March 8th Ian Roberts & Ged Rehm.....Bowness to Hawkshead.
April 4th/5th Keswick weekend Social Ian & Sheila
April 12th Alex Scarisbrick & Mike Pearson.....Grassington
May 10th Roy & Maureen Hendry......Howarth
June 14th John & Theresa Mooney......Cartmel
July 12th Alan & Anita Carr......Ceiriog Valley
August 9th Alan & Anne Deutsch.....Conway
September 13th Paul & Marie Murphy
October 11th Sheila & Ged Rehm
November 8th Bill Wright & Alan Carr
December 13th Eve, Eileen & Jean
December 27th Christmas Walk Geoff & Sadie Wyke
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Monday, 24 March 2008
Information
We travel by coach from Our Lady's Church at 8.15 am on the second Saturday of each month and we are normally back in Formby by 7.30 pm.
Two different grades of walk are offered on each outing, the A walk being longer and higher than the B. The areas we walk in include the Lake District, North Wales, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Dales and we try to make our coach journey no longer than two hours.
Bookings can be made by telephone to our Bookings secretary Theresa Mooney on 01704 878548.
The annual cost of membership is £8. Non-members are encouraged to walk with us once before joining and the cost of each walk is £8.
Two different grades of walk are offered on each outing, the A walk being longer and higher than the B. The areas we walk in include the Lake District, North Wales, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Dales and we try to make our coach journey no longer than two hours.
Bookings can be made by telephone to our Bookings secretary Theresa Mooney on 01704 878548.
The annual cost of membership is £8. Non-members are encouraged to walk with us once before joining and the cost of each walk is £8.
History
In 1991 I asked Father John Short if he would support a Parish Fellwalking group whose objective would be to promote sociable group walking on the Fells. His response was to say that not only would he support it but he would lead the first walk from Ambleside to Wansfell Pike. 14 people took part and we used a school mini bus that first time but have since expanded to using a 51 seater coach. Over 200 people have since been involved involved in walks with a current membership of 76.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
First Walk of the Season 8th March 2008
Bowness to Hawkshead via Claife Heights and Latterbarrow, led by Ian and Wendy.
The weather was not good, intermitent rain and strong winds causing our first hiccup. Whilst still on the coach approaching Bowness we saw a sign "Ferry cancelled" and enquiries revealed that this was indeed the case due to the high winds. Ian found a company willing to sail us across at £2 per head and we set off. The rain cleared for a time and spirits lifted as the A group climbed Claife Heights. The B party stayed lower following the shore line path. On the descent to our lunch stop on the lake shore one of our party fell and twisted an ankle resulting in our calling out a taxi to meet us at a convenient spot and the"injured" returned to our coach which was now waiting at Hawkshead. Both parties carried on over Latterbarrow and down into Hawkshead where we sampled the local hostelries. Despite the difficulties all enjoyed a good walk and our injured party was able to rejoin us for our return to Formby. I understand there were no broken bones involved.
The weather was not good, intermitent rain and strong winds causing our first hiccup. Whilst still on the coach approaching Bowness we saw a sign "Ferry cancelled" and enquiries revealed that this was indeed the case due to the high winds. Ian found a company willing to sail us across at £2 per head and we set off. The rain cleared for a time and spirits lifted as the A group climbed Claife Heights. The B party stayed lower following the shore line path. On the descent to our lunch stop on the lake shore one of our party fell and twisted an ankle resulting in our calling out a taxi to meet us at a convenient spot and the"injured" returned to our coach which was now waiting at Hawkshead. Both parties carried on over Latterbarrow and down into Hawkshead where we sampled the local hostelries. Despite the difficulties all enjoyed a good walk and our injured party was able to rejoin us for our return to Formby. I understand there were no broken bones involved.
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