All those that attended the 2-part Christmas walk will know that some confusion arose resulting in the walk being completed in 2 parts - one being the group meeting up at walk start in Ampleforth and the other being the group meeting up at the gym, who then failed to arrive at the walk start in time to join up with the first group.
Oh well, there will always be some confusion but the lessons learnt are twofold:
- leave 45-50 minutes between gym meet time and walk start time
- ensure someone responsible for gym meeting group and walk start group, ensuring that the two join before commencement of the walk
It seems we had over 20 people for the walk, even if they were split into two groups.
Anyway we knew the route from the blogsite details and we had a map so we did the planned walk, which was fairly easy once the initial climb up from the village was done. Some clear panoramic views over the top of Ampleforth of the Howardian Hills with the steam rising from the cooling towers at Drax power station on the horizon.
Once the height was gained it was just a gentle contouring down through the plantations of College Moor and Swine Gills back to Ampleforth. It was a gentle walk but a chance to have a rest from Wallace & Gromit and the Christmas chocolates.
(Walk comments and pics courtesy of Mick Collins)
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