26/11/2023 Sunday Car - Fulwood Circular

Meet at Moor Park car park opp Preston North End (Sat Nav:PR1 6RU)
ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

B Walk - Fulwood Circular (by popular demand) with Chris Airey
8 miles / 12.9km with mainly flat walking

Fulwood circular walk. 

15/11/2023 Stroller - Moss Side, Leyland

Moss Side with Barry Hayhurst
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing 

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

Meet at Leyland Warriors rugby league club car park, at the end of Moss Side Way (Sat Nav: PR26 7XU), then afterwards at the Midge Hall Pub, Midge Hall Lane (next to the level crossing. Sat Nav: PR26 6TN).

A circular stroll taking in some fields (appropriate footwear), part of a nature reserve ( ? ), and some well laid footpaths / bridleways. May catch a glimpse of a Kingfisher, Jay, Wagtails, Heron or a Buzzard (maybe ?).

12/11/2023 Coach Walk - Malham (North Yorkshire)

8:00 start with 16:30 return

A Walk - Black Hill and Great Close Hill with Graham Hogg
10½ miles (17km) with 1550ft (475m) Total Ascent

From the Visitor Centre Car park we make our way to Malham Cove and ascend steeply to the limestone pavement for views out over Malham and beyond.

Heading north along Watlowes Dry Valley we emerge at Langscar Gate and join the Dales High Way and head for Black Hill (468m). There is no trig point or cairn but its the highest point on our walk today.

Descending north we exit the open access land near Capon Hall and then have some road walking before we join the Malham Tarn Estate path near Tarn Moss. For a change, we´ll take the boardwalk path around the nature reserve at the northern edge of the tarn before heading to the bird hide for a brew stop.

From here, we proceed to climb Great Close Hill (465m) with its expansive views on a clear day. A careful descent to avoid the steep crags brings us to Great Close Mire and a well graded path which we´ll follow to Street Gate near Seaty Hill.

Our route now takes us to the head of Gordale Scar. It is too risky to attempt a reverse descent down the waterfall so instead we follow a path which hugs the high western flank of the gorge. There are plenty of vantage points for dramatic views down into the confines of the gorge and at one point the waterfall is fully visible.

The disadvantage of staying high along the gorge edge is inevitably a steep descent down to Goredale Bridge. (Walking poles may prove useful here). There´s no rush, so we´ll take care on the descent and once in the valley it is a straight forward return to the village by way of Janet´s Foss waterfall.



B+ Walk - Langcliffe Loop with Sue Banister
10½ miles (16.9km) with 1400ft (427m) Total Ascent

We head up through Malham village towards the cove but continue on the road to join a footpath climbing up towards Langscar Gate. We then head west on the Pennine Bridleway over the moors to Langcliffe. The views up here are superb on a good day including Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.

At Jubilee Caves we go south along Brent Scar and Attermire Scar then join the Dales High Way heading east past Rye Loaf Hill and Kirkby Fell. It´s then downhill to Malham via Hanber Side and Hoober Edge.


B Walk - Malham Circular with Stuart Arnold
8 miles (12.9km) with 1150ft (350m) Total Ascent

Leaving the coach we cross the footbridge at the Smithy and go downstream to follow the path to Janet´s Fosse and on to Gordale Scar for a look only.

Back at Gordale Bridge we go up a gentle slope which takes us to the fell top at New Close Knotts. Here we take a good grassy path going north westwards on to Malham Tarn. On our return we join the Pennine way for a short way and then take the path to Dean Moor Hill. This allows us to avoid the rocky path around Comb Hill, Comb Scar and the dry valley which in bad weather can be hazardous. So we turn south to take field paths for just over a mile to Cove Road.

Here we turn left and then right onto Long Lane to arrive back at the start and a well deserved brew.


C Walk - A whispering to the faries with Joe Brennand
5 miles (8km) with 500ft (152m) Total Ascent

We set off fron the coach park south towards mires barn on to Janets cave Gordale bridge then we trek up to gordale scar retrace our steps back to Gordale bridge take the path to climb slowely to malham cove and follow path back into malham and the pub or tea house for refreshments there is ONLY one stile, but there is 420 steps coming down from Malham cove.

09/11/2023 Thursday Car - Yealand Conyers and Leighton Moss

Meet at Yealand Conyers. Park on the roadside near St. MaryĆ¢€™s Catholic church (Sat Nav: LA5 9SF), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

B Walk - Yealand Conyers and Leighton Moss with Susan Douglass
7.2 miles (11.6km) with 849ft (259m) Total Ascent

This circular walk starts in Yealand Conyers, heads west to Silverdale then back across Leighton Moss and past Leighton Hall.

The route uses fields, farm tracks, bridleways and some short road stretches. Limestone outcrops are a beautiful feature of the landscape and if the weather is clear there are great views of Morecambe bay. There is only one stile; otherwise it´s mainly stone gaps and kissing gates. There are two steep climbs: a short one in the middle and a longer one at the end (with lots of stops to admire the view!).