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Wednesday 1st February
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Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from The Watts Arms, Castlethorpe Road, Hanslope, MK19 7LG,
SP 802470.
Parking arranged in Hanslope Scouts car park, a few hundred yards down the Castlethorpe Road, where the walk finishes,
SP 800467.
Pub lunch available after the walk. Walking via Long Street, Pindon End and Castlethorpe, walking on headlands, track and
grass fields. No dogs please. Jeff Noble.
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Saturday 4th February
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 13:30 start from near Cottesbrooke Church
SP 710736.
Walking to Haselbeech Hill for fine views. Richard Alcock.
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Sunday 5th February
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Knightley Way. Linear day walk of 12½ miles. Car-share from CS at 08:30. All
cars, no more than half full, travel to Greens Norton Medical Centre car park, Towcester Rd, NN12 8BL,
SP 671501.
At 09.00 full cars then travel to the walk start at Badby Green.
Lunch alfresco. No dogs please. George & Joy Tripp.
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Tuesday 7th February
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Short morning walk of 5 miles. 10:00 start from The Half Moon pub, Grendon
SP 880606.
Use the pub car park if you will be dining there after the walk. Walking via Castle Ashby and Easton Maudit. Ann Fage.
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Wednesday 8th February
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Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from The Green, Newnham
SP 578596.
Pub lunch available after the walk. No dogs please.
George & Joy Tripp.
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Saturday 11th February
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 13:30 start from The Half Moon in Grendon
SP 880607.
Park considerately in the village. Martin Allen.
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Sunday 12th February
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Circular day walk of 13 miles. Car-share from CS at 08:45 for a 09:30 start from The Green,
High Street, Yardley Hastings
SP 866568.
Picnic lunch at Weston Underwood with pub nearby. Peter Keeble.
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Wednesday 15th February
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The south of the county. Morning walk of 7½ miles. 09:30 start from The George and Dragon, Chacombe near
Banbury, OX17 2JT,
SP 492439.
Park in the pub car park. Pub lunch available after the walk. Walking to Thenford and Middleton Cheney. Several stiles.
No dogs please. John Wheeler.
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Saturday 18th February
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Afternoon walk of 5½ miles. 13:30 start from Roade Library (A508 end of High Street)
SP 756516.
Do not park in Library Car Park. Walking past Ashton to Bottom Lock, and by canal to Stoke Bruerne. Sheila Fitchett.
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Sunday 19th February
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Circular day walk of 14 miles. Car-share from CS at 08:15 for a 09:00 start from Harrold
Country Park
SP 956566.
Parking at the visitor centre for a donation of £1. Lunch at Souldrop; own food OK in pub, and pub grub available.
If necessary the route will be changed to avoid flooding. The walk will go close to Santa Pod Raceway, Souldrop,
Sharnbrook and Felmersham. Incorperating White Lane and Forty Foot Lane. Several stiles.
Andrew Gilbertson.
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Wednesday 22nd February
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Morning walk of 7½ miles. 10:00 start from Akeley Village Hall, Church Hill, situated behind the school (with
permission), MK18 5HB,
SP 709377.
Use the hall car park - not village roads. Pub lunch available after the walk. An easy walk on tracks and grass fields
via Maids Moreton, Chackmore and skirting the rear boundary of Stowe Gardens with pleasant views including some of the
buildings in the gardens. No dogs please. Jeff Noble.
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Saturday 25th February
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Snowdrops, hopefully. Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 14:00 start from near Farthingstone Church
SP 613549.
If hazardous driving conditions, consult leaders about alternative. Walking through the hole in the wall to Maidford,
passing the air navigation beacon. Using The Macmillan and Knightley Ways. Some awkward stiles. No dogs please.
Bob & Joan Bradley. Will be led by Steve Sayers
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Sunday 26th February
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Circular day walk of 14½ miles. Car-share from CS at 08:15 or meet the leader at the
09:00 start from the former pub and the village hall at Moreton Pinkney
SP 576493.
Lunch at The Three Conies in Thorpe Manderville, where our own food is OK. Walking via Eydon, The Cherwell Valley and
Sulgrave, including parts of The Jurassic Way, The Macmillan Way and The Battlefield Trail. Chris Eilbeck.
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Wednesday 29th February
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Morning walk of 6¾ miles. 09:30 start from The White Horse, Stocks Hill, Silverstone, NN12 8UW,
SP 668442.
Park at the pub if lunching there, otherwise considerately nearby. Limited parking at the pub. Could be very muddy. Lots
of stiles. No dogs please. Colin & Linda Humphries.
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March |
Saturday 3rd March
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 13:30 start from Easton Maudit Church
SP 888588.
Park considerately in the village. Martin Allen.
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Sunday 4th March
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Circular day walk of 12½ miles. Car-share from CS at 08:45 or meet the leader at the
09:30 start from Turvey, near the church gate
SP 940525.
Park considerately around the village. Bring a packed lunch to eat alfresco. Walking via Bromham and Stagsden.
John Ledger.
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Tuesday 6th March
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Town & Country. Short Morning Walk of a leisurely 5 miles. 10:00 start from The Elwes Arms, Great Billing, NN3 9DT,
SP 811629.
If patron, park in pub car park. Pub lunch available after the walk. A contrast of urban and rural
areas passing through the attractive village of Ecton. 7 stiles. No dogs please.
Bob Entwistle.
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Wednesday 7th March
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Morning walk of 6¼ miles. 09:30 start from The Causeway Car Park, Billing Mill
SP 814613.
Lunch available at The Billing Mill pub. Walking The Nene Way through Billing Aquadrome to Liitle Houghton, Brafield and
Cogenhoe. Ann Fage.
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Saturday 10th March
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Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 13:30 start from Greens Norton Playing Fields Car Park
SP 670500.
Frances Bolton & Kate Watters.
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Sunday 11th March
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Circular day walk of 11½ miles. Car-share from CS at 08:45 or meet the leader at the
09:30 start from Scaldwell, on the grass verge at the edge of the village beyond the church on the Old Road
SP 769727.
Lunch alfresco. Walking via Hanging Houghton, Lamport and Faxton. Gill Howe.
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Wednesday 14th March
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Morning walk of 7½ miles. 09:30 start from The Three Cranes, Turvey, Bedfordshire, MK43 8EP,
SP 941525.
Park in the car park if using the pub, or in streets nearby, avoiding local shops. Pub lunch available after the walk. Pub
now under new ownership. The route takes in Abbey Farm, passing under and over the old Northampton to Bedford railway
line. Passing by several spinneys and heading back via the Milton Keynes Boundary Walk. No dogs please.
Sue & Michael Holmes.
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Saturday 17th March
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Cannock Chase South. Circular day walk of a strenuous 13 miles. Car-share from
The Turnpike, Harpole Turn, Weedon Road at
07:00 for a walk starting from Cannock Chase Visitor Centre
SK 004153.
Use car parks near, not in, visitor centre. Lunch alfresco. No dogs please.
Steve Sayers.
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Afternoon walk of a leisurely 4½ miles. 14:00 start from Maidford Church
SP 609526.
70 metres of climbing. 22 stiles. John Tye.
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Sunday 18th March
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Circular day walk of 11 miles. Car-share from CS at 09:15 or meet the leader at the 10:00
start from Overstone Parish Church
SP 805663.
Park on the side of the road. Lunch at The Cardigan Arms, Moulton, where our own food is OK. Brian Hill.
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Wednesday 21st March
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Morning walk of a leisurely 6 miles. 09:30 start from The Worlds End, Ecton
SP 826638.
Places available in the main car park if eating lunch after the walk, otherwise with difficulty in the main street in the
village. A walk with a difference. Some hard ground walking with soft. No dogs please.
Gill & Bernie Bullivant.
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Saturday 24th March
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Morning walk of 5½ miles. 09:30 start from Pitsford Water - Pitsford Carpark
SP 759687.
£2.50 fee in Carpark, or park considerately in village.
Margaret Kirchmeier.
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Sunday 25th March
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The Cotswold Way, part 1 of 8. Linear day walk of 11¾ miles. Depart from CS
at 08:00 prompt by minibus to Chipping Campden. Walk to Stanway for pick up and return to CS. Lunch alfresco.
Participants must have pre-booked, details in our newsletter.
No dogs please.
David Craddock.
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Wednesday 28th March
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Morning walk of a leisurely 7 miles. 09:30 start from Old, outside the White Horse PH
SP 781730.
Use the car park if you will be patronising the pub. Pub lunch available after the walk. Walking via Walgrave.
David Craddock.
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Friday 30th March -
Monday 2nd April |
Swaledale weekend. Two or three days' walking in the Yorkshire Dales based in Thwaite, close to where All Creatures
Great and Small was filmed. Walk lengths on the Saturday and Sunday are likely to be 12 to 15 miles. See
our newsletter
for further details and booking arrangements. Booking is required by 6th January. Clive Williams |
Saturday 31st March
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Afternoon walk of a leisurely 5¾ miles. 14:00 start from the free car park behind Canons Ashby House
SP 576505.
A few stiles. Graham Edmonds.
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April |
Sunday 1st April
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Figure-of-8 walks; morning 7¼ miles, afternoon 4 miles. Car-share from CS at 08:10
for a 09:00 start from The Swan, Old Stratford
SP 779411.
Park considerately in the pub car park or Cosgrove Road. Lunch at The Swan, where our own food is OK.
Afternoon walk starts at 13:00 from The Swan. Peter Hawes.
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Tuesday 3rd April
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Morning walk of a leisurely 5 miles. 10:00 start from The Red Lion Car Park, Foster's Booth, on the A5
SP 667535.
If not using The Pub afterwards park in Simons Walk behind The Pub. Pub lunch available after the walk.
Graham Edmonds.
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Wednesday 4th April
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Morning walk of a leisurely 7 miles. 09:30 start from The New Inn, Abthorpe
SP 649465.
Park in the pub car park if patronising after the walk, otherwise park considerately nearby. Pub lunch available after
the walk. A few stiles. No dogs please.
Brian & Di Hopkins.
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Good Friday 6th April
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Morning walk of 8 miles. 09:30 start from Main Street, Little Harrowden, near the church
SP 872717.
Explorer map 224. Do not park near the church, as maybe services. Relaxed pace. Chris Roberts.
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Saturday 7th April
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 13:30 start from outside The Eykyn Arms, High Street, Gayton
SP 703547.
Park considerately in the village. 7 stiles. No dogs please. Val Smith.
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Easter Sunday 8th April
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Circular day walk of 14 miles. Car-share from CS at 08:30 or meet the leader at the 09:15
start from Culworth Church
SP 544469.
Please park away from the church (Easter service). Lunch at Greatworth Social Club, where our own food is OK.
Steve Sayers.
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Monday 9th April
Bank Holiday
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Figure-of-8 walks; morning 8 miles, afternoon 5. Car-share from CS at 08:35 for a 09:30
start from Akeley Village Hall Car Park, 125 yards along Church Hill, behind the school
SP 709377.
Lunch at The Bull & Butcher, 1 The Square, Akeley
SP 708377,
to be booked before the walk (no own food).
Afternoon walk starts at 14:00 from The Village Hall.
Morning passing Stowe School. Afternoon through Leckhampstead. 16 + 14 stiles.
John Tye.
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Wednesday 11th April
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Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from Northampton Golf Club, Harlestone, NN7 4EF,
SP 701646.
Park at Golf Club. Lunch available in the clubhouse. No jeans, trainers or boots in the clubhouse. Kevin Fogarty.
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Saturday 14th April
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Afternoon walk of 6 miles. 14:00 start from canal-side of The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne
SP 743499.
Suggest parking at the top of the road in the church field car park
SP 740499, donation requested (£1?).
Walking along the canal towards Grafton Regis, then through Addington. A few stiles. Alan Stephens.
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Sunday 15th April
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Wakefield Deer Park. Circular day walk of 9¼ miles. Car-share from CS at 09:20
or meet the leader at the 10:00 start from Paulerspury High Street, near the Barley Mow, NN12 7NA,
SP 718455.
Park considerately in the village, not near the church. Lunch alfresco. The walk incorporates a 3 mile stretch through
the Wakefield Estate and deer park, where public access is restricted to April and May each year. No dogs please.
Jeff Noble.
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Wednesday 18th April
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Morning walk of 7 miles. 09:30 start from The Wharf Inn, Cornhill Lane, Bugbrooke
SP 672570.
Use the pub car park if staying for lunch there. No dogs please. Brian & Sheila Crouch.
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Saturday 21st April
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Peak District walk of 13 miles. Car-share from
The Turnpike, Harpole Turn, Weedon Road at
07:00 for a walk starting from Longnor parking area near crossroads, cafés, pub & PC
SK 089649.
Picnic lunch. A walk in the Hollinsclough - Earl Sterndale area, with a pub stop at the famous Quiet Woman PH. An
alternative route will be taken from Longnor if too wet. Maximum car sharing. Chris Eilbeck.
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Afternoon walk of a leisurely 5 miles. 13:30 start from Brampton Valley Way Car Park between Brixworth and Spratton
SP 737706.
Refreshments at Brixworth Country Park. Maurice Tebbutt.
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Sunday 22nd April
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Circular day walk of 13 miles. Car-share from CS at 08:45 for a 09:30 start from The
Causeway car park on the Holcot to Brixworth Road
SP 780701.
Picnic lunch at Old with pub nearby. Peter Keeble.
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Wednesday 25th April
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Bluebells, hopefully. Morning walk of 6 miles. 09:30 start from The Village Hall, near the village green, Badby
SP 560591.
Park considerately in the village. Pub lunch available after the walk. Walking to Badby Woods via Cherry Tree Walk, and
Fawsley Park. Margaret Mabbutt.
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Thursday 26th April
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Short Morning Walk of a leisurely 4 miles. 10:30 start from The White Hart, 80 Main Road, Hackleton, NN7 2AD,
SP 807550.
Prospective patrons use the pub car park. Book pub lunch before the walk. Walking past the archaeological dig and through
Piddington. 1 stile. John Tye.
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Saturday 28th April
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Bluebell Walk. Afternoon walk of 5 miles. 13:30 start from by The Village Hall, near the village green, Badby
SP 560591.
Walking mostly in Badby Woods. Using The Knightley Way to Fawsley. Margaret Mabbutt.
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Sunday 29th April
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The Cotswold Way, part 2 of 8. Linear day walk of 12 miles. Depart from CS at 08:00
prompt by minibus to Stanway. Walk to Cleeve Hill for pick up and return to CS. Lunch alfresco. Participants must have
pre-booked, details in newsletter. No dogs please. David Craddock.
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