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Vol: 27 Issue 3 3 March 2013

BASSENTHWAITE Coaches leave at 5.30pm

FUTURE WALKS

Coach Walks 8.30am start : 5.30pm return

17 March Eyam (pronounced eem as in seem) via the Snake Pass A: Dave Colbert B+: Kevin Poole B: Margaret Oliver C: Joyce Bradbury (Thanks to Kevin and Margaret for stepping in)

14 April Great Langdale A: Kevin Poole B+: Allan Benson B: Bill Manning C: Alison & Lesley

Thursday Car Walks 10.30am start

14 March Rivington Barn B Walk with Allan Benson Meet at GR633145. Rivington Barn A walk of 8 to 9 miles with not a lot of climbing. Starting from Rivington Barn our walk today takes in the castle that Lever built and a circular tour of the reservoirs, Lower and Upper Rivington, Yarrow and finally Anglezarke, before heading back to the Barn.

11 April Pendleton B Walk with Dorothy Dobson Meet at the car park

Sunday Car Walks 10.30am start

28 April Lytham B Walk with Chris Metcalfe Meet at the Windmill

Strollers 10.30am start

20 March Leader : Roy Guild Wheel Part1 - Avenham & Miller Parks to Riversway Docklands. Meet at the far end of the Boulevard, Frenchwood, where there is a small, free car park beyond St John Fisher School. The meal afterwards will be at the Yew Tree.

FIRST AID COURSE

th th 7.00pm on Wednesdays 6 & 13 March LONGTON BRICKCROFT Leader: Dave Tilleray Come along and update your First Aid skills

Please note – Walk details must be in one week before each coach excursion. .

Today’s Walks Today’s starting points: 1. B: A66 2. A: Ravensdale Hotel 3. B+, C: Bassenthwaite

Skiddaw via with Kevin Poole

Grade. A Distance 7½ miles /12.1 km Climbing 3000 ft / 914m Today’s walk starts at the Ravensdale Hotel with a steep climb through woods. This is tough when you have just got off the coach but it gets easier and is well worth the effort. We carry on climbing to Ullock Pike summit, and Carlside Col where we stop for lunch. Refreshed, we head on to . From the summit it’s down to and the Way near the Whitewater Dash waterfall. The final leg is a stroll into Bassenthwaite for the coaches and refreshments.

Binsey with Stella Wadsworth Grade B+ Distance 10½ miles / 16.9km Climbing 1597ft / 487m . Starting from Bassenthwaite we make our way over field paths past Chapel Bridge to pick up the Allerdale Ramble at Orchard Wood. Heading north-west we follow this until Coalbeck Farm where we leave it to make our way up to Irton House. We then follow the farm road to reach the A591. Turning left we walk up the road and pick up a track on the right which will take us up , the most northerly of the . After reaching the summit of Binsey we head down on paths that will take us past End, High Bewaldeth & a reservoir. The final part of our walk takes us down through Robin Hood Wood and back to Bassenthwaite where our refreshments await us. Have a lovely day.

The with Chris Cook Grade B Distance 10 miles / 16.1km Climbing1350ft / 412m

Thanks to Chris for taking over from Tony. Today we are walking the Cumbria Way from the A66 Keswick roundabout. We begin with a gradual climb for the first ½ mile, and then the walk flattens out, with good paths all the way. Hopefully we will have good views over the valley before passing Skiddaw House YHA and on to Whitewater Dash. Here we make a long, gradual descent through fields into Bassenthwaite village.

An Allerdale Ramble with Bill Manning Grade C Distance 6 miles / 9.7km Climbing 425ft / 130m

Starting from Bassenthwaite we leave by walking up the lane to join field paths taking us to Peter House Farm. Here, we continue down the lane to meet the track at Melbecks which passes through woodland by a disused pit. We then drop down to Hole House before our first climb takes us up to Barkbeth. From here we will have fine views of before we cross over the A591 where, passing through farm land, Mire Side and Scarness, we join the Allerdale Ramble itself. We leave this path to head up to Kilnhill to meet the lane back to Bassenthwaite. The Sun Inn will be open for food and drinks.

Leader Required 7 July Y Bala B Please contact Dave Colbert

Please help to keep the coaches clean by removing muddy boots. Please check that you have all your belongings and take newspapers etc. away with you. Thank you.