Since I wrote my last blog, I have been on five Walkfest walks – each very different but all very enjoyable. In fact, the title of this...

Doesn't time fly! It seems no time at all since David Rose led our launch walk from The Hive yet, as I write this, it is now 17th of...

So goes a well known saying from (I think) Victorian times. Over the first week of this year’s Walkfest, our participants have had ample...

Well, the beginning of September has arrived and with it, the start of Guildford Walkfest. Waking up to an overcast sky and then...

Well, the back end of August has arrived already. It doesn’t seem long since summer holidays seemed a long way in the future and school...

When many of us go to Guildford it is to shop, eat, go to work or for some other specific reason. How often do we actually take time to...

Well, it’s now only five weeks until we have the first walk of this year’s Walkfest. The full programme of walks is visible on the...

There is a well known description of birds apparently moving serenely on a lake whilst their legs are moving frantically beneath the...

Whilst we have had to cancel a few walks this year due to exceptional circumstances, the programme is still going strong and attendance...

Well, we made it through the first week of Walkfest! After all the heatwave temperatures of recent weeks, the weather gods decided that...

Well, Guildford Walkfest got off to a perfect launch today with no delays. Ground Zero was West Horsley Place Barn where a wonderful...

Walking – whether as part of Walkfest, with other groups or just with a friend or two - has a strongly social element. Chatting along...

At the beginning of July I had Covid and was stuck at home for a couple of weeks – a common situation for many people. The major...

I’ve just returned from a week in the Peak District. Even now, everything is so much greener up there than it is in our Surrey...

Well, our walking groups have all done a great job in devising a fascinating range of walks for Walkfest 2022 – and you can now view them...

When we head out for a rural walk in and around our borough, probably the last place we would head for would be an area decimated by fire....

With all these glorious sunny days, what could be better than getting out into our countryside and clocking up a few miles through...

As we enter the second half of 2022 – yes, the year really is going fast! – it’s time to re-activate our Guildford Walkfest blog. Whilst...