MacRitchie - Bkt Brown Walk

Bukit Brown was already on the map in 1898, and the name is Singapore's earliest official place name to combine English and Malay. This free guided walk gets you there the long way, starting in the Upper Thomson area, cutting through MacRitchie Park and finishing at the cemetery itself, which opened on 1 Jan 1922 as a municipal burial ground run by the British. It was open to Chinese of any dialect group or social standing — a break from the usual practice of reserving Chinese burial sites for one kinship or dialect group. Expect 8–12 km on foot.

The walk runs 3.30pm to 8.30pm on Sunday 8 Nov, meeting at Upper Thomson MRT Station (TE8), and it proceeds whether it rains or not. Eat a proper lunch before setting off or carry snacks in case hunger hits mid-route; it may be hot at the start, with cooler conditions expected once the sun goes down. Attendance is taken with a five-minute grace period and the group does not wait for latecomers, so arrive on time. The outing ends with everyone having dinner together in the Toa Payoh area.