Bacon’s Beautiful Bog, 11.5 miles, moderate

Calendar

When:

April 23, 2022 @ 10:40 am

2022-04-23T10:40:00+01:00

2022-04-23T10:55:00+01:00

Where:

Crowthorne Station
Duke's Ride
Crowthorne RG45 6NZ
UK

Cost:

Free

Contact:

James (Bacon)

Walk

Booking Required Circular moderate public transport Walk

Do you like California, Bogs, Cafes, Scrap Yards, Sheep, Beers and Birds? Then join us for this 11.5-mile walk around Crowthorne and Wokingham.

Booking is required for this walk, via the form here.

Walk details

Kicking off at Crowthorne Station, we will head straight to California!

No beaches or Americans in sight here, just a beautiful 8000 year old bog, a site of special scientific interest or SSSI for short, the bog features rare bright orange coloured water.

If that wasn’t exciting enough, get ready to check out the café overlooking the lake, where depending on pace we may have lunch. Then we’ll pop into a scrap yard, where perhaps you’ll find a rare car to restore and make you rich (or some rusty old Fiestas).

After a quick jaunt in the countryside and making friends with some sheep, cows and horses, we’ll arrive at our pub stop: the excellent Queens Oak for a selection of drinks.

Refreshed, we’ll head down the Blackwater Valley Path to the Moor Green Lakes Reserve to observe some rare birds (twitchers welcome)!

After a brief foray into the pretty Ambarrow Hill, we’ll make our tracks to the station and the walk will be sadly over.

Travel details

By public transport

10:20 train from Reading arriving into Crowthorne at 10:35.

By car

Parking at the station (charges may apply).

Notes

If you or someone else from your household has COVID-19 symptoms, please do not attend.
Please bring a packed lunch and a drink.
It might be muddy – please wear suitable footwear.
Please feel free to contact the leader with queries about the walk, or if you are delayed on the day.

Booking onto a walk

Most walks do not require advance booking, and you can just turn up on the day. We encourage those comfortable with Meetup to indicate there that you plan to come though, so that others can see there will be plenty of people there – this really helps to encourage new members to come along.
For the few which still have limited numbers, this is handled via Meetup. Follow the link to a walk’s Meetup page (or press 🎟 Register / 🎟 Tickets / 🎟), and mark yourself as attending.
Social and other events may have their own booking system – please see the event description.

Pace Guide

Gentle: led at a gentle pace with regular short breaks for water or rest. Should be suitable for anyone capable of the distance. (Expect 2–2.5 mph.)
Medium: led at an intermediate pace with fewer breaks but still suitable for most walkers. (Expect 2.5–3 mph.)
Fast: led at a quick pace with minimal breaks. May be a challenge for those with less fitness. (Expect 3 mph+.)

Speeds quoted are only a rough guide, including time spent on short water/rest stops and negotiating stiles/gates/roads etc. but not that spent on longer lunch or pub stops.