It’s the Spring into Summer Walk London weekend coming up and on Saturday 22 May there is a long stretch of the Lea Valley Walk included in the programme.

The ambitious day starts at Cheshunt Station just outside London at 11am. A leader will take the party twelve miles south on the Lea Valley Walk down to Three Mills near Bow. The estimated time of arrival is 4pm.

Anyone joining in the free walk is advised to bring a picnic although a lunch stop is planned at the Princess of Wales next to Lea Bridge.

I am not leading this one but I think it’s the longest Walk London has tried in the Lea Valley. The weather forecast is good.

See pages 88 to 119.

The Camden New Journal has a scoop this week when reporting the death of Anna Wernher.

The 85 year old is the last link with the great days of Luton Hoo.

The mansion, now an hotel, was bought in 1903 by her grandfather Sir Julius Wernher who rebuilt the house.

Anna was Sir Julius’s granddaughter. Her father was the second baronet Sir Derrick Julius Wernher who died in 1948.

He was succeeded by his brother Sir Harold who was married to Zia, daughter of a Russian Grand Duke. The couple, Anna’s uncle and aunt, welcomed the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for a weekend every November.

Nearby East Hyde churchyard has the striking Wernher mausoleum and it is expected that Anna will be buried there.

See pages 31 and 34.

The lock keeper’s cottage at Hardmead Lock near Ware is for sale.

Hetherington’s has the details of the 4 bedroom house which is advertised at £699,995.

See page 68.