Strollers Social Walking Group – June/July 2023

Here are the details of our next two D&D u3a Strollers monthly walks:

First of all some general information for both new and “old” Strollers :

• Due to the midday start of our walks please do feel free to bring your own snacks.
• Please wear suitable walking shoes and remember to bring your cold drinks, sun hats etc.
• We are dependent on buses so please be prepared as they are not always on time.  Bus passes are very useful, otherwise single bus fares are £2 per journey until October.
• I will bring my bus timetable so we can find out the times of return buses.

Thursday June 8^th 

This will be a level walk along lanes and the Exeter canal tow path.

From Teignmouth catch the number 2 Exeter bus from the WH Smith bus stop in town at 12.11pm and the same bus from Dawlish Brookdale Terrace at 12.25pm.

Our plan is to get off the bus at the Swans Nest stop at Exminster. We’ll then walk on to the canal towpath. Our route if dry underfoot will be via the grass pathways in the RSPB reserve, otherwise via the country lane.

For a change, we’ll take a left turn and walk along by the canal to Double Locks, our refreshment stop!

Then, depending on time, we’ll either walk down the lane to get our bus home from the bus stop at the far end of Exminster or we may choose to walk further on to Countess Wear which, conveniently, also has a bus stop nearby.

Thursday July 13^th  

*** Cancelled due to lack  of walk leader

This is another level walk with just a couple of very short uphill stretches – Kingsteignton/Hackney Marshes/Passage House Inn circular walk.

From Dawlish catch the number 2 Newton Abbot bus at 12.32pm from the shelter by the railway line and from Teignmouth catch the same number 2  bus from the Diner stop at 12.47pm.

We get off the bus at the stop after Wear Farm. Our walking route is via part of Kingsteignton then onto Hackney Marshes; hopefully we’ll find the correct route which leads us to our refreshment stop at the riverside Passage House Inn!

We then walk across the fields via the public footpath back to our bus stop for the journey home.

Jean Gitsham, Convenor