Vol: 31 Issue 5 7th May 2017 APPLEBY & DUFTON Coach leaves Appleby at 5.00pm and Dufton at 5.30pm. The first drop-off stop will be Black Bull PROGRAMME OF EVENTS May 2017 11 May Thursday Car – Yarrow Valley 10.30am start - Sat Nav: PR7 3QL Map Ref: GR570153 B: Allan Benson Meet at Birkacre Visitor Centre 17 May Stroller – Longton 10.30am start - Sat Nav: PR4 5HA S: Joan & Allan Meet at the Rams Head car park, then Rams Head Pub 21 May Sunday Car B: Tockholes 10.30am start - Sat Nav: BB3 0PA Dorothy Dobson Meet at Tockholes Information Centre car park C: Edgworth Reservoirs 10.30am start - Sat Nav: BL7 0AP Map Ref: GR 742166 Margaret & Bob Meet c.park behind "The Barlow" Building next door to cricket club June 2017 4 June Coach – Great Langdale 8.00am start – Return 5.30pm – first drop-off Black Bull A: Crinkle Crags & Bowfell Leader : Dave Colbert B+: Stickle Tarn Leader: Val Walmsley B: Lingmoor Fell Leader: Colin Manning C: Elterwater Circular Leader: Joyce Bradbury Thursday Car – Yarrow Valley – 11 May 8 miles (12.9km) with no significant climbing Leader: Allan Benson Meet at Birkacre Visitor Centre (Sat Nav: PR7 3QL Map Ref: GR570153), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am. We start our walk from the country park and follow the River Yarrow through Saunders Bank and Big Wood to Duxbury Park. We then follow the Leeds Liverpool Canal for approximat ely 2 miles before making our way back to Yarrow Park via Sandy Lane, footpaths and some quiet roads. GRAND NIGHT OUT Once again the Grand Night Out was a great success and enjoyed by all. Thanks to Peter, Stephen and Allan for the organisation and all who helped on the evening. 10 th June Saturday Map & Compass Day Free Event The Ley Inn, Clayton-le-Woods 10am – 4pm Includes Lunch This is your chance to learn or brush up on your Map & Compass skills. It is an all day event with the morning spent learning (or brushing up) how to use a map & compass. After lunch which will be provided by the club - It's time to try out your newly learned skills. Members will be split into teams and then compete to design a ‘Walk’ using a map & given bearings. This will be carried out in the comfort of the Ley Inn, but don't worry, each team will have an experienced leader to offer help if needed. If you would like to attend this great day out, please gi ve your name to Chris Cook or Dorothy Dobson. Meet on The Ley Inn car park, Back Lane, Clayton -le-Woods (Sat Nav: PR6 7EU). 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: Dufton B+: Dufton B: Dufton C: Appleby Backstone Edge & Murton Pike Grade: A Distance 12.5miles / 20km Leader: Dave Colbert Climbing 2375ft / 725m The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty became the first British Geopark in June 2003. Its most famous geological feature is the spectacular glacial canyon of High Cup Gill that eats into the hillside above Dufton, the product of an intrusion of dolerite otherwise known as the Whin Sill. Starting from Dufton, we follow the track around the southern flank of Dufton Pike, climbing gradually up the narrowing valley of Threlkeld Side with its relics of industry past to eventually reach Great Rundale Tarn. The next bit is off-piste as we head generally south along Backstone Edge from its 692m Trig Point towards the great cleft of High Cup Gill. From High Cup Nick, our route traverses High Cup Scar before heading across Middle Tongue and down to the broad col below the shapely Murton Pike (594m/1,949ft). It’s then steeply down to the farm at Harbour Flatt and the minor road back to Dufton from Keisley Bridge. High Cup Nick Grade: B+ Distance 9.5 miles / 15.25km Leader: David Thornton Climbing 1608ft / 490m The great gorge of High Cup is reminiscent of the glacial trenches seen in the Cairngorms, although it looks so out of place iin the North Pennines that the splendour of the scene is greatly exaggerated. The dramatic cliffs are an outcropping of the Great Whin Sill, exposed by the passage of ice. The boulders littering the valley floor are relics of the collapsed sill - the underlying limestone being eroded away. One of the pinnacles along the cliff edge, Nichol's Chair (or Nichol's Last), was named for a local cobbler who, for a bet, sat on top while mending a pair of shoes. Occasionally the stream that empties into the cleft can be seen spurting upward. Peregrine falcons also catch the updraft, circling as they search for prey. Starting at Dufton we head south east across fields to Redbanks bridge and just before reaching Castle Hill we turn north east and then follow a country lane for a short distance to Keisley bridge. Leaving the lane we head up the glaciated valley which we have to climb out of to reach High Cup Nick. From there we head back to Dufton along the Pennine Way. Knock! Knock! Who’s There? Grade: B Distance 9 miles / 14.5km Leader: Dorothy Dobson Climbing 1500ft / 457m The scenery around Appleby and Dufton is stunning and Sheila and I thoroughly enjoyed reccying the walk. Setting out from Dufton we head along a track to Pusgill House and then pass between Brownber Hill and Dufton Pike to reach Costa Hill. Here we have a gradual climb as we follow the Pennine Way north eastwards to Swinedale Beck. We return along a private road for a while before walking beneath Flagdaw and Knock Pike. Then its back to Costa Hill, where we rejoin the Pennine Way to head southwards to Dufton. Appleby Amble Grade: C Distance 6¼ miles / 9.7km Leader: Joyce Bradbury Climbing 434ft / 132m Setting off from Appleby (toilets available) we climb out of the town past the railway station and continue along a road until we can go under the A66. For the next few miles we follow tracks, field and woodland paths on the level or downhill. We eventually reach a road which we cross to take another field path, with a short sharp rise, to Brampton Hall. We continue onwards through a caravan site after which a short road walk takes us to Keld Farm. We now climb up to Castlerigg to arrive at the Roman Road. Another ¾ mile brings us to the main road and it is pavement walking, downhill into Appleby with its two cafes and various pubs. There are several stiles and some lovely mud! Please remove muddy boots before boarding the coach & check that you take all your belongings with you. Thank you .