Saturday 27th January saw three Urban Ramblers (a first time probationer, a fellow, and a founder member) set off and completed the Waddon to Wandsworth Wandle Wander. The route, as the name suggests, follows the River Wandle from its source in Waddon, via a secondary source in Carshalton, via Morden and Merton Abbey Mills to Wandworth. Here are the ramblers in Waddon:
Shortly after the lunchtime kickoff.
After an initially bright start, the afternoon remained clement and reasonably pleasant, if not as sunny as hoped. There was a very pleasant leg through Beddington park and Carshalton Ponds; the aptly named Wilderness Island delighted us all with its charms:
But we were in for a nasty surprise before we reached Morden Hall park. The recent storms had tried to thwart our ramble!
But to no avail! Gentleman Urban Ramblers are made of sterner stuff. And soon we were on our way. After a brief sojourn to a local hostelry, we strode on, and at around 5pm we met the Thames with the Wandle leashed to our stern.
To see more photogramms and their positions along our route can be found on the steamweb.
