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Metropolitan Walkers - Review of Marlborough weekend yonder Home Walks Upcoming walks FAQ Ramblers walks finder Leading a walk Hints and tips for walk leaders Find a walking route Submit a walk How to join Weekends yonder Socials Submit a social News & views Contact Committee Members' zone You are here:   Home News & views News & views Review of Marlborough weekend yonder By: Richard Dooks Details Created: Thursday, 02 August 2018 20:35 At 15:00 on a Wednesday afternoon I joined up with a tuft of virtually 30 Met Walkers in Pimlico, for a weekend yonder to Wiltshire, stuff held scrutinizingly exactly 4 years without the first trip to stay in the grounds of Marlborough College.Planethe weather forecast was identical to that for our previous visit, stuff 'HOT, HOT, HOT!!'. The mentor journey from inside London to Marlborough took 2 hours, so it was early evening when we arrived at the higher and staff were waiting to transport us and and our tons to our 'home' for the next few days; we had sole use of Summerfield House a few minutes' walk from the main parts of the higher and town.Withoutsettling in to our single rooms, it was time to sample one of the highlights of the trip, the restaurant where most of our meals would be served. Breakfast and dinner was to be served here, in a storeroom style and the hardest nomination was to decide what option(s) looked most appetising. There was a nomination of 2 walk options on the Thursday, a Marlborough circular to Avebury, or a shorter but similar version that used a mentor to omit the first few miles of the walk. I chose the longer walk which was at a brisk pace that unexpectedly got us to meet the shorter walks as they were arriving at the lunch stop in Avebury. My nomination of walk on Friday was the shorter option; this time the walks started at the same spot and then split without seeing Sidbury Hill (the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe) and the West Kennet Long Barrow (a solemnities mound built virtually 3650BC). In the afternoon a diversion to the walk was made so that we passed through the forest and some increasingly than welcome shade to escape from the worst of the heat. It was considering of this we found a couple of patches of soft mud, not a worldwide sight in the UK at the moment. On Saturday, both the longer and shorter walk started near Avebury, having a mentor to the various start points. The moderate walk (which came in at 20 miles) went via Cherhill Downs and the site of Olivers Castle for lunch surpassing passing the Caen Hill Locks (29 locks over 2 miles with a rise in the water level of scrutinizingly 250 feet) and inward Devizes. We had a few hours to spare surpassing stuff picked up by the bus at 21:00 so small groups of Met Walkers could be found in eating and drinking establishments virtually the town (although the local Wetherspoons couldn't serve supplies due to electrical issues and the main fish & tweedle shop was sealed for refurbishment). On returning to Marlborough a large section of the group made there way to the games room to play pool, table tennis and/or darts. With only a few hours spare on Sunday morning the options were to go on a walk to the forest, go to a car marching sale, have a wander virtually the town or relax. It was then time to get the return mentor to London when everyone was surprised to find that the official Swindon Town FC mentor was going to bring us when to London. Then, a short while surpassing 15:00, exactly 4 days without leaving we all arrived when in Pimlico for a drink (or two) surpassing dispersing in our separate directions. On the first visit to Marlborough one of my concerns was that the whole group would be in such tropical proximity for the whole weekend, with everyone walking, eating and socialising together, but the undercurrent has been relaxed and there is unbearable room for people to do their own thing if they wanted and I believe that everyone enjoyed themselves. The staff at the higher were fantastic, wanting everything to go smoothly for us (even when my water leaked over my duvet whilst I was at breakfast one morning). Thanks to Orson for organising and the others that helped in making last minute changes to bookings and for leading leading walks. Without this we wouldn't have had the endangerment to see one of the less visited areas of our trappy country as part of a Met Walkers trip. Additionally, sharing the food, travel and walk-up financing made it cheaper than trips where travel and walk-up are serried individually. 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