Newsletter
March 2007
News and Views
Committee Clips
1. All Committee Posts - All the committee posts will come up for re-election at the AGM. So please consider if you would be able to
serve the club now or in the future.
Please let any of the present committee (see page 2) know if you would
be interested in any of the roles either now or in the future. Ask for an opportunity to shadow an existing
committee member.
2. Vacant Committee Post - The Programme Secretary post will be vacant at the AGM. Please consider prayerfully if you would be
able to undertake this, and let a committee member know. It involves typing up 4 programmes a year as
well as being an active member of the committee, with 3 meetings a year plus
the AGM.
3. 20’s and 30’s events - We hope to get potential new members along
to the 20’s and 30’s event in the programme. Jo Franks has produced a flyer about the
event. Please could members pass flyers
on to individual walkers and others in this age group in their church. These flyers are available from Jo. Please contact her direct on 01442 268232 or
jofranks@bigfoot.com.
4. 25th Anniversary Books and Sitmats - Julie still has a supply of sitmats at just
£4.00, so make sure you order yours soon.
There are plenty of books with recipes, walks and reflections from Club
Members - again just £4.00 from Julie.
See page 2 for contact details.
Sitmats and books will be available at the AGM and at most other events
if you want to avoid postage!!
5. Disposal of programmes and newsletters - Concerns have been raised by club members
that addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses for event leaders,
committee members, and local group leaders, are included in the programmes and
/ or the Newsletter. Would members
therefore ensure that in future all papers with these details are shredded before
they are thrown away?
6. Travelling Costs - On many events, lifts are offered to other members, particularly those
without cars. If you accept a lift,
please do not assume that this is free, but offer to pay your share of the
petrol. It is generally accepted that
10p a mile covers the cost of the petrol or diesel for most cars. This cost should be divided between the
driver and all passengers.
7. Engagement - As a general rule the club does not announce engagements, but we are
making an exception in this instance.
Peter Whale and Louise Fazakarley broke off their engagement in the
summer of 2006.
Editor’s Excerpts
Thank you to:
·
All who sent me photos or sketches about events. I have been able to include some of them in
this Newsletter. If you send me photos
by email, please only attach one or two maximum to the email.
·
All who sent me reports by snail mail.
I have already thanked those who sent reports by email. I do not respond to snail mail unless a
stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.
Many thanks and please keep the reports coming as I don’t chase
them.
New News
Number of Events: How many events have you
completed? Do let me know. Roger Winterburn claims 125 events in
February.
Wedding Congratulations: Debz Strong married Graham Spinney on Sunday 17 December 2006. The ceremony was full of praise to a
wonderful God. We wish Debz and Graham a
wonderful marriage.
Web site: for those of you who like to know exactly
how far you have walked, Dave Cheffings sent me this site address:
www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/
Type in the post-code (e.g. GL11 4JP), and the "topic" (e.g.
Now
comes the cool bit - Click on "Measure Area" (the lasso and ruler
symbol at the top) and ensure that you still have the dialogue box open (click
on the windows toolbar to bring it to the fore if it has been covered up).
Next,
click at the desired start point on the map - you'll see a red dot appear. Then just keep clicking on each point along
the route in order and each time you'll see a red dot appear (and sometimes
disappear, but don't worry about that).
The total distance is recorded in the dialogue box.
If you
make a mistake, there's a button in the dialogue box for deleting the previous
point (which you can repeat if necessary).
Great eh!
Humorous Hints: What has happened to the club member’s
sense of humour? Surely there are some
funny occasions that you would be prepared to share. Do let the Editor have yours for the next
edition of the Newsletter.
Prayer
Patter
Having
recently closely experienced another person’s move, I was freshly struck
by some thoughts:
·
Lord, thank you for the time to keep and a time to throw away, the time
to build and a time to tear down. Thank
you for the different perspectives you bring through different seasons.
·
Thank you for the clearing-out and re-sorting. Thank you for the memories that surface when
we turn up forgotten items. Please help
us to be open to what you want us to discard and to ‘let go’, to
trust you to make way for new aspects.
·
Thank you Lord for the new points of contact that moving home, or
office, or activity brings. Help us to welcome the new opportunities for different
relationships, and to be open to the new contacts you bring us in this
way.
·
Thank you for being available to help us with every tiny detail, in
liaising with removers, contractors, helpers, and with seemingly endless boxes
to have to unpack and contents put ‘somewhere’. Please help us to find time with you during
this time, to seek active connection with you and to trust you.
·
Lord, looking back we thank you for being there for us, and for the
testimony that you were indeed faithful in covering everything we needed, even
the aspects we were not thinking about.
·
Lord, we want to be ‘in your will’ in the new location. We commit ourselves to you, in whatever role
we will have there - for your service and your glory, that we may know you with
us and in all our dealings and come to know you afresh.
·
If we are helping others move, please help us to be pleased for them,
and to remain waiting on you for when our turn may come, however long or if at
all. Thank you for all your mercies and
provision.
In Jesus Name. Amen. Judy Jones
Members
Meanders
‘The
Daunted by the prospect of
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk?
Or been there, done it? Then why not try my new 77 mile Capital to Coast Walk?
Starting from Charing Cross, the official centre
point of London, my Long Distance Path passes all stations on the railway line
from Charing Cross to
Each of these walks will include a picnic
lunch stop and will be repeated on the following Saturday, enabling each full
stage to be covered by two shorter walks over both dates, using an intermediate
station if preferred. We will meet at
Charing Cross at 10.30am on Saturdays 19 and 26 May for the first stage to
Hither Green station via the Thames Path and
The route is easily accessible by public transport throughout, and is reasonably priced if using a railcard or Group Save rail tickets (pay for 2, 3 or 4 together).
I expect to complete a comprehensive DIY walk information pack with a separate route description including 1:20,000 mapping for each stage by Easter. Copies will be available directly from me during these walks or at the CRC AGM event for £1.50 or £2.20 by post.
Ralph Palfrey (020 8460 7215)
Members
Meanders Part 2
Do you have “outdoors” skills or
experience? Do you care about young
people? Is this you? Then how about getting involved in the Duke
of Edinburgh Award scheme in your area?
The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme has three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold and is a four-section programme for ages 14 - 25:
· Service (helping people in the community)
· Skills (covering almost any hobby, skill or interest)
· Physical Recreation (sport, dance and fitness)
· Expeditions (training for, planning and completing a journey on foot or horseback, by boat or cycle)
· There’s also a fifth section (Residential) for Gold level
The Award is run by 400 Operating
Authorities in the
I’ve been involved for over 15 years, mainly within the schools where I’ve taught, running a group, training participants for their expeditions, organising activities, supervising and assessing expeditions. It’s always great working with young people who are positive and enthusiastic and who enjoy outdoor activities. It’s certainly helped me maintain a positive view of young people. I’ve also learnt a lot myself, and had some great fun, with opportunities to witness. Another factor is that it’s been a way of “giving something back”.
Maybe you could help out at a local Award Group, be a group leader or teach expedition skills? Or perhaps you've a passion for a certain sport or skill? You don’t have to be a teacher or even work in a school, as there are groups in most areas of the country who would welcome help.
Ian
Parfitt
Local Leggings
Has your local group undertaken any interesting walks that you think other members might like to read about?
The first of these is given below from the
At approximately 7.30pm, 14 intrepid CRCers mysteriously materialised at Foxton Locks from all points of the compass. A daring soul in a dressing gown and a straw boater joined them!
Our group strode purposefully north for
three miles along the
On the way to the designated field site we disturbed a group of fisherfolk who, banking on a quiet evening, were surprised to be surrounded by a talkative group of walkers! On reaching the site Derek expertly prepared and cooked the food. Needless to say 14 hungry walkers tucked in accordingly.
Following the meal, John Tomlinson's homily was much appreciated. John read Mark 6v 45-51 - when Jesus compelled the disciples to go on board ship while He departed into the mountain to pray. John applied this to the Christians’ responsible path through this world. He reminded us that during life's experiences and troubles, Jesus is interceding for us at Gods' right hand (Hebrews 7 v 25).
After the barbecue we left the canal and walked three miles back to the cars via Saddington village, Saddington reservoir and Gumley arriving at 12.30am! Our thanks to Derek for a very interesting evening.
Leader:
Derek McDonnell Report: Robert
Thompson
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