On Sunday 6th October, Ann led a 7 mile walk around Pyrford, Send and Old Woking. Twelve of us assembled at the car park by Pyrford Common and set off through woodland and on local roads, passing Pyrford Court on the way to Pyrford Green.
At Pyrford Place, we crossed Pyrford Golf Course and joined the Wey Navigation near Walsham Lock and followed it as it passed by Newark Lock, where we got a view of the remains of Newark Priory, which dates back to the 12th century.
We continued to follow the Wey Navigation from Newark Lock, passing Papercourt Lock and stopping for lunch at a picnic area near Broadmead Cut. This was a real find by Ann - it had proper picnic tables surrounded by a garden - much more civilised than the usual fallen tree to sit on.
After lunch, we followed the Wey Navigation a little longer before leaving it, heading north through Broadmead Cut and crossing the River Wey on a footbridge.
This brought us to Old Woking, where we visited St Peter's Church. One of our group was able to tell us quite a bit about the history of this 12th century church.
After crossing a rather difficult road, we followed a footpath along the edge of Hoebridge Golf Centre, which took us back to the woodland of Pyrford Common and the car park from where we'd started. See our route on Google Map.
Thanks go to Ann for leading this walk and Rob for writing it up.
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