Walks taken from, or inspired by, the Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association book 'Wild Swimming Walks' and its successor in the Wild Swimming Walks series 'Wild Swimming Walks Thames & West'*. Come along or do your own!
Dates for each walk are are provisional until time and place to meet are mentioned and an Eventbrite button is created for it.
All are welcome on our walks, including those who only want to walk not swim. There is no need to say you are coming, but if you get a ticket (free) from Eventbrite, or join the Swim Walks – Wild Swimming Walks SE Facebook group (link above) and say you are Going on the relevant Event, you will be informed if plans change for a walk or it is cancelled.
Just wear whatever you usually wear to walk in and bring whatever you like to swim in , and a packed lunch.
*Can be ordered at wildthingspublishing.com
The small print:
Neither the leaders or organisers of the walks nor administrators of Swim Walks are able to assume legal responsibility for group members or others.
All participants must be solely responsible for making their own assessment as to the risks involved in any swim, and also the risks involved in the non-swimming parts of any walk.
Neither the swims nor the non-swimming parts of the walks are led or supervised by qualified individuals and no insurance is in place.
The decision to participate must therefore be taken individually, and participants must not rely (in whole or in part) on views or information provided by leaders or organisers of walks or the administrators of this facebook group.
If you are in any doubt about the safety of a swim or your ability to complete it, you should not take part.
Further, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
all persons involved in leading or organising these walks or administrating this facebook group exclude any liability for personal injury, death or other harm or loss to walk participants or any other person or organisation as a result of their negligence or other breach of legal duty.
Upcoming walks:
Sunday 25 October: Paddock Wood to Tonbridge, start 9:30 at Paddock Wood station. Walk along the bucolic Medway with 2 or 3 swims (one of them has an excellent rope swing) and a diversion to see the Chagall windows at Tudeley church, 10 miles mainly flat finishing at Tonbridge station. The apparently early start won't feel like it because it's the day the clocks go back. Recommended train from London is the 8:34 from Charing Cross which gets to Paddock Wood at 9:23 (get a return to Paddock Wood as although two advance singles might be fractionally cheaper no particular train can be guaranteed back to London). If driving it's probably easiest to leave the car at Tonbridge and get the train to the start. All welcome (including dogs and children), bring a packed lunch as usual. Estimated finish 18:00.
Our most recent walk:
Hatfield Peverel Circular
Gallery:
_JPG.jpg)
.jpg)
