We are a group of 700 members. Most of our effort is put into our local walking programme. We also run social events to fund additional facilities such as our map library and our newsletter. Most members have joined just to support the RA in our efforts to maintain and improve access for walkers, (so we do not get 700 ramblers on a walk!). We encourage everybody to pursue access problems. Any problems known to me are in my status report.

Walking abroad is handled by Ramblers' Holidays.

• The Northampton Group is one of the local groups coming under the Northamptonshire Area of the Ramblers' Association.
• Other Groups in the Area are Young Members, Wellingborough, Kettering and Daventry.
• The object of the Group is to carry out the aims of the Ramblers' Association locally.
• The Ramblers' Association exists to facilitate, for the benefit of everyone, the enjoyment and discovery that walking outdoors can bring, and to promote respect for the life of the countryside.
• The Association encourages walking, protects rights of way, defends the beauty of the countryside, and has campaigned for many years for freedom to roam over uncultivated, open country.
• The association is a democratic, voluntary organisation, registered as a charity (no.1093577).