Notice of Annual General Meeting 2015

The Annual General Meeting will be held on 

Friday 13th February 2015

 in the Parish Hall. 

The meeting will be preceded by supper served at 7.30pm. We will again be having a hot pot supper provided by Priory Kitchen, followed by desserts and coffee.

There will be a charge of £5.00 per person to cover the cost, payable on the night.
Please bring your own cutlery, drinks and glasses.

Supper will be followed by the formal business of the evening.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of the previous AGM
3. Matters arising
4. Secretary's Report
5. Treasurer's Report
6. Chairman's Report
7. Election of Committee
8. Dogs on walks
9. Any other business

Present Committee
Chairman:     Jenny Mathias
Secretary:     Shirley Fairnie
Treasurer:     Marion Young
Booking Officer:     Gwyn Jones
Committee:     Les Gibson
Bev Kelly
Tony Mathias
John Smith

• Subscriptions for the 2015 season will be gratefully received by the Treasurer at the AGM.

• Please make cheques payable to 'Holy Trinity Fell Walking Club PCC Account'.

Please complete your tear-off slip and return to, or inform Shirley Fairnie 

by 31st January 

 as numbers are needed for the catering arrangements.

356 March Walks

Our next full day walks will be be on Saturday March 14th 2015 from Loggerheads,North Wales

355 Festive Walk and Meal from Ings

Our next walk will be from 

The Watermill Inn

 INGS, Cumbria

The Watermill is situated in the quiet village of Ings which is 2 miles East of Windermere in the Lake District. We are positioned along a peaceful side road just off the A591 (Kendal to Windermere road). We are in the ideal location for touring the Lake District by car, bicycle, foot  or public transport. We are surrounded by pleasant walks, cycle ways and of course the beautiful Lakeland fells. Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick and Hawkshead are within easy reach.  After a day out in the fabulous Lakes relax in one of our cosy bars, sample some of our Chef's freshly prepared food and our extensive choice of beers, wines and whiskies.

Saturday 10th January 2015

0800hrs prompt from the short stay car park

There will be three walks as normal:

•  A Walk led by: Jenny Matthias
  
  • 7+ miles
    
    
    Most of this walk is on roads . When I did the recce it was very wet underfoot and the path along The Dales Way was under water.
    
    
    So we leave the coach and head West on a path along side the road to Windermere. This undulating path should give us good views of the fells on the far side of the Lake. we will take a path across the fields to cross the railway then skirt the houses to join the Dales Way over School Knot from were we can see Morecambe  Bay and fell spot!  After Hag End we will follow the road to Borwick Fold then take the gated road back to Ings in time for lunch.
   
•  B Walk led by: Gwyn Jones (walk as in 2014) 
• Gwyn and John Smith recced this lovely walk of 4+ miles in fine, sunny but cold conditions -- ideal for a good walk.  It is a circular walk which starts on a minor road with a gentle slope. After about 1/4 mile we will turn off right on to a bridle path, still gaining height for a further 1/2 mile when the bridle path flattens out.  This is when the splendid views start (given a fine day !) and these continue in almost all directions for the rest of the walk -- a rich reward for the ease of the height gained -- starting at 400ft in Ings and topping 750ft at the furthest point.  At the turn for "home" we take up a path across fields and stone wall stiles into Grassgarth where the trail meets the aforementioned minor road to drop down into Ings -- just in time for a well-earned pre- lunch drink !! 
•  It really is a super 4 miler, not hard work and with no hard uphill work though care is needed on the first section of the bridle path.
• for the map follow the link

•  C Walk led by: Joan  and Shirley
• We leave the Watermill after coffee and walk down a quiet lane. Leaving the path we carry on across a grassy area to enter a small woodland  (which could be wet underfoot).   After exiting the woodland area we take a path which is Part of The Dale’s Way. The path takes us across the lower Fells to Yews and back to the watermill for our lunch at 1pm.
• for the map follow the link 

For information about vacancies on this popular walk please contact Gwyn Jones 

Some Photographs taken on the November Walk

B Party on Raw Head, the highest point.

Some Photographs taken on the October Walk

B Party early in the walk

B Party climbing Loughrig Fell

Lunch on top of Loughrig Fell

Rydal Water Cave

354 November Walks from Burwardsley

Our next walking will be on

Saturday 8th November

and will be from 

Burwardsley, Cheshire

the home of the Candle Factory

 

Albert leading the way along the Sandstone Trail

Cheshires sandstone edge strikes down the heart of the county like a clenched fist. Great knuckles of rock and steep, wooded slopes rise steeply from the lush pastures of the Cheshire Plain. Here you follow a glorious section of the Sandstone trail, passing the ramparts of Iron Age Maidon Castle. This hillfort crowns Larkton Hill. Raw Head is the highest point and gives vast views that take in part of Wales and seven English counties.
  
Burwardsley is a small village known for the Candle Factory which has been operating there for some 50 years. It is alsoclose to the Sandstone Trail as it passes over the sandstone hills of Peckforton and Bickerton, raising us over the Cheshire plains and hopefully giving us drier walking for this time of year.

Beeston Castle and Bunbury are nearby and the Cheshire Workshops provide interest and refreshments for after our walks.

We will be in 'winter time' which means it could be getting dark by 4pm and the cafe in the Workshops could close a bit earlier.

There will be three walks;

• A Walk led by; Stuart Smith
• B Walk led by; Clair McNabb
• C Walk led by; Joan and Shirley

 

Beeston Castle

A Walk from Burwardsley 2014

Walk Leader: Stuart Smith
Total Distance: 10+ miles app
Total ascent/descent: 1660/1300 ft

A route starting at Tatternhall

The bus will drop us off at Tattenhall. We will head South east towards Harthill mostly through fields. The route takes us easterly towards Bulkeley hill, picking up the Sandstone Trail north along side the Peckforton Hills. Towards the end of the hills there is the stunning Peckforton Castle which is actually a country house built in the style of a medieval castle now used as a luxury hotel. We head North East towards Beeston Castle which is huge and well preserved standing 350 feet above the Cheshire plains. The castle dates from 1226 and forms a good backdrop for the lunch stop. After lunch we head south easterly towards Beeston. Then westerly crossing the Peckforton hills with good views. After crossing the hills and clearing the wooded area we head southerly towards Burwardsley stopping off at the Pheasant pub which it's self is lovely with great views. The total assent is 507 metres decent is 396 and the total distance is 10.23 miles. For an A walk it is relatively easy suitable for all A walkers.