"Ask where the good way is and walk in it" Jeremiah 6 verse16
Programme summary: May to August 2008 (and beyond)
YOU ARE REMINDED THAT BOTH MEMBERS AND
VISITORS
ATTEND CLUB EVENTS AT THEIR OWN RISK.
CHILDREN UNDER 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN
PLEASE BOOK EARLY - other hostellers do, especially at Bank Holidays
Booking forms must usually be with event leaders
8 WEEKS before the event
PLEASE NOTE:
Booking Deadline dates only apply
to the number of reserved places at the hostel.
Anybody wishing to attend events after the deadline has passed are still
welcome,
but will need to contact the event leader first to check that the event is
still running
and/or numbers attending, and then make their own accommodation arrangements,
either by booking with the hostel direct pending availability, or arranging
alternative accommodation.
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DATES |
VENUE |
GRADE |
8- 15 March
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AVIEMORE
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Hard
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7 - 9 March
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Easy-Moderate
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20 - 24 March
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SNOWDONIA
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Moderate-Hard
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20 - 24 March
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SALCOMBE
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Moderate
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20 - 24 March
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ILAM HALL
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Easy-Moderate
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22 - 26 March
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ELTERWATER
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Moderate-Hard
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24 - 29 March
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MID
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Moderate - Hard
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4 - 6 April
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THURLBY
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Cycling
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10 - 13 April
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DODDINGTON
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Easy -Moderate
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12 April
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17 - 20 April
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CRICKHOWELL
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Moderate
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18 - 20 April
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MINEHEAD
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Moderate
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25 - 27 April
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Stow-on-the-Wold
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Special - navigation
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PLEASE
BOOK EARLY - other hostellers do, especially at Bank Holidays
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Location |
Booking deadline |
Comments |
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Thu 1 - Mon 5 |
HAWORTH |
All |
Thu 3 April |
Come and explore this beautiful area of |
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Mon 5 - Fri 9 |
KETTLEWELL |
Moderate |
Wed 5 March |
Why rush home after the AGM? Stay
an extra night at Haworth then move on to Kettlewell, situated in |
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Fri 16 - Sun 18 |
SAFFRON
WALDEN |
Easy |
Sun 16 March |
Saffron Walden is a delightful
market town with coffee shops, book shops, stalls; we might even emerge to
walk in the very pleasant countryside around!
Do join us for 2 days in May at this historic youth hostel. |
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Fri 16 - Sat 24 |
OBAN & IONA |
Moderate |
Sun 17 February |
The 4 star |
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Thu 22 - Mon 26 |
CLUN MILL |
Moderate |
Sun 23 March |
Join us for the Bank Holiday weekend in this beautifully restored
watermill. The Hostel is self-catering
and set in the small |
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Thu 22 - Mon 26 |
SHERINGHAM |
Easy |
Sun 23 March |
Come and spend a long weekend at Sheringham. We will almost certainly take a trip on the
local steam railway and walk back to Sheringham along the sea sure on one of
the days. I expect we will visit the
highest point in |
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Fri 23 - Tue 27 |
POPPIT SANDS |
Moderate Hard |
Mon 24 March |
Why not join us for a long weekend at Poppit Sands? Set in its own grounds and with lovely views
of the beach from which it gets its name, this hostel offers us a lovely
location and the opportunity for some wonderful coastal walking. We will certainly tackle some of the
northern end of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, but will also take in some of
the coast that runs north of the Teifi Estuary. Opportunities for non-walking activities
abound and include boat trips into |
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Sat 24 - Sat 31 |
ULLAPOOL |
Moderate Hard/Hard |
Tue 25 March |
The small town of |
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Tue 27 - Sat 31 |
ST DAVID’S |
Moderate |
Fri 28 March |
Come and join us at St David’s for a mid-week break. We will be spoilt for choice in terms of
walking and aim to do as much of this section of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
as possible. Opportunities for
non-walking activities include St David’s itself with it’s fine
cathedral, whilst the attraction of Ramsey Island is one you may not be able
to ignore. As with the event at Poppit
Sands there may well be the opportunity to plan a day’s cycling
depending on the availability of walk leaders, or you may want to just come
and enjoy the beach at |
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PLEASE
BOOK EARLY - other hostellers do, especially at Bank Holidays
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Location |
Booking deadline |
Comments |
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Fri 6 - Sun 8 |
STOURHEAD WILTSHIRE National
Trust Base Camp |
Easy Moderate |
Thu 1 May |
Stourhead NT Base Camp is a converted stable building
adjacent to the world-renowned National Trust gardens. The 18th century landscape gardens and
Palladian mansion are at the heart of the 2650 acre estate. The walking will include the wider estate,
encompassing woodland, open countryside and the high chalk downland of
Whitesheet Hill with its Iron Age hill fort.
There are also a number of varied walks around the gardens and there
will be an opportunity to view the house.
We aim to arrange a short, informal prayer and worship session during
the weekend, to enable us to take full advantage of the beautiful location. We will have sole occupancy of the Base
Camp. This will be self catering and
we intend to group cater on Saturday night.
You will need to provide your own bedding, including pillows. Please email or phone before booking. |
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Fri 13 - Sun 15 |
BURLEY NEW |
Cycling |
Mon 14 April |
Last year about
18 of us enjoyed a cycling weekend staying at this hostel in the heart of the
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Fri 13 - Sun 15 |
ARUNDEL SOUTH EAST |
East/Moderate |
Mon 14 April |
Ever been
walking and thought you would like to try a sketch or two, if only there was time? Well this could be for you. We will aim for good walks for all to enjoy
in delightful |
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Thu 19 - Sun 22 |
LEE ABBEY COTTAGE |
Moderate |
Sun 20 April |
Come and join
us for a midsummer weekend at this beautiful location on the dramatic and
rugged Exmoor coast near Lynton in |
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Fri 20 - Sun 22 |
CHURCH STRETTON |
Moderate |
Not applicable |
Experience the
contrasts of the Shropshire landscape with a weekend staying in |
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Sat 21 - Sat 28 |
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Moderate |
Tue 22 April |
The vibrant and
historical town of |
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Fri 27 - Sun 29 |
OKEHAMPTON THEME:
WILD FLOWERS |
Special |
Mon 28 April |
‘Consider
the lilies of the field’. The
aim of this weekend is to open our eyes to just how much diversity God has
placed around us. We will spend
Saturday in a Culm grassland area west of Okehampton and Sunday in woods and
moorland on the edge of |
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Fri 27 - Sun 29 |
YOULGREAVE PEAK
DISTRICT THEME:
NATURAL HISTORY |
Easy |
Mon 28 April |
Come and stay
in what was a Co-op store in the heart of |
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BOOK EARLY - other hostellers do, especially at Bank Holidays
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Location |
Booking deadline |
Comments |
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Fri 4 - Sun 6 |
RAVENSTOR PEAK
DISTRICT |
East/Moderate |
Mon 5 May |
Set at the
junction of Tideswell Dale and Millers Dale this popular youth hostel means you
can step out the front door straight onto some of the most interesting and
beautiful walks of the Peak District.
Whether walking through shady glades, along tops of ridges, by
rippling streams/rivers or along deep gorges/dales, with craft and tea shops
scattered along the way, you should find something to enjoy here in the heart
of |
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Fri 11 - Sun 13 |
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East/Moderate |
Mon 12 May |
This will be a themed
event with the specific intention of exploring the Brontes. On The Saturday we will walk the moors
which inspired novels such as |
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Fri 11 - Sun 13 |
PEN Y PASS |
Moderate/Hard |
Mon 12 May |
Come to this
classic walking area and climb |
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Thu 17 - Sun 20 |
LLANDEUSANT |
Moderate |
Sun 18 May |
A stay in this
remote 18th century inn at the western end of the Brecon Beacons
will provide a visit to a remote Arthurian ruined castle, a route to follow
the romantic story of the ‘Lady of the |
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Sat 19 - Sat 26 |
CHANNEL
ISLES |
Moderate |
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This event is now
fully booked, but, if interested, it is probably worth contacting the event
leader in case of a cancellation. |
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Thu 24 - Sun 27 |
BALA BACKPACKERS MARY JONES
WALK |
Moderate |
Sun 25 May |
The event of
2008! In 1800, Mary Jones, aged 15,
set out barefoot on a 26-mile walk to buy one of the Welsh Bibles that had
been delivered to the home of Thomas Charles in Bala. The 17 shillings she took with her had
taken six years to save. Mary's
amazing story helped inspire the foundation of the Bible Society and the
birth of the worldwide Bible movement.
You can retrace Mary's walk, a 26 mile long linear route through green
valleys flanked by towering rugged 900m peaks, including Cadar Idris, along
pleasant, easy, but long country lanes, tracks, woods and fields spread over
2 days (6-7 hours walking per day). On
the 3rd day we should have an easier walk by the glinting ocean of |
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Sat 26 - Sat 2 |
PORTREE SKYE WEEK |
Easy Moderate/Moderate
Hard |
Fri 6 June |
Come over the
sea (or over the bridge) to Skye. The
island is famous for the Cuillin mountains and there will be opportunities to
climb the easier Munros. There is
plenty of good coastal walking and there will be walks to see the spectacular
geological features such as The Old Man of Storr and the Quiraing
Pinnacles. We will be staying at
‘The Old Post Office’, an independent self-catering hostel in
Portree, the main town on the island. |
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BOOK EARLY - other hostellers do, especially at Bank Holidays
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Location |
Booking deadline |
Comments |
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Fri 1 - Sun 3 |
ALFRISTON SOUTH EAST |
Easy/Moderate |
Mon 2 June |
Come and stay
in a 16th Century Sussex flint house just outside the |
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Thu 14 - Sun 17 |
PORT EYNON |
Very Easy/Moderate |
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Why not join us
for a long weekend on The Gower Peninsular staying at Port Eynon Youth
Hostel? The Hostel is a former
lifeboat station so the beach could not be closer. The Gower is a beautiful location and
offers us the opportunity for some wonderful coastal walking as well as some
lovely beaches to rest on and swim in the sea. We will certainly visit |
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Thu 21 - Sun 25 |
WINDERMERE LAKE
DISTRICT |
Moderate Hard/Hard |
Sun 22 June |
During this
long weekend we aim to ascend some of the best known mountains in the Lake
District, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, |
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Thu 21 - Sun 25 |
BRYN GWYNANT SNOWDONIA |
Moderate Hard/Hard |
Thu 19 June |
Bryn Gwynant is
a Victorian mansion overlooking Llyn (Lake) Gwynant, on the SE side of |
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Thu 21 - Sun 25 |
TINTAGEL SOUTH WEST |
Moderate |
Sat 21 June |
Come and spend
a long and relaxing weekend in |
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Thu 21 - Sun 25 |
LLANBERIS |
Easy/Easy Moderate |
Sat 14 June |
Before you rush
to book a place on this weekend in a beautiful part of |
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Sat 23 - Sat 30 |
SAAS GRUND |
Special |
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Summer in the |
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Thu 28 - Sun 31 |
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED NORTHUMBERLAND |
Moderate |
Sat 12 July |
Escape to the
border of |
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Advanced notice of future events (more details and confirmation later):
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VENUE |
DATES |
GRADE |
STATUS |
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Bretton |
Sept
5th |
Moderate
Hard |
Provisional |
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Youlgreave |
Sept
12th - 14th |
Easy-Moderate |
Confirmed |
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Sept
12th -14th |
Navigation |
Confirmed |
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Offa's
Dyke Pt 2 |
Sept
20th - 29th |
Moderate
Hard |
Confirmed |
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Wycliffe |
Sept
26th - 28th |
Moderate |
Confirmed |
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Castleton |
Oct 10th - 12th |
20's
& 30's |
Confirmed |
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Crowden |
Oct
10th - 12th |
Moderate
Hard |
Confirmed |
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Oct 4th - 11th |
Moderate
Hard |
Provisional |
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Welsh
Bicknor |
Oct
17th - 19th |
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