What's coming up in the next few months - walks and events
Walks Calendar January - February 2020.
Please see the table at the end of the Walk Calendar for dates available on the next programme.
PLEASE BE AWARE. Satnav is given as a guide only and cannot be relied upon to take you to the meeting point, especially in a rural location. The OS grid ref GR: will get you to within a 100 metre square. Route directions in the programme should also get you to the meeting point.
Please note there are different starting times on some walks.
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| DATE & DISTANCE | This Page Last Updated: Friday - 24th January 2020, 8: 00 am. |
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| Saturday
18th JANUARY 9 Miles Note Start Time | The Nailers Round A walk around the outskirts of Nailsea. /// nail.hobby.cats Leader: Kay & Sally (Kay 07432552228 Sally 07951066242) Meet: 10:00 am Backwell Lake CP. GR: ST 478 694 Route: A370 to Backwell. Turn left at traffic lights signed Nailsea. Go under railway bridge and after 230yds the car park is on your left. Grade: Easy / Moderate, may be muddy. Picnic. |
| Wednesday
22nd JANUARY 4 miles approx | Pre AGM Walk /// decisive.revealing.joke Sat Nav: BS25 1HD |
| Saturday 25th JANUARY | No walk Offered |
| Wednesday
29th JANUARY
7¼ miles | Two Lakes, Herons Green – Nempnett Thrubwell. /// stone.torso.trim Sat Nav : BS40 6NL Leader: John H ( 01934 633139 / 07799307171). Meet: 10:30am Lake/roadside parking. GR: ST 554 593 Route: From Churchill take A368 towards Bath. After Compton Martin turn left signed Chew Stoke( also signed Chew Valley Lake), after one and three quarter miles approx, make a U-turn, road/lakeside parking is on RHS of the road. Grade: Moderate, Mud, Two steep hills. Picnic. |
| Saturday 1st FEBRUARY 7 miles | Weston Woods – Sand Bay – British Camp – Grove Park – Sea Front . /// scarf.earth.riders Sat Nav BS22 9SG Leaders: Richard, Vivienne & Madge (07552031213). Meet: 10am (NOTE EARLY START TIME) at the end of Worlebury Hill Road. Park on the road or just in the wood. GR: 331 627. Grade: Moderate, with one steady climb. Picnic. Please note change to meeting / parking point. |
| Wednesday
5th FEBRUARY 5.5 miles | Around Blagdon Lake. ///charm.input.though Sat Nav: BS40 7RL Leader: Phillip C (07890724323/01934708840). Meet: 10:30 am Blagdon free CP. GR: ST 500 591 Route: your usual route to Churchill traffic lights. Take the Bath road (A368) to Blagdon, turn left into Station Road. Car park on left just before Garston Lane. Grade: Moderate, Fields & lanes. Picnic |
| Saturday
8th FEBRUARY 7.5 - 8 miles Allow time to purchase tickets | St Anne's Well - Arnos Vale - Temple Meads.
You are invited to join Barbara (624138/07934 197780) for a train recce in Bristol. The train leaves WSM at 9.10 am and we disembark at Temple Meads. The fare is £7.30 return but there is a discount for 3+ passengers travelling together (£4.95 return). The walk will visit several green spaces in Bristol joined by streets and places of interest. This walk was previously in the programme several years ago so this is a refresher. Grade : Moderate Two climbs, may be muddy in places. Picnic lunch. |
| Wednesday
12th FEBRUARY
8.5 miles approx Note start time | Undulating Mendips. /// utter.honey.ruffle Sat Nav: BS40 7AT
Leader: Sylvia W (07770 266546). Meet: 10.00 am Burrington Combe bottom car park (with permission) 50p per car. GR: ST 476 590. Route: your usual route to Churchill traffic lights. Take the Bath road towards Blagdon A368 and continue for approx 2 miles. Turn right into Burrington Combe, and the car park is on the left after approx 0.3 miles. Grade: moderate with usual Mendip ascents and descents. Picnic. |
| Saturday
15th FEBRUARY
6.7 miles
Note start time | The Tree Trail around Churchill and Langford. /// dragonfly.sour.typical Sat Nav: BS40 5BL
Leader: Kay, Sally & Richard. (Kay 07432552228. Sally 07951066242. Richard 07552031213.) Meet: 10:00 am GR: ST ST 464 606 Park sensitively in Langford Road, in Langford opposite Blackmoor Route: Usual route to Churchill then A38 in Bristol direction. Take slip-road to left just before petrol station and continue straight to Lower Langford. Grade: Moderate |
| Wednesday 19th FEBRUARY 7.5 Miles | Stogursey – Fiddington /// tint.sprinkle.ankle Sat Nav: TA5 1BG Leader: Briggitte (01278 685089/07544 574457) Meet: 10.30 am near Stogursey Church. GR: ST 205 430. Route: A39 from Bridgwater towards Cannington, take Cannington bypass, then take Hinkley Point road bypassing Cannington village. Turn left to Stogursey after passing Equestrian centre turning on left. On entering Stogursey take first right turn and park at roadside (Paddons Farm). Grade: Moderate. Picnic. |
| Saturday 22nd FEBRUARY 8 miles | Cadbury Castle – Corton Denham – Whitcombe. /// broker.option.bins Sat Nav BA22 7EX Leader Ken (01278 793453/07770721954) Meet 10.30 am Cadbury Castle car park GR: 632 252. Route: Make your way to Shepton Mallet, and onto Castle Cary (A371). Take the A359 (signed Yeovil) and follow signs into South Cadbury. The car park is on the left hand side just past the Camelot Inn. Grade: Moderate but with three climbs. Spectacular views. Picnic. 40 miles from W-s-M. Please let me know if you are coming. |
| Wednesday 26th FEBRUARY 7.5 - 8 miles | Snowdrops at Fyne Court & the Quantocks. /// twice.part.cans Sat Nav TA5 2EQ
Leader: Pat M-H (01278 792419 / 07902 210705). Meet: 10:30am Fyne Court CP (free to NT members or £3 all day). GR: ST 223 320. Route: M5 Jcn 23 then A38 left to Bridgwater. Turn right into Wylds Rd, over traffic lights , right at next traffic lights, thro’ 3 more sets of t/lights and thro’ Durleigh. Turn left on Enmore Rd for apprx 5 miles, then left (after Travellers Rest pub) following signs for Fyne Court. Grade: Moderate with some Quantock ups and downs. Hopefully lots of snowdrops!! Picnic. |
| Saturday 29th FEBRUARY 8 miles | Stockhill Wood – Chewton Mendip /// plums.writings.universally Sat Nav: BA5 3AS
You are invited to join Allan R (078 339 21 334) on a rece Meet: 10.30 am in car park at Stockhill Wood GR: ST 549 514. Route: Usual route to Churchill, take A368 towards Rickford. After 2 mile turn right (SP Burrington) onto B3134. Continue for 6.7 miles and keep straight at junction with B3135. CP on left after half a mile. Grade: Lanes, hills and fields. Moderate, picnic. ** Ring me if coming ** |
The table below lists dates available, those booked are shown with the leaders name.
TABLE LAST UPDATED 21st JANUARY
| DAY | DATE | LEADER | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 4th March | Ken Cooper | /// motivate.unites.growth Mells |
| Sat | 7th March | /// | |
| Wed | 11th March | Pat M-H | /// Watchet |
| Sat | 14th March | /// | |
| Wed | 18th March | /// | |
| Sat | 21st March | /// | |
| Wed | 25th March | /// | |
| Sat | 28th March | /// | |
| Wed | 1st April | Sylvia W | /// West Bagborough |
| Sat | 4th April | ======== | /// |
| Sun | 5th April | Spring Coach Outing | |
| Wed | 8th April | /// | |
| Sat | 11th April. Easter Weekend | /// | |
| Wed | 15th April | Shirley K | /// Use your bus pass walk. |
| Sat | 18th April | /// | |
| Wed | 22nd April | Sylvia W | /// Staple Plain / Kilve |
| Sat | 25th April | /// | |
| Wed | 29th April | Jennie & Ian | /// sides.zoos.wager Selworthy |
| Wed | 20th May | Sylvia W | Tor y Foel Talybont on Usk |
| Wed | 24th June | Ken C | /// brain.chins.available Churchstanton |
| Wed | 1st July | Sylvia W | Dunkery Beacon |
Let John Hartland, walks organiser know. Where will your walk be, how far and when do you want to lead.
Call him H 01934 633139 M 07799 307171 or email below
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