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Sidcup and District

Ramblers 3

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
Group email: Ramblers 3 group
When: On Friday mornings
2nd of month all day
Venue: To be Notified by the Leader

We aim to walk about 5-6 miles with a pub lunch en route. In the darker months, we will focus upon the Kent countryside or London area, but may go further afield in the summer.

Group at the Chiding Stone, c.T.Ford

The weather being so uncertain, I'm thinking of calling our Group

"Ramblers & Gamblers"

  • January :      Thames Path South :  river & ice on pavement!
  • February :    Bethnal Green : childhood, canal & Vicky Park
  • March :        Notting Hill : films, carnival, music & market
  • April :          Shuttle Riverway : woods, meadows, Bexley village
  • May:            Birchgrove : golf, woods, bluebells, horses (led by Sandra)
  • June :           Shuttle Riverway : woods, heat, Avery Hill
  • July :            Cobham : extreme heat/short walk, mausoleum (led by June)
  • August :       Tenterden : hills, valleys, lake, styles
  • September :  Bluebell Hill : views, hills, woods, ancient monuments
  • October :      Elham : village, views, hills, ploughed fields, farms
  • November:   Cobham : woods, country park, longer walk
  • December:   Scadbury : short walk, woods, bears, Xmas meal

All with great company, chats, & excellent pub meals

Scadbury Shramble July 2026

Hot, hot, hot! So we didn’t go to the exposed coast, but opted instead for a woodland walk around Scadbury Nature Reserve. Only 4 brave souls were willing to risk being baked alive.  We started early at 10 am and had a (mostly) shady, short ramble ( a “shamble”?), arriving at the picnic area at 11.15, which Sandra checked as a living sundial.  We had viewed the Moated Manor House en route, before embarking on the uphill, open ascent to the lodge. Andy posed with the bears (but no picnic) and then we went to the Sydney Arms for lunch.