Walking in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley
Due to a clash with the Henley Half Marathon also starting from the Henley Rugby Club, the Pang Valley Ramblers walk on Sunday will now start from the Waitrose CP in the centre of Henley with a delayed starting time of 10:15am.
A reminder that bookings for the Autumn walking weekend close on 15th May. We have taken all the single rooms in the hotel but still have twin and double rooms available.
If you book after 15th May we will make every effort to take your booking but cannot guarantee accommodation will be available.
As there will be no trains from Reading Station and the alternative bus travel is lengthy and unsuitable for getting to the starting point, the Windsor walk on 12 April 2015 has been CANCELLED.
However, there will be an alternative walk in the local Reading area, starting from Reading Railway Station (meeting in front of the pub) at the advertised time of 10:15AM
The Walks Programme for April 2015 to July 2015 has been added to the website and the Events and Reports pages have been updated.
We have recently made a number of changes to the website: Continue reading
Due to deep mud and flooding on many of the Rights of Way in the Chapel Row/Bucklebury Common area it has been necessary to cancel the 7.5 mile walk from CHAPEL ROW at 10.30 on Sunday 8 March 2015.
PLEASE NOTE there is still a Group walk on 8 March. There is a 5-mile walk in our Walks Programme from ARBORFIELD CROSS at 10.30.
Because of tree felling in the beech woods near Nuney Green the route of the walk from Goring Heath on Saturday 21 February 2015 has been changed. The new route has no hills but there are 3 stiles.
The Walks Programme for December 2014 to March 2015 has been added to the website and the Social Events and Reports pages have been updated.
Please note that we have temporarily removed the Forthcoming Events list that appears on the right of all pages due to a technical problem. Until this is resolved you can see a list of the forthcoming events by going to the Events Calendar page and pressing the Agenda tab.
Information on the Thames crossings at Sonning and Reading:
SONNING
The road works in 2014 only REPAIRED the flood damage. If funding becomes available there are plans to carry out more work in the future to raise the road above the flood level.
READING
Work is currently being carried out on Reading Bridge which may lead to congestion. This is not due to be completed until Summer 2015.
Our Walks Programme listing walks for the following four months is published in November, March and July along with the Newsletter. These are emailed or posted to Pang Valley members.
Because of mud, water & fallen trees the walk on Wednesday 26 November 2014 has had to be reduced to 5 miles and re-routed through Calleva, Nine Acre Copse, The Devil’s Highway & Park Pale. There will be some quiet road sections, 1 stile, & some not too muddy stretches.