Sunday, 16 March 2014
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Christies Collection - Christmas 2013 - In memeory of Lesley Martin
You may recall that at our Christmas party it was decided to make a collection for Christies rather than sending one another cards.
Many thanks to Tricia for organizing it and to all of you that contributed. As you can see from the certificate we raised a total of £100.
On a similar subject £750 was collected for St Anns Hospice after Lesley's funeral, so I would like to give you a big thanks for your part in that.
Jack
Sunday 9th March Marple & Mellor – 10 – 11 miles
The numbers never stopped going up on the walk. The first
head account before we set of was 27 and 1 dog. By the end we had 33 walkers
out on a fine sunny day.
We set of from
Marple Bridge to Compstall and though Etherow park with a loo stop on route.
Coffee break was asked for but my aim was to head up high to Werneth Low where
we could enjoy the views.
It was worth the last slog up there. Then it was back
down hill though the woods to Chew for lunch. With views toward the Dark Peaks.
After lunch we had one small hill to climb be fore heading
down back to Marple Bridge. Passing some very white ducks that seem to be
having a bad feather day.
I did find some mud for Linda but she did the norm at not getting any mud on her boots.
The walk was just under the distance that I said but after
doing a12 mile training run late Saturday afternoon and then a 10 mile walk on
a injury. The legs needed a rest. Plus I had to go a friends shop who was
having a grand opening Anngelic Bliss.
Many thanks for the first timers who came on the walk. I
will have more chance to talk to you all when I can walk in the middle of the
walk.
See you all on another walk soon.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Baslow Walk 23.02.2014
The walk started in the lovely Derbyshire village of Baslow and was led by Sandra (who had previously done a ‘reckie’ with Sheilagh) and helped on the day by Pam with her excellent back up map-reading.
The low paths were a little bit muddy, and there were signs of damaged trees from the recent high winds and storms but the scenery was excellent.
Pam informed everyone that it was now officially Spring as she had found a buttercup in her garden in the morning. There was definitely evidence of this on the walk with snowdrops and even a few brave daisies in the woodland areas.
The path followed the River Derwent, passing through the Calver Marshes Nature Reserve and up to Froggatt Edge. About 50 feet from the top the Group stood back to allow a coach trip of walkers from Doncaster to decend – all 58 of them!
Along Froggatt’s Edge it was decided not to walk too near the cliff edge due to the blustery weather. Pam recounted real-life stories from a book she had just read about tragedies on mountain sides so even Campbell with his love of walking along cliff edges agreed that this was a good idea.
It was very windy and at times it was hard to walk in a straight line, but the wind seemed to keep the rain away, and nobody complained of being cold. Along this part of the walk the group came across several other walkers, along with some large working horses being exercised, a couple of Emmerdale TV celebrities out running and a very friendly and cute Cocker Spaniel called Harvey!
There was not much shelter along the Edge, but ducking down behind a big rock meant lunch could be eaten in relative comfort – except for Pam, who felt that if she sat down behind the rock she might struggle to get back up again - so she sat on a little exposed rock nearby – with her coat and hood zipped up against the wind!
After a quick lunch the walk continued across Curbar Edge, along to Eagle Stone and then down a rocky path where Howard pointed out badger holes, to a road that led back to Baslow village, arriving there at about 2.30pm.
Everyone agreed that it had been a lovely walk. The predicted rain had never arrived, and the wind had certainly blown away any winter cobwebs.
This was Sandra’s first walk and hopefully there will be many more to come.
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