Sunday, 17 May 2015
Richmond Park..
Entering Richmond Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon!
Tony, Mark C, Emma, Mark S, Peter
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Walk Update
A quick update on walking dates....
The annual London Walk
The postponed walk back to in March is re-arranged for Saturday 16th May.
The route will be the same as originally planned, and we'll meet either
at St Albans City station to catch the train (there's a discount on
multiple purchases) or at Hammersmith station (start of the walk) -
which ever suits you best. It's about 9 miles and flat, easy walking
following the Thames for a stretch then Richmond Park and Wimbledon
Common. Everyone welcome, let me know if you're interested. This walk
will be pretty much all day including the travelling.
Chiltern hills practise walk
This will be a fairly short but intense walk close to Ivinghoe/Pitstone on Sunday 31st May.
I have to finalise the route and time/place to meet, but the plan is to
meet early afternoon and walk for about 2 to 2.5 hours. We'll have
several short but steep climbs which will be good practise for Ben
Nevis. Everyone welcome though of course, not just if you're coming to
Scotland.
Ben Nevis
We're now all booked up for the Ben Nevis trip Friday 26th to 28th.
We'll be leaving early on the Friday morning and will arrive in Glasgow
to collect our hire car. From there we'll have a 2 hour journey to Fort
William. With a bit of luck we'll be at our accommodation by lunchtime!
The return flight is about 5.30 in the afternoon on Sunday. We'll have a
couple of hours in Fort William Sunday morning before we need to drive
back to Glasgow. Remember to book Friday off work and I'd recommend
Monday too if you can!
Monday, 6 October 2014
Ashridge Gaddesden Circular Sunday 5th October 2014
A glorious day of autumn sunshine between two grey rainy days blessed us for this 7.5 mile walk.
Starting at Great Gaddesden we followed the north west bridleway to Hudnall, through some woods and back into open fields before arriving at Little Gaddesden for a pub lunch at the Bridgewater Arms. After a very good pub stop we entered the Golden Valley before coming out on to the road then following an indistinct footpath through a very large field that eventually lead to Nettleden (just off the bottom of the map below). Finally we climbed a steepish hill towards St Margrets and back to Great Gaddesden late afternoon.
Walkers on the day: Bailey the dog, Fred, Joshua (aged 5), Peter, Tony
Starting at Great Gaddesden we followed the north west bridleway to Hudnall, through some woods and back into open fields before arriving at Little Gaddesden for a pub lunch at the Bridgewater Arms. After a very good pub stop we entered the Golden Valley before coming out on to the road then following an indistinct footpath through a very large field that eventually lead to Nettleden (just off the bottom of the map below). Finally we climbed a steepish hill towards St Margrets and back to Great Gaddesden late afternoon.
Walkers on the day: Bailey the dog, Fred, Joshua (aged 5), Peter, Tony
Map of (most of) the route:
Joshua, Bailey and Fred on the first half of the walk
A heart shaped tree stump, coming into Hudnall
Despite Little Gaddesden's elevation compared to the start of the walk it flattens out considerably on the approach into the village. Here you could here the stalks of the corn crackling as the warm autumn sun warmed the field.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Lakes trip June 27-29th 2014
This years weekend was another success trek along the Lake District mountain tops. We even avoided the rain while much of the rest of the country was pouring!
Mark and I stayed at the YHA in Buttermere while Peter, Richard and Rob were at the Bridge Inn in the village. We got off to a good start climbing Red Pike from the diagonal approach close to Sour Milk Gill. After a steep, tricky ascent on scree we found ourselves at the top of Red Pike!
The route was pretty straight-forward from here, a mostly grassy wide ridge route to High Stile (2648ft/807m), the highest point in the walking today. It was also an ideal stop for lunch with lots of rocks at the top and good weather on the day. We continued along to our third top of the day at High Crag before descending to Seat and descending scramble into Scarth Gap. Mark's injury forced him lake bound at this stage but the rest of us climbed the rocky Haystacks and Innominate Tarn, Wainwright's resting place. Peter, Rob and Rich descended on the path along the western side of Fleetwith Pike while I split off to top the peak and descended to Gatesgarth. Food was top notch in the Bridge Inn a good weekend all round!
Mark and I stayed at the YHA in Buttermere while Peter, Richard and Rob were at the Bridge Inn in the village. We got off to a good start climbing Red Pike from the diagonal approach close to Sour Milk Gill. After a steep, tricky ascent on scree we found ourselves at the top of Red Pike!
Above: Tony, Mark, Rob, Peter Richard on top of Red Pike
The route was pretty straight-forward from here, a mostly grassy wide ridge route to High Stile (2648ft/807m), the highest point in the walking today. It was also an ideal stop for lunch with lots of rocks at the top and good weather on the day. We continued along to our third top of the day at High Crag before descending to Seat and descending scramble into Scarth Gap. Mark's injury forced him lake bound at this stage but the rest of us climbed the rocky Haystacks and Innominate Tarn, Wainwright's resting place. Peter, Rob and Rich descended on the path along the western side of Fleetwith Pike while I split off to top the peak and descended to Gatesgarth. Food was top notch in the Bridge Inn a good weekend all round!
Above: Rob and Peter on the Red Pike ascent, near the top of the first tree line.
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