Walking between pubs (and stopping at them) for Gavin's and Heather's 50th Birthdays
We hope you will join us as we walk, eat and drink our way around the Chilterns to celebrate two 50th birthdays and 20 years since we met. Let us know what appeals from our itinerary below. Feel free to book to stay in the same pubs as us if you would like to, or meet us for lunch and a walk ... whatever works for you.
Please let me know if you plan to join us for meals (particularly over the Easter weekend), so I can make bookings. We don't plan to eat much at lunchtimes because we expect to be eating large breakfasts! But we will stop for a drink and a chat with anyone who plans to join us in the proposed pubs.
On Easter Sunday we won't be having a big Sunday lunch, but I have pre-ordered some very light bar snacks, to be specially laid on for us in the bar at the Flower Pot at 12.30pm.
Joshua and Leo will be walking with us and would be very glad of the company of younger friends and family as well as 'oldies'!
We can play live music at the Fox at Ibstone, so I hope April 3rd (Good Friday) evening will work for musician friends; bring your instruments!
Please don't think about bringing gifts; we could't carry anything extra anyway! We just hope to see friends and family for chatty walks and relaxed beers.
If you really want to give something beyond your presence, Heather is heavily involved as a volunteer in supporting families with breastfeeding through La Leche League, and you can donate to her local LLL Hertfordshire group funds here.
If you would like to join the WhatsApp group chat for this walking week, to stay in touch and agree meeting times / places, please click here
Monday 30th March
Walk Berkhamsted to Aldbury: 4.5 miles (2 hours)
Overnight Stay: The Greyhound Inn, Stocks Road, Aldbury, Tring, HP23 5RT
We have a table booked for dinner for 4 people at 6.30pm
Tuesday 31st March
Walk Aldbury to Wendover departing about 9am: 8.5 miles (4 hours)
Lunch stop at The Greyhound pub (yes, another Greyhound!), Chesham Road, Wiggington HP23 8EH
We have a table booked for 8 people at 12 noon but they won't mind if we are late!
Tapas and drinks at Tres Corazones; table booked in the bar area from 5.30pm
Overnight Stay: Bel & The Dragon At The Red Lion, 9 High Street, Wendover, HP22 6DU
Wednesday 1st April
Walk Wendover to Great Missenden departing about 10am: 7 miles (3 hours)
Lunch stop at the Cock and Rabbit Inn, The Lee, HP16 9LZ
We have a table booked for 6 people at 1pm
Dinner at Fan Fan Pizza; we have a table for 6 people booked at 7pm
Overnight Stay: The Nags Head, Great Missenden, HP16 0DG
Maundy Thursday 2nd April
Walk Great Missenden to Walters Ash: 5.7 miles hilly (3 hours)
Lunch stop at The Gate pub, Bryants Bottom Road, HP16 0JS (no need to book, kitchen open 12-3pm)
Dinner at The Black Lion, Woodlands Drive, Naphill, HP14 4SH
We have a table booked for 4 people at 6pm
Overnight Stay in a private house in Walters Ash
Good Friday 3rd April
Walk Walters Ash to Ibstone: 7.5 miles hilly (4 hours)
Lunch stop at The Dashwood Arms, Old Oxford Road, Piddington, HP14 3BH
We have a table booked for 4 people at 12.30pm
Overnight Stay: The Fox at Ibstone, Ibstone Road, HP14 3XT
We have a table booked for dinner at 6.30pm
MUSICIANS WELCOME TO COME AND PLAY so please bring instruments along!
Easter Saturday 4th April
Walk Ibstone to Hambleden: 6.5 miles mostly downhill (3 hours)
Lunch stop at The Chiltern Valley Brewery, Old Luxters Vineyard, Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6JW where there is a Food Truck serving hot drinks, snacks, pizzas and chilli con carne / veggie chilli until 3.30pm
Overnight Stay: Stag and Huntsman (we are staying in Hollow Wood Cottage), Hambleden, RG9 6RO
We have a table booked for dinner at 7pm
Easter Sunday 5th April
Walk Hambleden to Hurley: 5 miles mostly along the Thames (2 hours)
Lunchtime stop at The Flower Pot Hotel, Aston, RG9 3DG
We will have some very small bar snacks and drinks that they are laying on specially for us (so we don't have to eat their massive Sunday Lunch) - the booking is for 6 of us at 12.30pm
Overnight Stay: The Olde Bell, High Street, Hurley, SL6 5LX
We have a table booked for dinner at 7pm
Easter Monday 6th April
Walk Hurley to Marlow: 3.5 miles (1.5 hours)
Pub lunch at The Two Brewers, St Peter Street, Marlow, SL7 1NQ
We have a table booked for 10 people at 1pm
