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CALDBECK Coach Leaves Caldbeck at 5.30Pm Vol: 31 Issue 8 30th nd July 2017 CALDBECK Coach leaves Caldbeck at 5.30pm. The first drop-off stop will be Black Bull PROGRAMME OF EVENTS August 2017 8 August Committee Meeting 7.00pm start County Hall, Preston All Members welcome 10 August Thursday Car B: Chorley Circular 10.30am start - Sat Nav: PR 7 3QL, GR: 570153 Peter & Susan Meet at Birkacre Visitor Centre, Yarrow Valley Park. 13 August Sunday Car B: Healey Nab 10.30am start - Sat Nav : PR6 9AF Judith Kirby Meet at Botany Bay, Canal Mill, Chorley 16 August Stroller – Haigh Hall 10.30am start - Sat Nav: WN2 1PE S: Roy Smith Meet at the Haigh Hall Country Park then afterwards at the Country Park tea rooms . 27 August Coach – Ribblehead & Hawes 8am start – Return 5.30 pm A: Over the Watershed Leader: Sandra Robinson B+: Leader: B: Wether Fell Leader: Dorothy Dobson C: Hawes to Hardraw Leader: Bob Tognarelli Thursday Car - Chorley Circular – 10 August 10 miles (16km) Leader: Peter & Susan Meet at Birkacre Visitor Centre, Yarrow Valley Park (Sat Nav: PR7 3QL, GR 570153) ready for the usual start time of 10.30am. The Cho rley Circular walk is a 10 mile walk linking Chorley town to its countryside. We leave Yarrow Valley Park and after a short road walk make our way into the meadows of the Yarrow Valley. We follow the river on informal paths to Yarrow Farm and take the Chorley Loop to Astley Park where we will have lunch. After lunch we will walk thr ough the park to the memorial entrance and walk through the town area heading for the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Leaving the canal after a couple of miles we turn into Duxbury Park and descend into Duxbury Woods. Walking through the woods and through fiel ds we then make our way back to the café and car park at Yarrow Valley Park. Committee 2017-2018 Please remember to vote for next year’s Committee. All nominations, together with proposers and seconders must be with the Secretary by 1 st September. AGM This year will be on Thursday 28 September, 6.30pm – 9pm , at County Hall. Use the car park on Bow Lane and use the Pitt Street entrance. Please e -mail Walk Details to : [email protected] Please Note – Walk Details must be in one week before each coach excursion Today's Coach Walks starting points: A: Caldbeck B+: Caldbeck B: Caldbeck C: Caldbeck Roughton Gill and Knott Grade: A Distance 10.8 miles / 17.5km Leader: Graham Hogg Climbing 2296ft / 700m The “A” walk today will take in some of the finest tops occupying the north-east corner of the high country “Back o’ Skidda”. We’ll include the highest of the Caldbeck Fells - namely Knott (710m/2329ft) and also High Pike (658m/2157ft). The approach from Caldbeck takes us first to Fell Side, along Dale Beck and then into the splendid confines of Roughton Gill. According to Wainwright, Roughton Gill is - “a steep and rocky watercourse, all waterfalls and cascades, which has escaped (or recovered from) the despoliation of three centuries of mining, and is entirely charming. The climb up the ravine entails a little rough scrambling but is less formidable than appears likely on the approach. ”All too soon we exit at the top of the gill for the final pull up to Knott, where AW suggests that a group of walkers may partake in a game of cricket given the quality of the turf on the summit! I think we will just settle for a short rest and drink stop before continuing on to Great Lingy Hill and then over to High Pike before the gradual descent back to Caldbeck via Nether Row. High Pike Grade: B+ Distance 9 miles / 14.5km Leader: Allan Benson Climbing 1700ft / 518m The Caldbeck area used to provide work for many in the mines in this area, most of the industry is now gone, along with 5 of the 6 public houses in Caldbeck. High Pike is fine walking territory, with lots of disused mines to see. We start out walk today from Caldbeck and proceed to make our way to Nether Row via the Cumbria Way, before climbing to the summit of High Pike at 2138ft / 653mtr (with seat for tired legs). High Pike commands good views (weather permitting), ranging from the West Cumbrian coast & Solway Firth, to the Scottish lowlands in the North and the Edan Valley backed by the Pennines in the East. From the summit we make our return to Caldbeck, passing many disussed mine shafts on the way and picking up the Cumbria way and Cald Beck, before arriving back, hopefully in time for a brew, tea or something stronger maybe. Warnell Fell & the Cumbria Way Grade: B Distance 8.5 miles / 13.7km Leader: Tony Ingham 900ft / 274m When we start walks from Caldbeck they always seem to head out southwards, westwards or eastwards towards the likes of High Pike, Whelpo or Hesket Newmarket, so I have decided to head north of Caldbeck for once. From St Kentigern's Church, where John Peel is buried, as well as Mary Harrison who lived at the time of Wordsworth and on whom Melvyn Bragg's book "The Maid of Buttermere" is based, we climb gently northwards past Rylands to Fellhill Farm and Warnell Fell, at 1000ft the highest point of the walk with superb views in all directions. From there we descend north east to cross the B 5305 and take a minor road for a short distance to Papergill and on to another minor road leading to Bell Bridge to join the Cumbria Way. We undulate along that route, first south and then west, for the whole distance back to Caldbeck. Caldbeck Circular Grade: C Distance 5.5 miles / 8.8km Leader: Bill Manning Climbing 328ft / 100m Starting our walk from Caldbeck, we make our way to the main streets and the toilet stop. Continuing we head for Welpo Beck to follow the tree lined path to the Howk Bobbin Mill. Leaving here by the way of two sets of steps we continue along field paths to the hamlet of Welpo. After crossing the road bridge we turn right before passing through a farmyard. We now climb up grassy paths to meet a road and turn left shortly to join the Cumbria Way leading us to Nether. From here we walk along tracks and fields to Matthew Rudding and leading us back to Caldbeck for refreshments and the coaches. Please remove muddy boots before boarding the coach & check that you take all your belongings with you. Thank you .
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