Category: Walking

  • Short Walk on Tuesday 14th April.  3.5 Circular at Buscot

    13 members for this walk. It was a cool but dry morning. From the car park at Buscot village we made our way to the lock and weir where we stopped for a photo call! The terrain was flat, with a path wide enough for two, so there was lots of chatter.  We did not get Read more

  • Long Walk 17th March 2026 Carterton-Shilton-Carterton

    The weather was sunny and it started off a bit chilly but improved as it got towards midday. Five of us had coffee in Costa after an enjoyable 5.5 mile walk. Alan - Thanks for leading the walk. Pam Read more

  • Short Walk 10th March 2026 at Lechlade

    19 Members joined this made-up walk at Lechlade. It was reasonable underfoot except for one very muddy gateway. The sun was shining, and it felt great being out in the fresh air. The walk was partly on pavements and over fields.  We did not see much wildlife, some flowers and blossom in gardens and quite Read more

  • Short and Slow Walk Wednesday 4th March 2026

    Our walk today was round the perimeter of the new Windrush Estate in Witney. The route we took was just over 2 miles and was mostly all on a proper solid footpath. When we left Carterton, it was quite cool and dull but reaching Witney the sun appeared, and it was a very pleasant afternoon. Read more

  • Walk at Farmoor on 17th February 2026

    16 members gathered for this walk. Farmoor is one of our emergency walks when the field are too wet to walk over. There were some birds around the reservoir but generally it was quiet for birds and wildlife. However, as usual there was plenty of laughter and chatter taking place. The café was very welcome Read more

  • Short Walk at Sherborne on 10th February 2026

    Firstly, we welcomed 3 new walkers to the group Alan, Neil, Jennifer and re-introduced Chris.  16 walkers met on a drizzling murky morning.  However, when we reached Sherborne, it was brighter and dry. The footpaths round the walk had all been turned into solid footpaths.  The wettest and muddiest parts of the walk were reaching and leaving Read more

  • Short and Slow Walk 4th February 2026

    10 members made their way to Witney for the start of the walk. Fortunately, it was a lovely afternoon, even the sun shone. This was not a very interesting walk due to floods.  However, everyone enjoyed the socialising and saw new places as we found our way through different footpaths.   We saw an unusual looking car parked Read more

  • Walk at Blenheim 20th January 2026

    8 members drove to Blenheim where we met Ann and Iain. It was a dry morning but with a cold wind. The walk was just over 5 miles long and undulating. Part way round the sun came out and the temperature rose a few degrees. We walked at a steady pace with lots of companiable Read more

  • Walking Group post-Christmas/New Year Lunch 13th January 2026

    27 members met at the Windrush Inn Witney for lunch. We had all pre-ordered our meals and bought our drinks before sitting down. The tables were set out in one long line looked nice with fresh daffodils on them. Everyone said how much they had enjoyed their food, and the socialising. It was noisy! Thank Read more

  • S & S Walk 7th January 2026 = Cogges Witney

    This was a lovely walk from Sainsbury’s car park to Cogges which looped round the green.  22 walkers met for this walk. It was thought we may have had to cancel the walk due to black ice in the morning. However, by lunch time it had thawed.  Unfortunately, Cogges café was closed so went walked back to Read more