May
Start: 10:30am
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
Meet at (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
No details available.
We are based in Lancashire in the North West of England but our walks take us round the UK's National Parks & National Landscapes, the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Peak District & North Wales. *** To view the next walk - Please scroll to the bottom ***
28/04/2025 Committee Meeting
May
Start: 7:00pm - Finish 9:00pm
Committee meetings are held on Mondays.
Start at 7:00pm and finish at 9:00pm.
All members are welcome.
We meet at the Over 60s Club, Priory Lane, Penwortham.
Preston PR1 0AR.
27/04/2025 Coach - Keswick & Borrowdale
April
8:00am Start with 17:30 (5:30pm) Return
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.
9½ Miles / 15.3km with 2,000ft / 610m Total Ascent
The coach will drop us off at Seatoller at the head of the Borrowdale valley for a linear walk.
We will head north from Seatoller on the Allerdale Ramble way and then climb up Tongue Gill passing Rigghead Quarries up onto High Spy the highest point on the walk. We then follow the ridge over Maiden Moor and down Cat Bells. We descend into Skellgill Bank and enter the wooded area of Fawe Park. Our return to Keswick is then straightforward through Portinscale.
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.
25/04/2025 Social Evening - Grand Night Out
April
Start: 7:00pm Prompt
Slide Show, Quiz, Raffle & Hotpot Supper.
Tickets (price to be set) which includes a Hotpot Supper or vegetarian Option, Plus a choice of three desserts.
There will be a slide show of photographs taken by club walkers from the previous year, a fun quiz and a Raffle.
Drinks including tea, coffee and alcohol can be purchased on the night.
Hot Pot supper and desserts supplied by (to be arranged).
Tickets available from Committee Members, or email gensecpdwc@gmail.com for details of how to buy tickets (Vegetarian option available if notified when buying ticket).
Venue: The Longton VM Sports & Social Club, School Lane, Longton, Preston PR4 5ZA
16/04/2025 Stroller - Yarrow Valley, Chorley
April
Start: 10:30am
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing
Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a walk and venue for drinks / snacks or meal and starts at 10:30am
Meet at (Sat Nav: ).
No details available.
13/04/2025 Sunday Car - Location
April
Start: 10:30am
Location with Leader
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
Meet at (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
No details available.
10/04/2025 Thursday Car - Eaves Wood, Silverdale
April
Start: 10:30am
7 Miles / 11km with 300ft / 91m Total Ascent
Meet at Eaves Wood Car Park, Park road, Silverdale (Sat Nav: LA5 0UQ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
We will start our walk by visiting the Pepperpot which is a monument where we will have excellent views of the surrounding countryside. Then down to the coast and walk across the front into Silverdale. We will then visit woodwell were the first settlers in the area drew their water.
From here we visit the Giants chair where we might stop for lunch. It's then on to Jenny Browns point and the start of our return journey.
On a good day this is a lovely walk and to encourage you to join us I am offering lifts.
From here we visit the Giants chair where we might stop for lunch. It's then on to Jenny Browns point and the start of our return journey.
On a good day this is a lovely walk and to encourage you to join us I am offering lifts.
30/03/2025 Coach - Bolton Bridge & Ilkley
March
8:00 Start with 17:00 Return
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.
8½Miles / 13.6 km with 1150ft / 360m Total Ascent
We leave Ilkley due south and join the Dales High Way passing White Wells and climbing Ilkley Crags. Along the way we pass Lanshaw Lad and the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle eventually reaching Horncliffe Well.
Here we change course and head north east over Burley moor on the Millennium Way past Lower Lanshaw Dam to the top of Barks Crag. We then join Ebor Way passing the Cow and Calf view point and The Tarn on our way back down into Ilkley.
6½ Miles / 10.5km Undulating.
We alight the coach, hopefully close to Bolton Abbey. From there we proceed to Bolton Bridge where we follow the Dalesway to Addingham and on to Low Mill Village, heading then to the Old Bridge at Ilkley.
HAPPY DAYS
19/03/2025 Stroller - Botanic gardens , Southport
March
Start: 10:30am
Start: 10:30am
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing
Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a walk and venue for drinks / snacks or meal and starts at 10:30am
Meet at the Bold Arms car park, 59-61 Botanic Road Churchtown, Southport (Sat Nav: PR9 7NE).
We will give in our car registration's and pre order lunch.
There are toilets in the gardens (20p), then we will amble round historic Churchtown and the botanic gardens, about 2 miles fairly level with no stiles.
16/03/2025 Sunday Car - Catforth
March
Start: 10:30am
6½ Miles / 10.5km with flat walking
Meet at Rosemary lane junction with Crown lane (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
The walk is 60% lanes 40% fields.
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