Heavy rain early in the morning wasn’t a good omen for the day, but it had eased off then stopped before we got on the coach. After the usual stop at Truckhaven we got back on the M6 to turn off at Junction 36, heading for Windermere. We were dropped Read more
Despite the weather the day before, the rain kept off all day on this fairly local walk that most people hadn’t done before. Shortly after stopping at the services we were dropped off outside the Royal Oak to start the walk. We went through lovely woodland, found lots of fungi, Read more
Rearranged walk to avoid Motorway closure chaos. Setting off from Riley Green, walking past Hoghton Tower, home of the Sirloin. Through woods beside the River Derwent. Through fields and by the canal. A few inclines and stiles, 7 miles back to the Royal Oak at Riley Green.
A lovely walk today with plenty on the coach and good weather. After the usual slow traffic from Windermere to Ambleside we were dropped off at the entrance to Rydal Park. We walked through wonderful scenery to reach the Grot and waterfall at Rydal Mount. Passing through we crossed to Read more
Thank you to everyone for yet again such a wonderful walk in the glorious sunshine and a big thank you to our lovely coach driver Ian for his unexpected announcement on the way home. It’s been really nice to see everyone and have a good ol’ catch up and a Read more
First a thank you to Diane for leading such a lovely walk, again the weather was really kind to us, and the sun shone all the way round. There were some beautiful sights to see, along with a vast array of colours.We even had a magnificent dragonfly land on one Read more
I will be leading a 6 mile linear walk from Ambleside to Grasmere on Saturday, 17th September. We will be having our usual refreshment break at Truckhaven before we continue onto Ambleside. Ian will drop us off just outside Ambleside and we will cross the A591 to take a track Read more
Unusual weather for our walk at Beetham because it didn’t rain at all. It was good to see 37 people on the coach, including some new faces. After the usual stop at Truckhaven we were dropped off at Beetham to start the walk. After a look around the lovely church Read more
This is a circular walk of about 5.5 miles from Beetham, with the usual stop at Truckhaven on the way. After being dropped off we walk through the village, with a short stop at the church before carrying on to a grassy slope (take your time going up). We then Read more
Another lovely walk today, according to my Fitbit I have walked just over eight miles and done 21,175 steps, of course that is from my house to bus stop and back which is about half a mile, so not bad going.Thank you, Julie, for a walk full of differing scenery, Read more