Possible weekend walks in the summer

During our last walk in Terrington at the weekend a number of you showed interest in organising a weekend away for wlaks in say the Lakes.

Is there genuine interest in doing this sort of thing?

The walks would be set at a moderate level to allow everyone to participate, although if there is sufficient interest in doing one of the higher peaks we could split the group into two and have two walk leaders. The idea is to make the walks inclusive, so wish to listen to all opinions and make it work for everyone within reason.

An itinerary might look like the following:

Friday: arrive at location and check into B&B/hotel/hostel (individuals responisble for organising their own accomodation). Meet for dinner/drink.

Alternatively, people may prefer to travel over Saturday morning to meet at the allotted walk start time on Saturday morning - normally 10am.

Saturday: walk of 6-10 miles in length. Dinner/drinks/free time in evening.

Sunday: shorter walk of 5-6 miles in the morning, leaving time for lunch and travel back to York.

Suggested locations include: Lakes - north near Keswick or south near Conistan, Teeside, Northumberland, Derbyshire dales - any others? Suggested months: June, July, August or September.

Let me know your thoughts and if there is enough interest, we can look into organising something.

Perhaps we can discuss further on the Levisham walk in February as well.

Terrington - Sunday 11th January 2009

What looked like it could be a wet day turned out to be mild and dry as the group of sixteen headed south out of Terrington and towards Mowthorpe. As we reached the end of a long lane we were greeted by a wonderful view across the Mowthorpe Dale, before turing right and heading towards High Stittenham.

Navigation was a little tricky around this area due to the poor upkeep of path signs, meaning that the reccy the previous weekend often came to the rescue in ensuring a six mile walk didn't turn into twelve. Anyhow, despite the mud and lack of signposts, we found our way into the village.

High Stittenham has grown recently due to the conversion of a number of barns into accomodation, leading to the moving of the footpath thus adding more confusion.

Onto a brighter note, the group stopped as we headed north-east out of the village for some lunch whilst overlooking Mowthorpe Dale. After lunch we continued on our journey back towards Mowthrope and then on towards Ganthorpe. Just before Ganthorpe we turned left and headed back to Terrington.

The rain had held off and our dry but muddy group finished the walk with a rewarding drink at the Bay Horse Inn, which has its own brewery.