25/04/2018 - A Grand Night Out

A Grand Night Out with Pete & Steve

Slide Show, Raffle & Hotpot Supper.

Tickets £6 which includes a Hotpot Supper, Apple Pie & Cream.

There will be a slide show of photographs taken by club walkers from the previous year and a Raffle.

Drinks including tea, coffee and alcohol can be purchased on the night.

Tickets available from Committee Members, or email secretary@pdwc.org 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

22/04/2018 Sunday Car - Abbeystead / The Crook O Lune

B Walk - Abbeystead - The Twin Rivers with Margaret & Bob 

6 miles (9.7km) with 500ft (152m) Total Ascent

Meet at Stoops Bridge, Abbeystead. (Sat Nav: LA2 9BH Map Ref: GR563543), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

From Stoops Bridge we turn right passing Abbeystead House following The Wyre Way making our way towards Top of Emmetts and on to the hamlet of Tarnbrook. Passing through we continue along towards Gilberton Farm where we climb up to the highest part of the walk at the edge of the moor. We then make our way to Tower Lodge and the Trough of Bowland Road to Marshaw Wyre. Continuing on road and field paths we approach Hore Wood. Eventually passing the front of Abbeystead House built in 1886 leading back to stoops bridge.

C Walk - The Crook O Lune with Roy Smith 

Meet at the Crook of Lune main car park (Sat Nav LA2 9HY), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

From the main car park we make our way along the disused railway line, in the direction of Halton. Along this stretch we will pass a number of interesting features, including the disused railway station of Halton. Just past the station we cross the river via a narrow road bridge and enter the village of Halton. Following the northerly bank of the River Lune we pass the recently constructed hydro-electricity station, before heading uphill to Low Road! From Low Road we make our way along field paths and woodland tracks, until we come to the footbridge across the River Lune. We cross the bridge and continue through fields, and along farm tracks until we meet the Lune Valley Ramble footpath. We now follow the path back to the main car park.

18/04/2018 Stroller - Marton Mere Nature Reserve

Walk with Barry Hayhurst
2.1 miles (3.4km) with No Climbing

Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a venue for drinks / snacks / meals etc and starts at 10:30am.

Meet at: (Sat Nav: FY3 8LL), this is the postcode of the Village Hotel situated on East Park Drive Blackpool (we will be using their vast car park), then afterwards at the Art Deco Cafe, Stanley Park (FY3 9EQ).

This is a level circular walk around a SSSI nature reserve (and partly through a caravan holiday park). Plenty of benches and some “ hides ” to take the weight off your feet are situated around the Mere .

This site used to be part of Blackpool´s landfill site, but their doesn´t seem to be any trace of it now. The Mere is an attractive site for wild fowl, birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. The reed beds cover a large area around the edges, home to the illusive reed bunting, among other species. So you may wish to bring some binoculars or a camera ... you never know what we may see. The first one to spot Blackpool Tower gets to buy me a pint!

12/04/2018 Thursday Car - Stocks Reservoir, Slaidburn

B Walk - Stocks Reservoir with Mary & Kevin McEnaney 

9 miles (15km) with 855ft (260m) Total Ascent

Meet at School Lane Car park (Sat Nav: BB7 4TS Map Ref:SD732565), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

Please note: there is a £3 car park charge.

We leave car park pass through wooded area, then pass the remains of Birch Hill Farm through pasture land to Hasgill Beck, then onto New House Farm then descending into Parks Clough and head onto Lock Bridge crossing the Hodder, then rejoin Stocks Reservoir circular walk which is followed until the end. Outstanding views of the Hodder landscapes.

08/04/2018 Coach Walk - Bakewell

8:00 start with 17:30 return

A Walk - Monsal Trail & Tunnels with Dave Colbert

14½ miles (24km) with 1080ft (330m) Total Ascent

The Monsal Trail follows the route of the former Midland Railway line between Buxton and Bakewell, which closed in 1968. For much of its length the Trail lies within the deeply cut valley of the River Wye, with spectacular views across the picturesque limestone landscape of the White Peak. Despite the length, this is an easy walk mostly on good tracks with little in the way of serious climbing.

We start on the A6 just south of the village of Blackwell in the Peak and loop round to Taddington along the Pennine Bridleway and across Sough Top, at 438m/1,437ft one of the highest points in the White Peak. Descending into Wye Dale, we meet the Monsal Trail just east of Chee Tor Long Tunnel (401yds), taking the easy route through the hillside to emerge high above Chee Dale. Chee Tor Short Tunnel (91yds) and Rusher Cutting Tunnel (121yds) follow, then it´s down into the gorge paralleling the railway but below it through the spectacular Chee Dale gorge with stepping stones in the river in places. We climb back onto the Monsal Trail close to where we joined it first time and head downhill through Millers Dale, Litton Tunnel (516yds) and Cressbrook Tunnel (471yds) to Monsal Head and it´s magnificent viaduct, which we cross before plunging into Headstone Tunnel (533yds). The latter part of the Trail passes through the former Great Longstone Station, beyond which we will climb over a couple of hillocks to reach Bakewell.

B+ Walk - Deepdale,Lathkill Dale & Haddon Hall with Val Walmsley

11 miles (17.7km) with 600ft (183m) Total Ascent

We leave the coach at the White Lodge Picnic area, in bottom of Toddington Dale(GR170705) on A6 Buxton to Bakewell Road. Proceeding through Deep Dale to Bagshaw Dale on edge of Monyash, we soon enter the beautiful Lathkill Dale with its crystal clear stream running through it. Climbing out of Dale at Raper Lodge, we find an old building once used in a D H Lawrence film set in the past. Proceeding to Haddon Hall, we conclude the walk along the River Wye to Bakewell and tarts.

B Walk - Rowsley & Chatsworth with Tony Ingham

10 miles (16.09km) with 1000ft (305m) Total Ascent

From Bakewell we cross the golf course and climb up to Calton Pastures. Heading east and then north we reach the quaint village of Edensor. We proceed from there to Chatsworth House and the Derwent Valley Heritage Way which we follow south, through Calton Lees, to Rowsley. Here we turn north along a bridleway, then a farm track and, finally, a disused railway back into Bakewell.

C Walk - Haddon Hall with Joyce Bradbury

5.37 miles (8.6km) with 397ft (121m) Total Ascent

Setting off from the Coach Park in Bakewell we cross the River Wye and follow footpaths to the A6. After crossing with care, we have a short steepish climb to a stile from where a path takes us to a very muddy wood. A field path now takes us down to a footbridge and a short steep climb to some cultivated fields. We cross these on some spray tracks (hardened ground).

Most of our climbing is now over and we follow more field paths down to the A6 at Haddon Hall. A short road walk (pavement) brings us to a path down to the Wye which we follow for some distance to a wood. At the end of the wood is one end of the Monsal Trail. Another mile brings us to the path down to Bakewell where ther are plenty of pubs if the cafés are closing. Melting snow (more is a possibility!) meant some soggy and muddy places! PS: Just one real stile!