail to our Group subscribers/members a BRIEFING usually 24 to 48 hours before a Walk. This includes more detail about the walk route, numbers of stiles (approx) and weather information. It is not possible to offer this as a separate briefing to members by post, there are just too many walks going on in each month ...
Our Walking Groups are based purely on the day undertaken and the likely type of walk, with no further "segregation" : all comers welcome
Friendly dogs are usually welcome on all our walks or rambles ~ with the exception of Nordic events (please discuss further if you wish to bring a dog with you to a Nordic walk : and also necessary to pre-register for these especially if loan Nordic Walking poles are required). Please remember that we cannot guarantee assistance from other group members or walk leaders in getting dogs across stiles where there is no doggie-gate provided.
Dogs would usually be on a lead in deference to grazing livestock and to protect vulnerable wildlife at specific times of year in particular.
Many (but not all) of our walking events in East Sussex are listed in EXPLORING EAST SUSSEXan A4-sized publication produced twice-yearly by East Sussex County Council
We have a representative group on facebook : OAKLEAFE Rambling. Pictures of some events also appear there.
We also have some details on the clubbz website network, although this is not frequently updated; as well as the rambling.co.uk website.
Our specialisation is for Half-Day duration walking events
We do offer very occasional Day Walks > in 2012 we are planning to offer a series of 4 Day Walks to complete a longer-distance trail; and also (usually only once per year) a 4-day Walking Break in another part of the country for our members.
We run the following TYPICAL GROUPS, currently :
We MAINTAIN a GROUP MAILING LIST INDIVIDUALLY FOR MOST OF THE FOLLOWING (being revised for start of 2012, so you need to re OPT-IN if you have been receiving previous information, then from late January that will cease unless you let us know to continue) : if you have a particualr area of interest to be kept informed relating to events (say) in Surrey/Rambling/Weekend events > then please let us know so that we can send you relevant information.
Surrey Saturday afternoon walking : fortnightly programme : usually led by Jeff Jeffery
Surrey Sunday afternoon walking : once per month programme : usually led by Jeff Jeffery
Surrey area Tuesday mornings for the Caterham & District U3A walking group : fortnightly programme : usually led by Nigel Bentley
Surrey area Saturday afternoon NORDIC WALKING group : once per month programme usually : and led by Nigel Bentley. Several times each year we now try to co-ordinate these events with the Saturday afternoon Guided Ramble, so that the groups can socialise together more.
Occasional East Sussex Guided Rambles : usually listed in EXPLORING EAST SUSSEX and led by Nigel Bentley : these are typically about 8 to 10 times per year. Currently we do have several Thursday morning walks offered > and if they prove popular we may add additional events to the programme.
East Sussex NORDIC WALKING Group : usually listed in EXPLORING EAST SUSSEX and led by Nigel Bentley : these are typically about 12 times per year > i.e. monthly.
East Sussex NORDIC FITNESS classes are run byNigel Bentley on Wednesday evenings from April to September in the Seaford area on the coast and in Friston Forest when daylight allows. They are a typically 75-minute Fitness class outdoors that combines Nordic Walking with some other aspects of improving general fitness (varies, week-to-week). The classes are usually running from April to end of September according to available daylight : usually a 7 pm start time on a Wednesday evening. We maintain a separate mailing list for these classes to allow briefing for these events on the day in question.
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This page was last edited 22nd February 2012
This was the area walked Thursday 19th January (when the weather was not QUITE so clear!).
A group of 17 from our U3A walkers take to the wet and muddy trails from Westerham in January 2012. This was probably one of the wettest walks we have had for some time!! Everyone was pleased to return to the GRASSHOPPER-on-the-GREEN pub for a well earned tipple and lunch afterwards to warm up/dry out.
