ROVE: Walk, Talk, Connect

  • Chiltern Hills National Landscape (AONB)

Description

  • Outdoor, Walks & Tours and Something A Little Different
  • Tickets from free - £15.00
  • Over 18
  • Sun, 10th Mar 2024 @ 12:00 - 16:55
  • 12:00 - 16:55

We're rolling out ROVE: the nature junkie’s social club for walks that are shockingly close to a tube. In a city where making eye contact on the Underground makes most want to crawl out of their skin, we dared to look nature in the eye. 

We stumbled upon green spaces so hidden, we're half-convinced they pop in and out of existence like platform 9 ¾. And the people we met? Turns out nature is one big safe space. A confessional booth turned inside out that rapidly turns strangers into friends.

Consider this your prescription for Nature Deficit Disorder, served with a side of adventure and rediscovery. ROVE is about finding places off the beaten track, and hearing stories that haven’t been reduced to a tweet for validation. Forget the superficial. On these walks, we peel back the layers and the labels to find the greatest common ground: our shared humanity. Bring a packed lunch. Then wash it all down with a pint in some of the coolest pubs.

ROVE isn't just a hike. It's a throwback to the days before digital dominated our lives, and is curated by the same female-led group that brought you RAW – the immersive listening nights making London's ears perk up. These human connection walks are the WDN team's newest weapon in their human connection arsenal, as they wage war on the epidemic of disconnection. With ROVE, you'll start as strangers but part as a community, united by the glow of getting your nature fix – and having been seen as your real, authentic selves.

About The Walk

  • Meeting point: Costa Coffee - across from Chorleywood Station at 12 pm
  • Length: 12km circular route and will take approx. 2hrs 45mins
  • We’ll be heading to scenic Hertfordshire taking in the views of the River Chess and the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 
  • The route will pass through open fields, charming streams, and peaceful woodlands.
    We will end the walk in a pub optional for all attendees

Important Info

  • Please note some parts of this route are quite muddy in the winter and after wet weather. So please make sure you wear suitable footwear - tall waterproof walking boots, gaiters or wellies are advisable. Please also make sure to bring a pair of extra socks and an optional second pair of shoes in case we need to do an unexpected river crossing all weather dependent. 
  • Beginners welcome, we’re not in a rush. 
  • Bring your own packed lunch, snacks, plenty of water, and walking poles if you need them.
  • You must read and accept our T&Cs to attend this event

Offers

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Tickets/Times

Ticket Event time Cost
FREE

All proceeds go to funding our events programming.

12:00 - 16:55 Free admission
Pay-What-You-Can (£5)

All proceeds go to funding our events programming - a platform for musicians, creatives and everyday humans.  Thank you x

12:00 - 16:55 £5.00
Pay-What-You-Can (£10)

All proceeds go to funding our events programming - a platform for musicians, creatives and everyday humans. Thank you x

12:00 - 16:55 £10.00
Pay-What-You-Can (£12)

All proceeds go to funding our events programming - a platform for musicians, creatives and everyday humans. Thank you x

12:00 - 16:55 £12.00
Pay-What-You-Can (£15)

All proceeds go to funding our events programming - a platform for musicians, creatives and everyday humans. Thank you x

12:00 - 16:55 £15.00

Location

Address

Chiltern Hills National Landscape (AONB), Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 5ND


Getting there

Organiser

What Does Not
What Does Not is an experience and culture agency with an incubator at its core. We're a hybrid entity that disrupts perceptions, brands & nights out. We combine the functions of an events company, collective, and creative agency. WDN is female founded and led, as well as a social enterprise. We're breaking the mould of average nights out by dishing out the cure to loneliness in cool and vibey ways, while giving a leg up to emerging creators. From immersive storytelling nights, to live music events, panels with a difference – and more – everything we do at What Does Not is designed to be an antidote for this age of loneliness, disconnection, and polarisation.

T&Cs

ROVE Terms and Conditions - 2024

All events are run by What Does Not LTD the organiser, and led by Tamara Mikaberidze the host. By joining any event you are agreeing to the terms and conditions below. If you don't agree with these in full you must not sign up to the event.

In consideration of being allowed to participate in the activities with What Does Not, I acknowledge that:

1. I am aware of and understand the potential risk and dangers associated with physical activity outdoors in a woodland, forest, hill based, mountain environment and I am voluntarily participating in these activities with knowledge of the risks and dangers involved.

2. I understand that that exercise activities outdoors involve a risk of injury and that I am voluntarily participating in these activities with knowledge of the dangers involved. I hereby agree and expressly assume ALL and ANY risks of injury, illness, or death.

3. I know of no reason why I should not participate in any of the activities with What Does Not. I hereby declare myself free of any condition, disease, infirmity, or illness that may prevent my participation. I agree to inform What Does Not LTD and Tamara Mikaberidze and where appropriate provide written consent from my doctor should such a condition or complaint arise before continuing with any activity.

4. I am aware I have the opportunity to ask questions about these activities and other general related issues, like Covid-19 procedures and regulations prior to the event in question. If I choose not to take any advice or disregard any advice given, I do so voluntarily and accept liability for all resulting injuries or damage.

5. I attend and participate in any activities with What Does Not LTD 100% under my own risk. I hereby agree and expressly assume all and any risk of injury or death.

6. I do hereby waive, release and discharge Tamara Mikaberidze and What Does Not LTD from any and all responsibility or liability for injuries, illness or damages resulting from my participation in any activities while under her supervision of ROVE.

7. These terms and conditions have been read fully and to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Clothing and equipment:

For all activities, suitable clothing for the weather conditions, duration of walk and location conditions is required. For walks, this includes suitable footwear waterproof hiking boots on hikes recommended, comfortable trousers, and a waterproof layer in case of rain. This will change due to location and weather conditions as advised by Ian. As the participant, it is your responsibility to be suitably dressed and equipped for the event you have chosen to join. Advertised walks are subject to change if necessitated by safety considerations.

Participation Statement:

By booking ROVE by What Does NOT you accept that you are participating in any activities of your own accord, entirely at your own risk & expressly accept that the organiser does not have any responsibility or liability for loss or injury.

You agree that What Does Not LTD bears no responsibility for the accuracy of information regarding public transport costs, times and conditions of carriage or statistical, technical or safety specifications regarding equipment, facilities, timings or costing.

Your booking, payment, actual or intended participation also indicates your agreement that Tamara Mikaberidze the host and What Does Not LTD the organiser reserves the right to change at any time & without prior or written notice the start, finish, duration, location, terms for any meetup, without a necessity to make refunds for doing so.

It is your responsibility to inform the event organiser about any relevant health condition & to ensure you’re personally satisfied with any agreed actions relating to it. It is recommended that you take out appropriate insurance for any activities/travel that you engage in.

Acceptance on trips:

Acceptance on any What Does Not LTD trips is subject to discretion and if it is deemed prior to a trip that someone is not suitable for a trip for any of a variety of reasons at my discretion, a refund will be given to the attendee and the booking cancelled.

Cancellation and Refunds - Inc New Covid-19 regulations:

Deposits are non-refundable but ARE transferable, also you are welcome to sell your space to someone else. To do this you need to change your RSVP to "no" and also send an email to me advising that you have done this at the time that you change your RSVP to hey@whatdoesnot.com. If your space is bought by someone and you have emailed me when you changed your RSVP then I will provide you with a refund, otherwise no refund will be due.

With new Covid 19 regulations and restrictions What Does Not LTD may need to cancel, postpone or change the date of an event at any time due to those external factors, only as directed by the UK government. If I cancel an event you can either move your payment to an event on an alternative date or I can provide you with a full refund. I am not responsible for any incidental expenses that you may have incurred.

Due to recent events of Covid-19 pandemic and as of May 2020 I hereby agree that:

I am aware of and understand the potential risk and dangers, at this time with the Covid-19 pandemic, of associated with physical activity outdoors in a woodland, forest, hill based, mountain environment and I am voluntarily participating in these activities with knowledge of the risks and dangers involved.

I attend knowing clearly the current government regulations on travel and social distancing measures, and i will attend whilst strictly practising these government restrictions until told to do otherwise.

I will practice strict social distances measures whilst on any event organised by What Does Not LTD

By attending of my own accord I do hereby waive, release and discharge Tamara Mikaberidze and What Does Not from any and all responsibility or liability for injuries, illness or damages associated with Covid-19 resulting from my participation in any activities while under her supervision at ROVE.

Time of writing: Feb 2024 – What Does Not, London UK

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