CHANGES TO Camping, B&B weekend 22-24 June

CHANGES TO Camping, B&B weekend 22-24 June

It seems that the clubs ‘weekend away’ in the lakes, at Lorton has a serious problem! It well nigh impossible to find accommodation in the area because it is fully booked, the reason being that there is a high profile wedding taking place that same weekend and another major event in the vicinity too.

Geoff Jackson has suggested a weekend at Robin Hoods Bay instead, which seems to be an admirable solution to the problem!

Those interested going to Robin Hoods Bay should make use of the website www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk to find accommodation, the focus for the stay being Hooks House Farm camp site above the bay. Fylingthorpe is a short walk away too and the website covers B&B’s in the whole area. The date is exactly the same, i.e. Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th June.

Please let anyone interested but not on email know about the change. An announcement will be made at the next walk.

Best wishes & sorry about the change,

Barry

Summer camp, B&B weekend – Friday 22nd to Sunday 24 June

Aycliffe Fellwalking Club – Summer camp, B&B weekend – Friday 22nd to Sunday 24 June

The camping/B&B weekend is Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd June at the Wheatsheaf Inn Low Lorton. Please make you own arrangements for accommodation. Pitches can be booked by ringing 01900 85199 and mentioning Aycliffe Fell Walking Club. Their we site is web site is www.wheatsheafinnlorton.co.uk. B & B’s are available in the area. Early booking recommended as there is a Wool Fest in Cockermouth the same weekend.

Maps

Postcode: CA13 9UW

Google map

Streetmap

LakeDistrictSports.com

The Lake District in Cumbria is often described as being like the country’s best adventure playground, and an ideal place for watersports as well as land based sports. From the spectacular mountains and passes to the lakes that shine like jewels in the landscape, Lakeland in Cumbria has something for everyone.

From it’s rise as a tourist mecca, the Lake District has inevitably attracted adventurous types, thrill seekers who want to pit their wits and skills against the elements and landscape. When you get here, theres’s always something to do, and you can get a good idea of the range of things available on LakeDistrictSports.com

Aycliffe Fellwalking Club – 10% Discount at Cotswold Outdoors

Aycliffe Fellwalking Club – 10% Discount at Cotswold Outdoors

To take advantage of this offer from Cotswold Outdoors, you will need the Aycliffe Fell Walking Club Members Affiliation Code and to be a member of the club. We can only give this Cotswold code to members of the club and are not allowed to broadcast it to non-members. It can be used in Cotswold shops, for mail order and on-line purchases.

Letters containing the Cotswold Outdoors code and giving instructions will be available on the next walk for those intending to make a purchase.

Best wishes,

Barry

Upper Eden Valley – Kirby Stephen to The Moorcock, Saturday 21st April 2012

Aycliffe Fellwalking Club – Upper Eden Valley – Kirby Stephen to The Moorcock; Saturday 21st April 2012

This is a reminder of the next walk and to provide you with the information sheet. Instructions for booking your place are on the sheet which is attached.

Best wishes,

Barry

Data Sheet : Upper Eden Valley – Kirby Stephen to The Moorcock

Lake District, Bassenthwaite (Back O’Skidda), Saturday 17th March 2012

This is a reminder of the next walk and to provide you with the information sheet & Map. Instructions for booking your place are on the sheet which is attached.

Best wishes,

Barry

 

 

Walk Sheet : Bassenthwaite back of Skiddaw

Walking Routes at the click of a mouse!

Country Walking and Trail have launched a new Routes website, giving you access to loads of great walks at the click of a mouse button. Each walk comes with clear Ordnance Survey mapping and step-by-step directions.

The service is FREE to all Country Walking and Trail subscribers, who also receive FREE online access to Ordnance Survey Landranger mapping for the whole of Britain. Other readers can still search the database and pay to subscribe to the online routes service. They’ve teamed up with Memory-Map TrailZilla to make the site ultra-easy to use.

You can search walks, and download maps, step-by-step directions and GPS trails. You can even upload your own walks for others to share.

To find out more, click here: www.lfto.com/routes

Apedale – Castle Bolton to Gunnerside – 18th February 2012

Here is the walk sheet for the February 18th trip to Castle Bolton and Gunnerside. There are 6 suggested routes, ranging from 7 to 14 miles.

2012 02 AFWC Apedale walk sheet

Record number of visitors for January 2012

The new website continues to attract new visitors and members, and in January 2012 the website received a new record number of visits. 208 people came to our site during the month, viewing 488 pages. Thanks for the support, especially those people who have supplied pictures, and I hope to add more articles in 2012.

Request – if anyone can write a ‘story of their walk’ when they go on Aycliffe Fellwalking Club trips, we’d like to hear from you. If you are signed up as a member of the Aycliffe Fellwalking Club website (and 18 of you have so far), you can contribute your posts to the site. Once they’ve been checked out, we’ll publish them. We’d really like this to become reality, as the site truly then becomes ‘yours’ as members.

Safety Guidance Notes

About this time of year I usually draw everyone’s attention to the AGM minutes and remind people of the club’s safety guidance notes. The Minutes of the AGM are available on the clubs internet site and the safety guidance notes are attached.

Best wishes,

Barry

Guidance Notes for Members 8-0

Minutes of the 2011 AGM

Here are the minutes from the 2011 AGM of the Aycliffe Fellwalking Club, held on Wednesday 2nd November 2011.

Minutes of previous AGM
Chairman’s and Walk Secretary’s Reports
Secretary’s, Membership Secretary’s, Publicity and Treasurer’s Report
Election of Officers
Programme of Walks for 2012
Appendices

2011 11 AGM minutes (.doc format)

New Met Office Forecast Widgets for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

I’ve just enable a couple of new widgets for the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales areas.

The widgets are permanently available on the ‘Hazards’ page, and contain the latest info from the Met Office, up to date (see below).