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Walk date |
Walk details |
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Sunday 1st May |
Circular day walk of 11½ miles. CS 08:15 for a 09:15 start from Raunds, Marshalls Road
Recreation Ground
SP 993729.
Lunch at Woodford Working Men's Club, where our own food is OK. Please park considerately in
Marshalls Road. Walking via Denford, and the Nene Way to near Ringstead Grange. No dogs please.
Peter & Brenda Hawes |
Monday 2nd May
 Bank Holiday |
Circular day walk of 12 miles. CS 08:30 for a 09:45 start from Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire,
church
SK 744057.
Lunch at The Three Crowns in Somerby, where we will eat our own food in the gardens. Walking via
Burrough on the Hill, Somerby and Owston. Possibly visiting an old hill fort site and a country
park. Trevor & Brenda Baldwin |
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Wednesday 4th May |
Bluebell walk. Morning walk of about 6½ miles. 09:30 start from Mantles Heath
SP 593553.
On the grass verge on the lane between Preston Capes and Everdon Stubbs. Walking the Knightley Way
to Farthingstone, and Everdon Stubbs for bluebells. Margaret Mabbutt |
Sunday 8th May
Photos |
Circular day walk of 13 miles. CS 08:25 for a 09:15 start from Hellidon Church
SP 516582.
Lunch at Upper Boddington, where our own food is OK. Peter Keeble. 7 in 2
cars from CS. 21 walkers. Dodged the showers. View of the Malverns. Finished at 15:40 |
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Wednesday 11th May |
Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from outside the Butcher's Arms Pub, High Street, Greens
Norton
SP 668498.
Optional pub lunch after the walk (but no own food). Walking towards Abthorpe, then Towcester.
No dogs please. Roger & Anne Tarry |
12th - 16th May
Report & Photos |
Pembrokeshire Coast Path, section 3 of 3. Fully booked. David Craddock |
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Saturday 14th May |
Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 14:00 start from West Haddon, opposite the church
SP 629717.
Features a visit to Winwick church to see the Millennium window. Joan Muscott |
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Sunday 15th May |
Circular day walk of 13 miles. CS 08:40 for a 09:30 start from Bow Brickhill, the car park in
Church Road
SP 911345.
Lunch alfresco, but pub stop in Woburn (where our own food is banned). Features footpath around
Woburn Park, woodland, open country and parkland. Brian Welch |
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Wednesday 18th May |
Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from Stevington, outside Red Lion pub
SP 990532.
Please park considerately in the village. Optional pub lunch after the walk. A walk in the Ouse
valley via Oakley and Pavenham. Frank Row |
Thursday 19th May
Photos |
Evening walk of 4 miles. 19:00 start from Paulerspury, outside the Barley Mow pub
SP 718455.
Please park considerately in the village, or in the pub car park if using the pub after the walk.
Walking via Park Farm, Sholebroke Lodge and Pury end. Allan Davies. 16
walkers and a dog. No rain despite the forecast. Finished at 20:30. 5 in the pub afterwards. |
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Saturday 21st May |
Afternoon walk of 8 miles. 13:45 start from 'The Flats' Playing Field Car Park opposite the school
in Weedon Bec
SP 631594.
Please park considerately in Weedon, or catch Stage Coach bus 40 from Northampton to Lower Weedon.
Walking along the canal, through fields and meadows via Bugbrooke and the Stowes. Richard Warr |
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Peak District walk of an energetic 12 miles including some rough moorland and scrambling.
Taking in Longendale. Depart from the UGC Cinema Car Park, Sixfields, Northampton at 07:00 for a
start from Crowdon. Bring full wet weather clothing, packed lunch and drinks. Maximum car sharing.
Brian Hill |
Sunday 22nd May
Photos |
Jurassic Way, part 1. Banbury - Chipping Warden. Linear walk of 11 miles. CS 09:00 for all
cars, with a maximum of two occupants, to travel to Chipping Warden Church
SP 499487.
Some full cars then travel to the Castle Quay North car park in Banbury
SP 458408
(£1 fee) for the start of the walk. Lunch at Middleton Cheney Social Club. Steve Sayers.
13 at CS. 20 walkers. A light shower and some drizzle, but it poured minutes
after getting into the cars. |
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Tuesday 24th May |
Evening walk of 5½ miles. 18:45 start from the turn to Hulcote village
SP 699503.
Park on Old Northampton Road. Roger Tarry.
Walk led by David Craddock because of Roger's illness. |
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Wednesday 25th May |
Morning walk of 5¾ miles via Althorp Park. 09:30 start from Holdenby telephone box
SP 696678.
Leisurely walk incorporating (with permission) a stroll through Althorp Park. Optional pub lunch
after the walk. David Craddock |
Saturday 28th May
Photos |
Afternoon walk of 6¼ miles. 14:00 start from Cogenhoe, outside Royal Oak pub
SP 831606.
Visiting Chadstone, Denton and Brafield on the Green. Roger Tarry.
Walk led by John Tye because of Roger's illness. 25 walkers. Actually 6
miles. Finished at 16:20. |
Sunday 29th May
Photos |
Circular day walk of 14 miles. CS 08:15 for a 09:00 start from Winwick Church
SP 626738.
Lunch at Long Buckby where our own food may be eaten at the outdoor seating to rear of pub
(possible indoor arrangement if wet). Walking via Crick, Watford and West Haddon. Brian &
Valerie Hill. 5 at CS. 17 walkers. Lunch in The Old King's Head. Had tea
and cakes in West Haddon. Actually 15 miles. Finished at 16:25. |
Monday 30th May
Bank Holiday |
Circular day walk of 12 miles. CS 08:30 for a 09:30 start from Bindley Lane, Great Glen
SP 654979.
Please park considerately. Lunch at Fox & Goose in Illston on the Hill, where our own food is
OK outside the pub. In the morning, walking via Little Stretton and Kings Norton. In the afternoon
via Carlton Curlieu and Burton Overy. Shirley Brogan |
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June |
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Wednesday 1st June |
Morning walk of 7¼ miles. 09:30 start from outside The Crown Inn in Weston
SP 589470.
The walk takes in Sulgrave and Helmdon. Allan Davies |
Thursday 2nd June
Photos |
Evening walk of 4 miles. 19:30 start from Billing Mill car park in Northampton
SP 814613.
Walk suitable for children, taking in River Nene, Aquadrome, Great Billing and Ecton Brook.
Maurice Tebbutt. 21 walkers. The walk was actually led by Tony & Joy
Bishop because Maurice had to attend a footpaths meeting. Although the walk did follow the Nene,
it went through Little Houghton, and was actually 5 miles (nobody accepted the offered 4-miles
alternative). Finished at 21:05 outside the Billing Mill, which was used by six of us. |
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Saturday 4th June |
Afternoon walk of about 5½ miles. 14:00 start from the crossroads at centre of Yardley Gobion
SP 766448 (correction).
Bill Clewett |
Saturday 4th - 11th June
Report |
Coast-to-Coast walk, section 1 of 2. Robin Hood's Bay to Keld. Booking required. David Craddock |
Sunday 5th June
Photos |
Figure-of-8 walk of 14½ miles. Morning 8 miles, afternoon 6½ miles. CS 08:30 for a 09:15
start from The Green, Braunston, near The Wheatsheaf pub
SP 543663.
Our own sandwiches OK in the Wheatsheaf. No meals.
Afternoon start 13:30. Morning mostly grass including some excellent ridge and furrow, via
Willoughby and Barby Hill including 250 metres of the Oxford Canal and many stiles. Afternoon
includes 1½ miles of the Grand Union, Miry Bridge and Wolfhamcote, but no stiles. John Tye.
3 at CS. 17 walkers started the morning walk; 14 finished it. The morning
encountered long grass, gates to climb, a couple of divertions by the leader and a field of rape,
resulting in a finishing time of 13:20 (just before the afternoon walkers arrived). There were 14
in the pub. The afternoon
started at 14:10 with 10 walkers, was uneventful and finished at about 17:00. |
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Wednesday 8th June |
Morning walk of 7½ miles. 09:30 start from outside The Half Moon Inn, Main Street, Grendon
SP 879606.
If taking the optional lunch after the walk park in the pub car park, otherwise please park
considerately nearby. No own food in the pub. Walking via Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Great
Doddington and Wollaston. Ralph Nicklin |
Thursday 9th June
Photos |
Evening walk of about 6 miles. 19:15 start from Beech Lane, Kislingbury
SP 700595.
(Turn left after the bridge over the river into the village.) Park considerately in or near the
recreation ground car park. Megan Cahill.
19 walkers started at 19:15; 22 finished at 22:00, having tackled a field
of oil seed rape on the Nene Way! |
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Saturday 11th June |
Afternoon walk of 8 to 9 miles. 14:00 start from Stoke Lyne (Oxon), near the church
SP 567283.
A43 to Baynards Green, left on to B4100, 2nd left to Stoke Lyne. Please park considerately. Not
suitable for disabled/children/dogs. Walking via Hethe, Cottisford and Tussmore Park. Maurice
Tebbutt |
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Sunday 12th June |
Circular day walk of 11½ miles. CS 09:00 for a 10:00 start from Main Street, Molesworth
TL 075757.
Lunch in the Swan, Old Weston, where our own food is OK. Please park considerately. Walking via
Bythorn and Leighton Bromswold. Alec & Doreen Redgrave |
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Tuesday 14th June |
The Plotters' Plod. Morning walk of 7¾ miles. 09:30 start from Braunston Church
SP 537661.
Please park considerately in the road near to the church. Possible pub lunch after the walk. Walk
takes in Ashby St Ledgers - where The Gunpowder Plot conspirators met. Numerous stiles on our
route north over fields to Barby Mill, Ridgeway(road) and Ashby Home Wood. Bob Bradley |
Wednesday 15th June
Photos |
Evening walk of 5 miles. 19:00 start from Britannia Pub, Bedford Road, Northampton
SP 779594.
Suitable for children. Features new bridge over River Nene. No age limit - open to everyone!
Joanne Hammond. 21 walkers saw the "Saints" bridge and the sculptures in
Becket's Park and Cliftonville. Finished at 21:05. 8 in the Britannia afterwards. |
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Thursday 16th June |
The Septuagenarian Saunter. Over 70s walk of 4 miles. 19:00 start from Harlestone Firs layby
SP 711637.
Park near Wyevale Garden Centre. Bring Champagne if it's on or near your birthday. A celebratory
walk for the over 70s and their partners only, at a leisurely pace. Bob Bradley |
Sunday 19th June
Photos |
Figure-of-8 walk of about 13 miles. Morning 6½ miles, afternoon 6½ miles. CS 08:45 or
meet the leader for a 09:30 start from North Crawley Church
SP 928448.
No arrangements made for lunch. Afternoon start 13:30. Morning walking via Moulsoe, afternoon via
Cranfield. Bill Clewett. 3 at CS. 15 morning walkers on a hot day had ice
creams in Cranfield, the planned morning and afternoon having been swapped round. Ate (and drunk)
in the garden of the Chequers. |
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Tuesday 21st June |
Morning walk of 6 miles. 09:30 start from Norton
SP 601635,
the southern side of the village. Park considerately on or near the Broadway. No stiles, and mostly
on tracks. Attractive undulating scenery with good views, past an Iron age fort and the pretty and
quiet village of Dodford. Includes the unusual ford in Dodford. Richard Alcock |
Thursday 23rd June
Photos |
Evening walk of 4½ miles. 19:00 start from Holdenby telephone box
SP 696678.
Walk, via East Haddon, will incorporate relatively newly created footpaths. Claire Craddock.
22 walkers. Finished at 21:05. 12 went on to the Red Lion in East Haddon. |
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Saturday 25th June |
Malverns' Magic. Circular day walk of a moderate 12 miles. Depart by car-sharing from the
UGC Cinema Car Park, Sixfields, Northampton at 07:30. Lunch alfresco. Visiting hill forts,
impressive quarries, Eastnor park and all the summits of the southern ridge. Steve Sayers |
Sunday 26th June
Northamptonshire Area Rally |
to highlight the lack of access through Lilford.
CS 09:00 for the morning walk, otherwise park at Barnwell Village Hall, Hemington Road,
Barnwell
TL 051849
from 09:00.
Morning walk of 4½ miles via Barnwell Mill, starting at 10:00, led by Will Lovell.
Lunch (bring your own) in Barnwell Village Hall from 12:30 to 13:30, with guest speaker Andrew
Chadwick from head office speaking from 13:00.
A choice of five afternoon walks starting between 13:30 and 14:00:-
3¾ miles via Wigsthorpe. Jean Perkins
5½ miles via Broadway Corner and Bull Nose Coppice. Chris Barrett
5½-6½ miles via Armston, Polbrook and Broadway Corner. Bob Coles & Maurice Tebbutt
7½ miles via Broadway Corner, Thurning, South Lodge Farm and Bull Nose Coppice. Gwilym Thomas
10 miles via Wigsthorpe, Titchmarsh and Ash Pole Coppice. John Birks
There will also be a historical tour of Barnwell suitable for pushchairs led by Richard Marshall.
4 at CS. 9 from Northampton Group in the morning; 8 in the afternoon. |
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Tuesday 28th June |
Circular day walk of 11 to 12 miles. 09:30 start from the first layby on the left of the A43 after
Brackley towards Oxford
SP 582354,
where there is a footpath sign pointing the wrong way. Lunch at Croughton. Not suitable for
children. Walk includes Juniper Hill and Tusmore. Not for the faint hearted as the A43 dual
carriageway has to be crossed near Tusmore. No dogs please. Christine Edwards |
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Thursday 30th June |
Evening walk of 5¼ miles. 19:00 start from Little Brington, outside the pub
SP 660637.
Use pub car park if patronising it after the walk. Walking via Brockhall, Whilton and Long Buckby.
David Craddock |
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July |
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Saturday 2nd July |
Afternoon walk of 5½ miles. 14:00 start from Welford Wharf Car Park
SP 644808,
beyond the Wharf Inn Car Park off the A5199. Clive & Chris Spinney |
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Sunday 3rd July |
Circular day walk of about 14 miles. Morning 7 miles, afternoon 7 miles. CS 07:45 for a 09:30
start from Hensington Road car park in Woodstock, Oxfordshire
SP 447168.
(On entering Woodstock, past the cemetery car park entrance, between the Fire Station and the
Library.) Free parking and toilets. Lunch in pubs/tea shops in the area, or own food in cars.
Views of Blenheim Palace / Column of Victory / visiting Sir Winston Churchill's family graves.
Afternoon start 14:00. Walking in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, and the villages of Combe-Bladon
and Begbroke. Trevor & Brenda Baldwin |
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Wednesday 6th July |
Morning walk of 5¼ miles. 09:45 start from Great Houghton, outside The Old Cherry Tree pub
SP 793590.
Park in the pub car park if staying for the optional lunch after the walk. A few stiles. From the
pub we walk to the washlands, circuit the flood plain, join the Nene Valley Way through Billing
Aquadrome, and on to Little Houghton and back. Viv Mitchell |
Thursday 7th July
Photos |
Evening walk of 4 miles. 19:00 start from the World's End Pub in Ecton
SP 826638.
Please park considerately in the village. Binoculars could be useful. No dogs please. Linda
Johnson & Pam Woodhouse. 24 walkers on a warm evening. 16 in the pub
afterwards. |
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Saturday 9th July |
Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 14:00 start from Little Harrowden Church
SP 871717.
Please park considerately in Main Street near School Lane (B574). (The church is opposite the
Primary School in the lane.) OK for children. Walking across undulating fields to Orlingbury, then
west in village and back. John Beale |
Sunday 10th July
Photos |
Breakfast Walk. Figure of eight walk of 12¾ miles. Morning 7 miles, afternoon 5¾
miles. CS 08:00 for a 08:45 breakfast in Sibbertoft Reading Room, Berkley Street
SP 678825.
Please park considerately nearby. The walk starts at about 09:30 outside the Reading Room, and
goes via East Farndon. At lunchtime it will be OK to eat our own sandwiches in the Reading Room.
Afternoon start at 13:30 for a walk via Welford. Booking required for the breakfast by 5th
July; see the Newsletter for further details. David Craddock. 3 at CS. 21
for breakfast. 30 + a dog walked in the morning. 23 ate sandwiches in the reading room at lunch
time, of whom 13 finished off lunch in the pub. 15 walked all day. 21 for the afternoon. 18 for
tea and cakes (including scones and cream) afterwards. A hot day |
Tuesday 12th July
Photos |
Evening walk of about 4½ miles. 19:15 start from Hanslope, outside the Watts Arms
SP 803470.
Roger Tyler. 16 walkers circumnavigated Hanslope Park on a warm evening.
Finished at 21:05, then 12 relaxed in the Watts Arm's garden. |
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Wednesday 13th July |
Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from Ashby St Ledgers Church
SP 572682.
The command centre for the Gunpowder Plot. Maurice Golsby |
Saturday 16th -
Tuesday 19th July
Photos &
report |
Dorset Weekend, based at Portland Youth Hostel. Bookings now closed. David Craddock.
25 members mixed and matched 6 walks and sightseeing in good weather. |
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Sunday 17th July |
Circular day walk of about 16 miles. 09:00 start from Midsummer Meadow car park in Northampton
SP 762600.
(Free parking on Sunday.) Lunch at Brafield Working Men's Club, where our own food is OK. Walking
via Hardingstone, Brafield, Denton etc. 20+ stiles. Andrew Gilbertson |
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Wednesday 20th July |
Morning walk of about 6½ miles. 09:30 start from the trough opposite the Red Lion in Denton
SP 838580.
Optional pub lunch after the walk. OK for children (distance?), but not suitable for disabled.
Walking via Chadstone, Whiston Road, Brafield, over A428 to Stadium and back via Bridge Meadow.
Maureen Scobie |
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Thursday 21st July |
Evening walk of 6 miles. 19:00 start from Braybrooke Church
SP 765846.
Park in the lane in front of the church. Binoculars may be useful. Children OK. Walking via
Arthingworth. John Beale |
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Saturday 23rd July |
Langton walk. Afternoon walk of 6½ to 7 miles. 14:30 start from off the B6047 Melton
Mowbray road north of Market Harborough
SP 738947,
at the start of the field road near Stonton Wyville. A tour of the Langtons, including the ascent
of Langton Caudle (147metres) with its fine views. Chris Eilbeck |
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Peak District walk of a strenuous 17¾ miles. Includes Alport castles and Bleaklow stones,
and embraces high/exposed moorland/tussocky fells. Depart from the UGC Cinema Car Park,
Sixfields, Northampton with maximum car sharing at 07:00 for Derwent Reservoir's access road car
park
SK 180885.
Bring full wet weather clothing, packed lunch and drinks. David Craddock |
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Sunday 24th July |
Circular day walk of 14½ miles. CS 08:40 for a 09:30 start from Bruntingthorpe (Leics), off
A5199
SP 603898.
Park near and start from outside The Plough PH. Lunch at the Bell in Gumley, where our own food is
OK in the sheltered very pleasant courtyard garden - free of dogs and children. Landlord said
possibly OK inside also. Rolling countryside, part of the Leicestershire Round - includes
Saddington/Foxton area. Chris Eilbeck |
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Tuesday 26th July |
Harlestone Village and Firs. Morning walk of 6 miles. 09:45 start from Harlestone Firs layby
SP 711637.
Park near Wyevale Garden Centre. Tony Bishop |
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Thursday 28th July |
Evening walk of 5 miles. 19:00 start from Bugbrooke church car park
SP 674574.
Doug Harding. 15 walkers |
Saturday 30th July
Photos |
Pig Roast Walk. Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 14:00 start from outside the Butchers Arms in
Greens Norton
SP 668498.
Please park considerately in the village. Pig Roast, with vegetarian option, after the walk at
17:00. Booking is required for the pig roast by 15th July (see the Newsletter). Walking via
Abthorpe, skirting Kingsthorn Wood, crossing dismantled railway, return via Mill Farm. Allan Davies.
46 walkers got drizzled upon. Actually 5.2 miles. Finished at 16:35. 47 in
the pub for the pig roast drifted home at about 18:30. |
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Sunday 31st July |
Jurassic Way, part 2. Chipping Warden - Staverton. Linear walk of 11¼ miles. CS 09:00
for all cars, with a maximum of two occupants, to travel to Staverton to meet at the church
SP 542612.
Full cars then travel to Chipping Warden church
SP 499487
for the start of the walk. Lunch at Woodford Halse Working Men's Club. Steve Sayers.
17 walkers. We inspected the model railway at lunchtime. Finished at 16:45
Photos |
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 14:00 start from Worlds End pub in Ecton (A4500)
SP 826638.
Park on the side of the road next to the pub. OK for children. Walking via Cogenhoe and Earls
Barton. Joanne Hammond. 20 walkers |
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August |
Wednesday 3rd August
Photos |
Morning walk of about 6½ miles. 09:30 start from The Crown public house in Hardingstone (next
to the church)
SP 763579.
Use the pub's car park if using the pub, otherwise park considerately nearby. Optional lunch after
the walk. Mick & Rita Freeland. 55 walkers and a dog, which equals the
record set on a bank holiday about 5 years ago. It took 5 minutes to pass each stile. Finished at
13:00. 28 ate in the pub, and 3 joined us just for a drink. |
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Thursday 4th August |
Evening walk of 4½ miles. 18:30 start from Litchborough, outside Red Lion PH
SP 632543.
Park neatly in pub car park or considerately nearby. Prefer no dogs. Joan & Dave Sandring |
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Saturday 6th August |
Afternoon walk of about 6 miles. 13:30 start from Little Brington, outside Saracen's Head
SP 661637.
Please park considerately in the village. Margaret Mabbutt |
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Sunday 7th August |
Trev & Bren's away day in the Cotswolds. Circular day walk of 12 miles. CS 08:00 for a
10:00 start from Bourton-on-the-Water's Coach and Car Park in the High Street
SP 169211.
(£6 for eight hours, or Rissington Road car park @ £5 for 10 hours.) Lunch at Kings Head Inn
in Bledington, but no own food, but the village green is next to the pub. Trevor & Brenda
Baldwin |
Tuesday 9th August
Photos |
Evening walk of 5 miles. 19:00 start from the road leading to Weston Mill, off Billing Road East,
Northampton
SP 792608.
Margaret Kirchmeier. 26 walkers walked via Great Houghton and Little
Houghton. Finished at 21:00. |
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Wednesday 10th August |
Morning walk of 6½ miles. 09:30 start from Akeley village, near the pub
SP 708378.
Please park considerately in the village. John McKeon |
Friday 12th -
Tuesday 16th August
Report |
Dartmoor Weekend, walking the Dartmoor Triangle (49 miles). Fairly strenuous. Using Youth Hostels,
and presumably back-packing. Bookings now closed with 12 people. David Craddock.
11 members actually went. |
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Saturday 13th August |
Afternoon walk of 4¾ miles. 14:00 start from Weston Underwood, near the Cowper's Oak pub
SP 865506.
Walking through a corner of Yardley Chase, and using parts of the Milton Keynes Boundary Walk and
The Horton to Ravenstone Way. No stiles. John Tye. 14 walkers turned out on
a wet afternoon with 7 umbrellas. Visited Cowper's Alcove. Finished at 16:10. |
Sunday 14th August
Photos |
Circular day walk of 10 miles. CS 09:00 for a 09:45 start from the car park beside the Great Ouse
in Stony Stratford
SP 788396,
on the Beachampton/Calverton Road out on the southern outskirts. Lunch at Old White Lion in Wicken,
where our own food is OK in the pub. Walking to Beachampton, north-eastward to Mill farm, and over
the Great Ouse. North-eastward after lunch, then south through Deanshanger, and back. John Bartlett.
29 walkers and 2 dogs. Finished at about 14:45. |
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Wednesday 17th August |
Morning walk of about 6 miles. 09:30 start from Tingewick, outside the Crown pub
SP 657329.
Use the pub car park if taking the optional lunch after the walk. Phil Ghent.
Led by Allan Davies. 27 walkers |
Thursday 18th August
Photos |
Evening walk of 4½ miles. 19:00 start from Station Road, Little Houghton
SP 805598,
on the grass verge. The walk includes some Nene Way and lakes in the Nene Valley. Brian Crouch.
11 walkers. Finished at 20:45. 6 in The Red Lion afterwards. |
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Saturday 20th August |
Peak District walk of a moderate 14 miles. Takes in Wellington's and Nelson's monuments and the
Chatsworth estate. Depart from the UGC Cinema Car Park, Sixfields, Northampton at 07.00, with
maximum car sharing, for Robin Hood pub car park near Baslow
SK 280723.
Fairly good paths, lunch alfresco. Bring full wet weather clothing, packed lunch and drinks.
Walking via Beeley. Brian Hill |
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Sunday 21st August |
Circular day walk of 12½ miles. CS 08:45 for a
09:30 start from Badby
SP 560590.
Please park considerately in front of or near the Post Office. Lunch outside The Plough in Everdon.
Richard Merson |
Tuesday 23rd August
Photos |
Twilight walk of 3 miles. 19:00 start from Nether Heyford Green, near the Post Office and the
Forester's Arms
SP 660585.
Grand Union Canal Walk. John Tye. 15 walkers finished at 20:40. 13 in the
Forester's Arms afterwards. |
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Wednesday 24th August |
Morning walk of 6¼ miles. 09:30 start from the car park in the centre of Long Buckby
SP 626675.
Optional pub lunch after the walk. Walking east then southwest to the canal,
along the canal northwards, then east again to Murcott and return. David Craddock.
21 walkers on a thoroughly wet day. 15 in the pub afterwards. |
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Saturday 27th August |
Afternoon walk of 5¾ miles. 14:00 start from Thorpeville, Northampton (the side road off A43
100 yards north of Round Spinney Roundabout)
SP 788651.
Walking via Moulton and Overstone Grange to Overstone and back. David Craddock |
Sunday 28th August
Photos |
Jurassic Way, part 3. Staverton to Winwick. Linear walk of 12¾ miles. CS 08:30 for all
cars, with a maximum of
two occupants, to travel to Winwick to meet on the grass verge SE of the village
SP 628734.
Full cars then travel to Staverton church
SP 542612
for the start of the walk. Lunch alfresco. Steve Sayers. 6 at CS. 19 walkers
started at 09:45. Finished at 16:45 after tea and cakes in West Haddon. |
Monday 29th August
Bank Holiday |
Circular day walk of 12½ miles. CS 08:50 for a 09:30 start from Chipping Warden, near the
church
SP 499487.
Please park considerately in Mill Lane. Our own food OK at the George & Dragon in Chacombe for
lunch. Good views from low hills. Walking via the Wardingtons, Chacombe and Williamscott.
Gill Howe |
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