08/05/2025 Thursday Car - Location

 

May
Start: 10:30am



Location with Katie Klenshaw
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent

Meet at (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.

No details available.


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


A Walk – Blencathra & Lonscale Fell with Graham Hogg
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent


No details available.


High Spy and Cat Bells with Stuart Arnold
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.


B Walk – Title with Barbara Gilbert & Christine Davies
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent


No details available.


C Walk – Title with Chris Cook
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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


Yarrow Valley with Jan & Barbara Gilbert
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


The Joys of Silverdale with Stuart Arnold
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.

30/03/2025 Coach - Bolton Bridge & Ilkley

 

March
8:00 Start with 17:00 Return


A Walk – Title with Katie Clenshaw
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent

No details available.


B+ Walk – Title with 
Sue Banister
Miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent

No details available.


Horncliffe Well with 
Stuart Arnold
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.

The Dalesway with Chris Cook
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


Botanic gardens Ambler with Trudy & Barbara
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


Catforth Circular (part 2) with Chris Airey
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.