26/11/2019 Programme for 2020
Saturday 18th January Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Malcolm Fendick email: [email protected]
Saturday 1st February Map Ref: W 0.612821 SU 981 041 Maypole Inn, Yapton N 50.828832 BN18 0DP
Skittles Evening Meet at 7.00 pm for 7.30 at the Maypole Inn, Maypole Lane, Yapton, Arundel.
The cost of the evening will be £10.50 per person and covers the cold buffet and skittles.
Non-eaters, players only - £5 each (pub rules).
Reserve your place now by sending a cheque to Chrissie using the pro-forma.
Meals cannot be guaranteed if not booked and paid for in advance! Non attendance on the day will incur loss of payment. This promises to be fun and a chance for like minded walkers to get together. We look forward to seeing you there.
Organiser: Chrissie Dixon email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 25/1/2020
Saturday 15th February Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Martin Wheatley email: [email protected] Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd February Map Ref: W 3.21222544 SO 169 395 Black Mountains and the Forest of Dean N 52.04817012 HR3 5LP
Weekend Trip Based at Glasbury on Wye, we will walk in the Black Mountains on Saturday and the Forest of Dean on Sunday to get the most variety from this weekend. The Black Mountains attract very few visitors compared to the better known Brecon Beacons, but still offer a great days walking at around 2,000 ft AOD. Take on the challenge of Lord Hereford’s Knob and adjacent ridges, where with good visibility we will have impressive views into England & Wales. On Sunday, we will walk in the Forest of Dean, looking out for the wild boar with which this area is famous. This also affords a quicker journey back home for many.
We’ll be staying at Woodlands Bunkhouse, located about 5 miles SW of Hay on Wye. A converted late Regency stables building, it is set in 10 acres of grounds overlooking the River Wye and offers comfortable accommodation for 18-20 persons. There is a social area and a well-equipped kitchen for our meals.
On Saturday the mountain routes are whether dependent, but there will still be two walking options. On Sunday there will be one route due to the short day length at this time of year. This weekend will not include any climbing or scrambling type activities.
Accommodation: Woodlands Bunkhouse
Cost (approx): £80 to include shared transport, accommodation, 2 breakfasts 2 evening meals. Independent travellers - £60
Deposit: £40 to Organiser by 20th December 2019 please.
Organiser: Gary Edwards email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 20/12/2019
Saturday 14th March Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: email: Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd March Map Ref: W 1.849056 SK 101 842, Dark Peak N 53.355225 S33 7ZJ
Weekend Trip Derbyshire Peak District
Come & join us in the heart of the Peak District you’ll be in perfect walking territory the fluffy moorland and jagged gritstone of Dark Peak on Kinder Scout where our forefathers established the right to roam the countryside back in 1932. Offering a variety of walking distances but based around the Kinder scout plateau on one day & the popular Mam Tor's great ridge, a shorter route near Castleton on the last day before returning home.
Staying in the comfortable & well equipped Dale Head National Trust Bunkhouse its isolated location, deep in the Edale Valley, means there are no public roads leading to it. A single, narrow track will guide you to this rural hideaway, where you’ll be surrounded only by working farmland, grazing sheep and a tumbling stream at the bottom of the garden. Inside offers plenty of space to relax among its rustic exposed beams and low doorways. You’ll have three bedrooms to divide into and a communal living and dining area with sofas and a cosy log burner to huddle around. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/dalehead-bunkhouse-derbyshire
Cost (approx): £130 to include shared transport, accommodation, 3 breakfasts 2 evening meals
Independent travellers: £70
Deposit : £50 to organiser by date 8th January please.
Organisers : Christine, Richard & Debbie
Organiser: Christine Craig email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 8/01/2020
Saturday 4th April Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Jacqui Hiscocks email: [email protected] Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th April Gower Peninsula Weekend Trip
Organiser: Adrian Hurst email: [email protected] Closing date for booking
Saturday 2nd May Map Ref: E 0.1463 TV 514 993, East Sussex - Forest, Farms and Footpaths N 50.7737 BN25 4AB
Day Walk Meet at 10.00am
Starting at Cuckmere Haven this walk takes us through some of the most stunning scenery in East Sussex. From the coast we head in land through Friston Forest gently up towards Jevington, but not quite making the village as we turn sharp left to Folkington village for a lunch stop. Then we skirt the South Downs towards the Long Man and on into Alfriston, where we start our return, meandering along the Cuckmere river.
It’s approximately a 16 mile walk.
Meet point: The Cuckmere Inn Seaford East Sussex. Grid reference TV 514 993. OS Map 123 Explore range
Coming from the East of Seaford either: leave the A27 at the Beddingham exit and head to Seaford. Then take the A259 towards Eastbourne. The Cuckmere Inn (was the Golden Galleon) is just before Exceat Bridge on the right. Or Leave the A27 at Drusillas roundabout and go through Alfriston to meet the A259 east of Seaford and then on towards Eastbourne.
Parking is in the Cuckmere Inn Car Park.
Organiser: Debbie Hibberd email: [email protected]
Wednesday 13th May Sussex Evening Walk
Organiser: Alison Edwards email: [email protected] Saturday 30th May - Saturday 6th June Map Ref: W 4.312278 NN 576 346, Killin, Scotland N 56.482434 FK21 8TX
Extended Week's Trip This year’s trip is based in Killin – from 30th May to 6th June – one week, Saturday to Saturday.
The cost is looking at about £250 for group travel with breakfast and basic lunch pkt, based on 16 people and full cars. For independent travellers it is about £140.
We are using two lodges that can take up to 8 people each. See www.killinhighlandlodges.co.uk
This is one of the more southerly areas for walking in the Munros, but weather permitting, some grand views.
As per the last two years, an option of self-catering or eating out will be offered.
Organiser: Mark Hiles email: [email protected] Closing date for booking
Saturday 13th June Map Ref: W 0.87989424 SU 787 198 South Harting N 50.97266158 Day Walk Rambling around the border and River Rother
Meet at 9.45am for a 10.00am, start at South Harting – grid reference SU 787 198 (Landranger 197 ) just past the village store in North Lane (road to Nyewood) where there is street parking. We will be heading on up this road for the walk and taking the footpath off to the right just before the road turning on the left. On then to East Harting, Nyewood, Rogate, onto the Sussex Border Path and then through Durleighmarsh, Quebec (don’t forget your passport), West Harting back to our start point.
Distance is about 11 miles. Mixed woodland and open fields and heathland.
A shorter option is possible still starting from South Harting but returning from Nyewood taking in part of the Serpent Trail making a walk of 6 miles.
A packed lunch will be required.
If you plan to come please let Michael know.
Organiser: Michael Merritt email: [email protected] Wednesday 17th June Sussex Evening Walk
Organiser: Malcolm Fendick email: [email protected]
Saturday 20th - Sunday 28th June Map Ref: W 5.979969 SB 406 882, Mountains of Northern Ireland N 54.223900 BT34 5LD
Extended Week's Trip Although this trip involves a flight to our destination we are staying within the British Isles for a week’s walking in the beautiful Mountains of Mourne in Ulster, Northern Ireland. The potential walking routes give us mountain, hill and coastal walking and could include Slieve Donard, Slieve Binnian and Slieve Muck in the High Mournes and the North Down Coastal path.
We fly to Belfast from where we hire cars to take us to our accommodation. The cars will be used to transport us during the week. Using the link below you can view the accommodation; this comes recommended by friends of the Club. It offers the opportunity to cater or eat out as we wish. Its central location gives us easy access to all the walks as well as to local hostelries where we can sample local fair. http://www.torybush.com
Costs including flights, car hire, and accommodation are estimated at approximately £400pp for 8 nights. Food and a share in the fuel are additional costs to consider. A deposit of £200 is required to secure your place, which covers the cost of flights and accommodation deposit. You will need a valid passport. Contact Debbie Hibberd if you have any questions or to reserve your place by end of October 2019.
Organiser: Debbie Hibberd email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 31/10/2019 Monday 6th July Map Ref: W 0.41083 TQ 120 028, Alison's House N 50.81471 BN12 4EU
Planning Meeting Time for the Annual Club Planning Meeting!
24 Rosebery Avenue, Goring-By-Sea, BN12 4U
The meeting will start at 7pm, with refreshments from 6:30pm.
This is really important evening for the Club, as not only do we get to plan all the fabulous things we are going to do next year, but we also get to enjoy some cracking cheese and wine with fresh French bread...
Whether you’ve been on lots of club trips or if this is only your first year, you’ll be made very welcome. Please let me know if you’re hoping to come, so I can organise enough seating and try and buy enough cheese (and wine). We had a fantastic turn out last year and had a very pleasant evening in my garden.
Even if you’re unable to make it, all contributions, suggestions or offers to assist on a trip will be appreciated.
See you then.
Organiser: Alison Edwards email: [email protected] Friday 10th - Monday 13th July Map Ref: W 3.197806 NY 225 135, Lake District N 54.511484 CA12 5XE
Hostelling in the Lake District Join us for a wonderful three night tour in the North West Lakes!
We will be staying the first night (Friday night) at Honister Hause YHA from where we will head over the tops via Dale Head and Robinson to Buttermere YHA, where we will spend Saturday night, eating in a local hostellery. Sunday will see us visiting the impressive Scale Force Waterfall before we take in Red Pike and High Stile, and perhaps Hay Stacks en route to the remote (and famous) Black Sail Hut; finally on Monday we cross Kirk Fell and Great Gable in order to return to our cars which we will have left at Seathwaite.
Depending on the weather there could be an option to start the first day with a scamble up Nitting Hause!
As these are YHA hostels with a rigorous cancellation policy please note the early booking date of 10th May 2020.
There are only 16 places available on this trip, so get your place booked as this trip has proved to be very popular in the past*.
Accommodation : YHA (3 nights, 10 places booked)
Cost (approx.) : £200 to include accommodation, shared transport, 2 eveing meals, breakfast each morning and a packed lunch each day to take on with you. Independent travellers - £140.
Deposit : £140 to the organiser by the closing date please.
*some of the photos below are from one of our previous trips:
Organiser: Alison Edwards email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 10/05/2020
Saturday 25th July Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Richard Boulton email: [email protected] Wednesday 5th August Sussex Evening Walk
Organiser: Sue Waton email: [email protected]
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th September Map Ref: W 1.701599 SU 209 423, Great Stones Way N 51.180234 SP4 0EW
Weekend Trip The Great Stones Way (from Barbary, Castle Wiltshire to Old Sarum, Salisbury)
A linear walk of approximately 44 miles over 4 days, passing by many ancient stone monuments including Avebury Stone circle and Stonehenge itself.
A new venture for the Club, we plan to self-guide our group through the prehistoric landscape passing Neolithic henges and stone circles, bronze age barrows and iron age hill forts, crossing the Wiltshire chalk Downs with far-reaching views, tranquil river scenes and picturesque villages.
We will have to leave Sussex early on the Thursday morning to arrive and walk the first day’s mileage before having supper at the YHA.
The walk will be supported by volunteer drivers (fellow HHMC members) as we will be staying centrally at Cholderton YHA, and being dropped and collected at the beginning and end of each days walk. The walks are planned as follows:
Day 1 Barbery Castle to Overton Hill – 8.75 miles Day 2 Overton Hill to Upavon – 13 miles Day 3 Upavon to Great Durnford – 16.5 miles Day 4 Great Durnford to Old Sarum – 4.25 miles.
There may be the option to shorten a day’s walk by negotiating with our wonderful volunteer drivers! Cholderton YHA has 9 places available in two rooms, one of 3 and one of 6 both en-suite. There is a self- catering kitchen but we have costed based on meals provided by the YHA.
Accommodation: Cholderton HA Cost (approx): £160 to include shared transport, accommodation, 3 breakfasts 3 evening meals (at YHA) Independent travellers - £135 (includes transfers by our volunteers on walking days) Deposit: £80 to Organiser by date please. Email: [email protected]
Because of booking conditions at a YHA I’d appreciate expressions of interest as soon as possible, preferably by the end of November, with a closing date for deposits of the end of January 2020.
Organiser: Sue Waton email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 31/01/2020 Saturday 19th September Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: David Sandison email: [email protected]
Thursday 1st - Sunday 4th October Map Ref: W 4.195555 SH 532 608, Snowdonia N 53.124142 LL55 4SA
Weekend Trip We return for a long weekend in the Snowdonia area, staying in the Chamois Mountaineering Centre near Llanberis. Trefor will lead our walks. His excellent local knowledge guarantees that, whatever the weather, we will have 3 memorable days.
Organiser: Jacqui Hiscocks email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 1/09/2020
Saturday 17th October Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Tina Knight email: [email protected] Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November Map Ref: W 3.789 SX 736 816, Bowerman’s Cottage, Dartmoor N 50.621 TQ13 9XA
Weekend Trip We will be returning to Bowerman’s Cottage owned by Girlguiding Devon which is situated just outside the village of Manaton on the eastern side of Dartmoor. Owing to its proximity to the A38 trunk road and the M5, journey times for a weekend break are reasonable. More details about the facilities can be found at https://devonguides.org.uk/bowermans-cottage
There will be the opportunity for a full day’s walk on the Saturday within the National Park and at least a half day’s walk on the Sunday before setting off for home before it gets dark! Depending on numbers and attendees there might be more than one option for the routes on both days.
If any club member has any wishes as to where we walk, then please do contact the organiser
Dates: Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November 2020
Accommodation: Cottage in bunk beds or single beds – 15 places
Cost: approx. £70 to £75 for two nights’ accommodation, food and shared transport; £35 to £40 for independents. (lunches are your own responsibility on this trip although bread and spread will be provided)
Deposit: £30 (cheques made payable to M W Merritt and sent to 87 Worcester Road, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 5EB or request his bank details)
Organiser: Michael Merritt (01243 789949)
Organiser: Michael Merritt email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 30/9/2020
Sunday 15th November Map Ref: W 0.422147 TQ 112 027 Goring-by-Sea C of E Primary School N 50.813684 BN12 4RN
AGM with Cheese & Wine AGM - Join us for our annual review of our year's walking and help choose our new committee for 2020.
Details to follow.
Organiser: Brian Aldred email: [email protected] Saturday 21st November Sussex Day Walk
Organiser: Finola Costello email: [email protected]
Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th November Map Ref: W 1.573538 SU 301 073, New Forest N 50.864577 SO43 7DE
Weekend Trip And to close the year a short hop down the A27 to our local forest. Once again we are staying overnight at the Guiding Association facility, Princess Margaret Lodge, Foxlease, near Lyndhurst.
We will meet Saturday morning and bimble around the Forest for a day walk, then onto the accommodation for tea and cake before departing to a local watering hole for our evening meal. After the usual Highdown sumptuous breakfast and another great day walk we will depart for home ready for preparations for the seasons festivities.
Contact Debbie Hibberd if you have any questions or to reserve your place by Mid August 2020. https://girlguidingactivitycentres.org.uk/centre/foxlease/
Organiser: Debbie Hibberd email: [email protected] Closing date for booking 15/08/2020
December date TBC TBC Christmas Dinner
Organiser: Debbie Hibberd email: [email protected] Closing date for booking