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April - June 2013

A Newsletter and Programme in and of Health Walks &

Hello everyone! As I write this column the temperature outside is minus 8°C in mid-January so by the time you read it I hope the snow and ice have long since gone and we can look forward to much finer weather and some lovely Springtime and Get Walking Week Summer health walks. 4th – 11th May 2013 It’s Get Walking Week from 4th - 7th May 2013 Get Walking Day just got bigger - it’s Get (see article opposite) so as part of ‘doing our bit’ Walking Week! This year the Ramblers are towards the national awareness campaign we will extending the event to a whole week. include the ‘Bluebell Walk’ from Great Ayton. By The purpose of the event is to encourage people to popular request, as we did last year, we’ll give get out and discover the pleasures of walking and those of you who wish to take up the challenge its health benefits. So ... get your legs, arms and the chance to walk to the very top of Roseberry everywhere else moving! It’s not about having a Topping. Last year fourteen of you made it up there big strenuous work-out! Most of the planned then enjoyed a picnic at the top. For a couple of walks will be less than 5 miles - so easy to manage you it was the first time you’d ever been to the top and led by an organiser in idyllic country locations. and for others the first time for many years! There will, of course, still be the choice of doing the Sometimes there can be a presumption that ‘Bluebell Walk’ at lower, less strenuous levels. walking is simply boring. We walk all the time right, what’s fun about that? But taking the time Later the same week we’ll again do the walk from out of our busy schedules to enjoy walking in the Gribdale Gate to Captain Cook’s Monument on outdoors has huge benefits - both for our physical Easby Moor and this year hope for much finer and mental selves. There’s no better way than weather than last year! losing weight and having great fun at the same Don Burluraux time, is there?! Health Walks Co-ordinator The Ramblers are hoping that the upcoming event Health Improvement Service should be even bigger this year. Another aim of the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust day is to get people involved in a 12 week walking Langbaurgh House plan called ‘Get Walking Keep Walking’. If you’re Bow Street interested in taking part, keep a look out for TS14 7AA updates and walks near you by visiting the Get Tel: 01287 284424 Mobile: 07929 213417 Walking Week website. Email: [email protected] http://www.getwalking.org/ Middlesbrough Area Health Walks Groups

HEMLINGTON (MONDAYS) (WEDNESDAYS)

Meet 10.30am every Monday Meet 10.30am every Wednesday Hemlington Recreation Centre, Hemlington Recreation Centre, Cass House Road, Hemlington Cass House Road, Hemlington Local walks include Hemlington Lake, Local walks include Hemlington Lake, Brookfield, , Brookfield, Coulby Newham, Stainton & Thornton Stainton & Thornton Refreshments available afterwards Refreshments available afterwards Walks last approx 1 hour Walks last approx 1 hour

NORTH RAINBOW LEISURE CENTRE COULBY NEWHAM

Meet 10.00am every Tuesday Meet 10.30am every Tuesday Near traffic lights opposite Market Place At entrance to Rainbow Lesire Centre, Local walks include Transporter Bridge, Parkway Centre, Coulby Newham , Albert Park, Park Local walks around Lingfield and Coulby & Town Centre Newham Walks last approx 1 hour Refreshments available afterwards Walks last approx 1 hour

BROOKFIELD & KADER MIDDLESBROUGH U3A GROUP STROLLING & WALKING GROUP

Meet between 9.30am and 9.45am Register at 9.30am at Blue Bell Hotel car park At St Clare’s Church, Low Lane, Middlesbrough Ladgate Lane, Acklam, second and fourth for registration Thursday each month 2 to 3 miles local strolls every other 2 to 4 miles local strolls / walks and Wednesday 4 to 5 miles countryside walks (car share) 4 to 6 miles countryside walks (car share) For more details ring: alternate Wednesdays Mike McCann 01642 592682 For more details ring: Fred & Marilyn Wood 01642 821090 Mike McCann 01642 592682 LANGDON SQUARE WEST MIDDLESBROUGH COULBY NEWHAM WALKERS & STROLLERS GROUP

Meet 10.30am every Thursday Meet most Monday afternoons 1.15pm At Langdon Square Community Centre, At Melbourne House, Newport Road, Coulby Newham Middlesbrough Local walks including Fairy Dell, Local walks, minibus or public transport to Coulby Newham & Hemlington Lake walks in CLeveland & North Refreshments available afterwards (Refreshments most walks afterwards) Walks last approx 1 hour For further details ring: 01642 862574 or 01642 878435

LUNCH-TIME WALKS ACKLAM LIBRARY WALKS BOTTLE OF NOTES

Meet 12.15am every Wednesday Meet 1.30pm every Thursday afternoon At seats near the Bottle of Notes At Acklam Library on Acklam Road (opposite the Mima Gallery) Local walks last approx 1 - 1½ hours including 2 mile (45 minutes) brisk walks to to , Devil’s Bridge, the Avenue of Middlehaven, Transporter Bridge, North Trees and Mandale Ormesby, Longlands etc Refreshments are available afterwards at Last Wednesday in each month 2½ mile (1 Acklam Library for a small donation hour) walk to Albert Park For further details ring: Office staff and other town workers are all Marjorie on 01642 814933 welcome

MEN’S HEALTH - WAIST REMOVAL BUGGY WALKS

Third Thursday of each month First and third Thursday of each month - Trinity Centre, James Street, all walks start at 10.30am (near Market Place) Pram, pushchair and baby-carrier friendly Our free activities include: walks for parents, babies and and toddlers in Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland • Health walks (30 minutes or 1 hour) • Cycling (bikes provided or bring your own) Please ring 01287 284427 for further details or walk venues • L.E.A.N. - weight management service • Practical cooking for men All men 16 and over are welcome, ring 01287 284479 for further details

For more information ring Don Burluraux on 01287 284424 or 07929 213417 Redcar & Cleveland Area Health Walks Groups

Level Guide

Level 1 Level 1 walk or stroll (20-30 minutes) Level 2 Level 2 walk (1-1½ hours) Level 2* Saltburn (Weds) has two groups - easy stroll or longer brisker walk - both 1 hour

Guisborough

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Tuesday 2 10.30 L2 LIDL car park Tuesday 9 7 7 10.30 L2 Visitor Centre Tuesday 16 14 14 10.30 L2 GP Surgeries, Rectory Lane Tuesday 23 21 21 10.30 L2 Pinchinthorpe Visitor Centre Tuesday 30 28 28 10.30 L2 LIDL car park

Redcar

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Tuesday 2 4 10.30 L2 Redcar Racecourse car park* Tuesday 7 11 10.30 L2 Stray Café Tuesday 9 18 10.30 L2 Foxrush Farm Tuesday 16 14 10.30 L2 Mungle Jungle car park Tuesday 21 10.30 L2 Locke Park corner car park Tuesday 23 25 10.30 L2 Museum car park Tuesday 30 28 10.30 L2 Redcar Primary Care Hospital Thursday 2 10.30 L2 Mungle Jungle car park Thursday 6 10.30 L2 Foxrush Farm Thursday 4 13 10.30 L2 Locke Park corner car park Thursday 11 9 20 10.30 L2 Redcar Primary Care Hospital Thursday 18 16 10.30 L2 Redcar Racecourse car park Thursday 23 10.30 L2 Kirkleatham Museum car park Thursday 25 30 27 10.30 L2 Stray Cafe Sunday 7 5 2 10.30 L2 Kirkleatham Museum car park Monday 1 6 3 10.30 L1 Locke Park Bowls Club * Redcar Racecourse - please use car park accessible from West Dyke Road Saltburn

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Wednesday Every Wednesday 10:30 L2* Railway Station arches near Sainsbury’s shop entrance

Kirkleatham, Marske &

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Sunday First Sunday each month 10:30 L2 Kirkleatham Museum car park Tuesday Every Tuesday 14:00 L1 Marske Clinic, Hall Close

Skelton

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Thursday Every Thursday 12:30 L1 Hillside Surgery, Skelton Thursday Every Thursday 13:00 L2 Hillside Surgery, Skelton

Normanby

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Thursday Every Thursday 11:00 L2 Manor House Surgery For further details of this walk contact Stephen Mussett on 01642 496430

East Cleveland - Includes Loftus, , , , Skelton

Day April May June Time Level Starting Point Tuesday Every Tuesday 13:00 L2 Varied weekly walks in East Cleveland Friday Every Friday 13:00 L2 Ring Sue on 01287 642020 for details of venues Car-sharing ‘Away Day’ Walks for Healthy Stepping participants in Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland (all walks start at 10.30am)

Date Walk Meeting / Starting Points

THURSDAY PINCHINTHORPE – HOME FARM – Meet at Pinchinthorpe Visitors 4TH APRIL HUTTON LANE – THAMES AVENUE – Centre car park - £1 parking PINE HILLS charge for all day 2 hrs - may be muddy in places TUESDAY MARSKE – REDCAR Mermaid pub car park, Marske - 9TH APRIL 2 hrs - via Green Lane – beach return carvery available in pub after! MONDAY TEESAURUS PARK - TEES BARRAGE Meet at Teesaurus ‘dinosaur’ car 15TH APRIL (Café half-way at Tees Barrage) Long but park, Riverside Industrial Estate, easy flat walk - 3 hours incl café stop Middlesbrough - free parking WEDNESDAY STEWART PARK – Stewart Park car park – Ladgate 24TH APRIL 1½ hrs – may be muddy in places if wet Lane TUESDAY GREAT AYTON BLUEBELL WALK Meet at Great Ayton village green 7TH MAY 1½ or 2½ hrs. Choice - 2 different levels opposite Royal Oak pub and of walk incl. top of Roseberry Topping Petch’s butchers - free parking on (see front page) roadside THURSDAY GRIBDALE GATE - LONSDALE - Meet at Gribdale Gate car park. 9TH MAY CAPTAIN COOK’S MONUMENT Turn off at end of Great Ayton 2hrs - one steep road climb - High Street along Station Lane one moderate climb along part of then left at mini-roundabout for Cleveland Way two miles up to Gribdale Gate MONDAY TEES BARRAGE – BILLINGHAM BECK Talpore pub / Premier Inn car park 13TH MAY 1½ hrs – mainly flat WEDNESDAY - GREAT AYTON Meet at Co-op car park, Stokesley 22ND MAY (Refreshments in Great Ayton half-way) 2½ hrs flat - field paths may be muddy THURSDAY SALTBURN – MARSKE – VALLEY GARDENS Meet at Sainsbury’s car park – 30TH MAY 2½hrs - via railway path, beach return 2 hrs parking limit so park in streets or Marine Parade WEDNESDAY PINCHINTHORPE – BLUE LAKE – Meet at Pinchinthorpe Visitors 5TH JUNE GUISBOROUGH FOREST – Centre car park - £1 parking HUTTON VILLAGE charge for all day 2 hrs - may be muddy in places TUESDAY SHINCLIFFE - DURHAM Meet at Poplar Tree Garden Centre 11TH JUNE 1¼ hrs walk into Durham - stay 3 hrs for in Shincliffe village, near Durham lunch, sight-seeing and shopping then 45 A19 –A181 (signposted Durham) mins walk back to Shincliffe – B1198 – turn right at lights then 1st left into Shincliffe. 9.05am X1 bus from Middlesbrough Bus Station goes to Shincliffe MONDAY ERRINGTON WOODS - BEACON MOOR Errington Woods car park, near 17TH JUNE 1½ hrs - some gradients - 1 short steep New Marske climb. May be muddy in places, fab views! Longer Walks If you would like to progress and walk a bit further here are a few longer walks with the Brookfield & Kader Group

Brookfield & Kader Strolling & Walking Group was formed to encourage more people to enjoy the benefits of walking and at the same time explore the local greenbelt and countryside - all walks are led by trained community volunteer walk leaders. Register for all walks at St Clare’s Church, Low Lane, Brookfield at 9.30am for 9.45am start! Bring a drink and a snack, walking boots/shoes and a rainproof coat. Cost per walk / stroll 50 pence - moneys go toward two annual bus outings. Car-sharing - we suggest a £2 minimum donation to the driver towards fuel costs. LOCAL STROLLS LASTING APPROXIMATELY 1 - 1½ HOURS ARE HELD ON ALTERNATE WEDNESDAYS IN BETWEEN THE WALK DATES BELOW:

Wednesday 27th March 2013 Wednesday 24th April 2013 Wednesday 22nd May 2013 A WALK FROM A WALK ALONG CASTLE EDEN A WALK FROM HARDWICK After registration drive (car WALKWAY PARK share) to St Mary’s Church, After registration drive (car After registration drive (car Nunthorpe to explore the share) to the Visitor Centre share) to Hardwick Park gently rolling countryside (off A177 near Thorpe (£3 parking fee) for a walk between Nunthorpe and Thewles) for a lovely walk around the park and the Stokesley. Fine views of the exploring the woods and surrounding fields towards Cleveland Hills on good flat walkway. Refreshments at the Bishop Middleham. footpaths and bridleways. Station Café. About 6 miles – flat, generally About 5 miles. Over 5 miles – good paths, good paths but may be could be muddy in places. muddy in parts. Wednesday 10th April 2013 Wednesday 8th May 2013 Wednesday 5th June 2013 A WALK AT BLACK HAMBLETON A WALK FROM BROKEN SCAR A WALK FROM BYLAND TO EXPLORE THE ABBEY After registration drive (car share) to Square Corner for After registration drive (car After registration drive (car an undulating moor top share) to Broken Scar near share) to Byland Abbey car walk on good paths in Black Darlington. A delightful park. A richly varied walk Hambleton. Picnic at the trail along the banks of the through fields and woods, Shooting Box - stunning views stunning River Tees including featuring historic landmarks, in every direction. a section of The . a dramatic ridge and one of Look out for bluebells and a Britain’s most romantic ruined About 6 miles, exposed variety of wild flowers. abbeys. Refreshments at The moorland so bring some Abbey tearooms afterwards warm clothing – includes a About 6 miles on flat paths (if open). short section near to a moor that could be muddy in road. places. 6.5 miles – some climbing at the start, a few stiles and could be muddy in places.

Wednesday 19th June 2013 SUMMER OUTING TO RICHMOND Booking form available later.

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