Walk Reports

Marvellous May- we hope

      Not a Full Shilling .                                         Bank Holiday Monday May 6th 2013   29 persons   .                            17 miles 2,400 ft of ascent.        Ldr : Norman Thomas       What better way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday than on one of Norman's walks? Answers on…

April Ambles

    Sunday April 7th. Peter's Plod 'The Revival'. 17 miles from Haworth. Leader: Peter Haslam. 35 walkers and 4 dogs.   35 walkers and 4 dogs eventually gathered together in some sort of order.  It was like herding cats, with small groups parked in all corners of this small village.  To be fair the…

Meandering in March

  Sunday March 3rd. Almost Springtime in Chipping. 21miles with 3500 ft of ascent. Leader Tony Clark. 22 walkers and 1 dog.     The one thing I hope for more than anything when leading a walk is for fine weather and today, although it was cloudy and cool, it didn't rain.   There were 22 of us and…

Fabulous February?

  Sunday February 3rd. Hey Diddle Diddle. 17 miles  Leader: Bob James. 13 walkers and 1 dog.       MAJESTIC SCENERY, beautiful landscapes; sweeping vistas:- all obscured by low cloud and persistent rain. As if that wasn't bad enough the most telling feature was the biting cold wind that came in…

A New Year, A New Beginning

    Sunday January 6th 2013. Turton Trot. 19 miles from Jumbles Res. Leader: Mark Davies. 40 walkers and 6 dogs.   I spent two half days over Christmas walking over the route I had planned and was very glad that I did.  One day was around the Entwistle, Wayoh and Jumbles Reservoirs, the other along…