Saturday Walkers' Club

Time Out Country Walks near London Volume 1

Walk 8 : Bures to Sudbury

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Summary No major changes.
Updates
Fully Revised in Sep-08

Many minor changes, including:
  • Leave earlier (train nearest to 9:15).
  • The Fox is more of a restaurant now than a pub, but welcomes walkers
  • Can be muddy in winter.
  • Point [5], this path is invisible and covers a large distance of very sticky mud. Follow the italic directions and once into the middle of the (large) field, watch out for a short footpath post with a yellow arrow in the first gap in the hedge to your right (not in the wood further left). This gap is by the second large tree in the hedge from the right. This footpath post is your target.
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Posted by Blogger Jon Combe : Sunday, 07 February, 2010
This is a really lovely walk through an area I don't know particularly well. Both Sudbury and Bures are lovely and I'd certainly recommend spending a little time looking around Bures before starting the walk. It's a very attractive village that oddly seems to be called Bures Hamlet on the Essex side and Bures St Mary on the north side. If coming on the train the train nearest to 09:15 as stated in the book is at 09:38. Be aware that the connection at Marks Tey is very tight, so don't hang around changing. For motorists there is a car park at Bures station which I believe is free.

From the notes it sounds like there have been some problems with over-grown paths and paths not obvious accross fields. I had no such problems, all the paths were easy to find and follow so things have clearly improved. The updates already here have covered the differences I found apart from the Red Lion at Lamarsh is now called the Lamarsh Lion instead.

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