For the first year the average number on a ramble was only 11 but numbers gradually rose and the ramblers ventured as far as Barnet, St Albans, Epping Forest, Shoreham-by-Sea, Chislehurst and Dorking, walking on average 10–12 miles. In the 1890s the ramblers also started to venture abroad on walking tours to Switzerland, Austria, France and Belgium, walking up to 25 miles each day. During the winter months, rambling was replaced with excursions to sites including the Tower of London, the British Museum, the Daily Mail and the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.