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What to take on a walk On Walks Drinking water Please try to be there 10 minutes before start time to allow time to put boots on & take walks Comfortable walking boots (not register. trainers) Before going on a walk please ensure that your level of fitness is adequate. Packed lunch Walk Grades Waterproof jacket and over-trousers. Leisurely (L) - This will be most evening walks. Suitable for reasonably fit people with at least a little Walking trousers (not jeans) country walking experience. Walking boots and warm, waterproof clothing are recommended. Terrain Fleece or other warm top Includes unsurfaced country paths that may be narrow, uneven, muddy or overgrown, and See http://www.lrwg.org.uk/resources/walkers obstructions such as stiles, narrow bridges, stepping for more information. stones and steps. May be hilly, with a few ascents and descents. May also include walks that would Very occasionally it is necessary to change otherwise be graded easy access or easy but are walks due to unforeseen circumstances. longer than 8km/5 miles. Pace Slow or moderate Please check the website for any changes pace; could include otherwise easy walks taken at a since this programme was printed. E&OE. moderate pace. Moderate (M) - This will be most Sunday walks around Leicestershire. Suitable for people with country walking experience and a good level of fitness. Walking boots and warm, waterproof clothing To stay in touch with LRWG socials & walks are essential. Terrain As leisurely walks, but with join our Yahoo Group on-line. It’s free, easy to some sustained climbs and perhaps some moderate join up & enables you to arrange or partake in walking on open hillsides or moorland in the warmer ad hoc socials & walks as well as request or months. Pace Moderate pace; could include walks on leisurely terrain taken at a brisk pace. offer lifts. Go to Strenuous (S) - This will be most Peak District type www.groups.yahoo.com/group/lrwg walks. Suitable for experienced country walkers with an above average fitness level. Walking boots and now! All you need to provide is your name, e- warm, waterproof clothing are essential. People in mail address & Ramblers Association doubt about their fitness are advised to contact the membership number. Once your details are organiser or leader in advance. Terrain Includes verified, usually within a few days, you’ll be free rough country and mountains, a few long or lots of to send & receive e-mails & have access to our short ascents and descents on rough paths and on-line files such as committee meeting across open country. Pace Moderate or brisk pace; could include walks on moderate terrain taken at a minutes, programmes & walks & social brisk pace. resources. Technical (T) - Something like going up Tryfan. Your walking group needs Suitable for walkers with experience of walking in rough country, with additional technical skills and you! specialist equipment where appropriate. Walkers must contact the organiser or leader for further The group can’t exist without its members details. Terrain Rough country and mountains; may volunteering to lead walks. Please feel free to involve scrambling, ropes, ice axes or crampons. If submit walks for the next programme to there is a chance that weather conditions will require [email protected] providing the ropes or other technical equipment to be used and standard walk information. See our site at these are carried as a precaution, the walk should be www.lrwg.org.uk/resources/leaders for more classed as technical whether they are used or not. information. May Saturday 03 May 2014 9:00:00 AM Challenge Walk, Castleton Start Point: SK149829 : Castleton 20 miles S Route: Castleton - Hayfield - Kinder - Edale - Win Hill - Hope - Castleton Details: Starting from outside the Visitor Center by the car park in Castleton, we will head up towards Rushup Edge, then wander towards Hayfield, from where we pick up the Mass Trespass path up to Kinder Scout and Kinder Downfall. From Jacob's ladder we head into Edale then up to Hope Cross and Win Hill eventually coming down to Hope and then Castleton. Walk will be at least 20 miles if not a bit longer. Leader: Vicky [email protected] Sunday 04 May 2014 10:30:00 AM South Wigston Start Point: SP586982 : South Wigston 11 miles M Route: South Wigston - Glen Parva - Blaby - Crow Mills - Kilby Bridge - Cooks Lane - Kilby Bridge - Foston - South Wigston Details: Starting from the large free car park on Countesthorpe Road in South Wigston. We will take the canal to Glen Parva where there will be a chance to see the moat from the 13th to 15th Century and the site of the prehistoric settlement where 2500 to 3000 year old pottery was found. Then we will go on to see the Ice House in Blaby where perishable food was stored for the Manor House before the days of Refrigeration. From here we take the Bridleway to Crow Mills and then the canal to Kilby Bridge for a stop at the Navigation Inn for a drink. We will then head down Cooks Lane, over the railway and back along the canal to Kilby Bridge. Then across the fields to Foston and South Wigston. Option to leave walk at 4 miles at Crow Mills for new members and those wanting a shorter walk. Leader: Karl [email protected] Wednesday 07 May 2014 7:00:00 PM Watermead Country Park (South) Start Point: SK609095 : Thurmaston 3.5 miles L Route: Mill Lane - Watermead (South) - Mammoth Statue - Mill Lane Details: Park and meet in the free car park at the end of Mill Lane in Thurmaston. Leisurely evening walk into Watermead Park (South), with a figure of 8 loop of the lakes and the mammoth statue, before heading back off to the car park. Leader: Angela [email protected] Sunday 11 May 2014 10:30:00 AM Blue Dog, Blue Horse and Specific Gravity Start Point: SK888217 : Sewstern 11 miles M Route: Sewstern - Buckminster - Skillington - Woolsthorpe Details: The traditional May footpath-liberation expedition, starting from a great Leicestershire watering hole before drifting into Lincolnshire to show them how it's done, with a nod to Newton en route. Bring secateurs and attitude. Leader: Keith [email protected] Wednesday 14 May 2014 7:00:00 PM Great Glen Start Point: SP655975 : Great Glen 4 miles L Route: Great Glen - Burton Overy - Great Glen Details: Meet by the war memorial on the village green (London Road). We will wander across some fields to Burton Overy and then back via some more fields and a pond. Leader: Helen [email protected] Sunday 18 May 2014 10:30:00 AM Birchover, Derbyshire Start Point: SK236621 : Birchover 13.5 miles M Route: Birchover - Stanton in Peak - Over Haddon - Lathkill Dale - Youlgeave - Robin Hood's Stride - Birchover Details: Starting from the end of the village near The Druids Inn pub, this is a longish walk to Over Haddon and Lathkill Dale, returning via Youlgreave and the Limestone Way. There are a few modest short climbs, but nothing too strenuous for any significant distance. Leader: Sally [email protected] Wednesday 21 May 2014 7:00:00 PM Ratby Start Point: SK511058 : Ratby 4.5 miles L Route: Ratby - Ratby Burroughs - Whittington Rough - Ratby Details: Starting from the Plough Inn, Burroughs Road, heading around Ratby Burroughs, towards Whittington Rough, we then return to Ratby. Leader: Sally [email protected] Sunday 25 May 2014 10:30:00 AM Frisby on the Wreake Start Point: SK693176 : Melton Mowbray 10 miles M Route: Frisby - Hoby - Rotherby - Brooksby - Rearsby - The Blue Stone on the Wreake - Gaddesby - Frisby Details: Meet at the Old Village Cross, Frisby on the Wreake. A walk in the Wreake valley linking the villages of Rotherby, Rearsby and Gaddesby. The terrain is mostly meadowland with some crop fields. Leader: Mark [email protected] Wednesday 28 May 2014 7:00:00 PM Saddington Start Point: SK658918 : Saddington 4.5 miles L Route: Saddington - Gumley - Smeeton Westerby - Saddington Details: Meet near the pub. May be busy for food so may be best not to clog up the car park. Some hills, woods, streams, a sewage works and a beer garden with a lovely view over the Reservoir. Leader: Doug [email protected] Saturday 31 May 2014 9:00:00 AM Six Dales Challenge Walk Start Point: SK208641 : Youlgreave 26 miles S Route: Youlgreave - Middleton - Biggin - Hartington - Parsley Hay - Monyash - Youlgreave Details: This fabulous and challenging walk is the distance of a marathon but it would be a travesty to run it like an athlete; much better to stroll and take in all the beauty on offer. We will pass through Biggin Dale, Wolfscote Dale, Beresford Dale, Lathkill Dale, Bradford Dale and Long Dale. An excellent walk indeed. Leader: Louisa [email protected] June Sunday 01 June 2014 10:30:00 AM Cromford, Derbyshire Start Point: SK299571 : Cromford 11 miles M Route: Cromford Mill - High Peak Trail - Steeple Grange - Middleton Top - Griffe Grange - Ible - Bonsall - Cromford Mill Details: Meet at Cromford Mill car park - entering Cromford from the South on the A6, turn right at traffic lights onto Mill Lane, the pay & display car park is down the road on the right. Toilets at start. The walk is 11 miles across varied terrain which includes some long uphill sections. May include mid-afternoon pub stop. We should be back in time for tea and cake at the visitor centre cafe. Leader: Rob [email protected] Tuesday 03 June 2014 7:00:00 PM Thornton Reservoir Start Point: SK475072 : Thornton 2.5 miles E Route: Anti-clockwise lap of the reservoir.