The Walk Archive
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Sat
Jul 24 Fit for a King
Phil K led 20 two legged and 2 with four legged members on a nice flat 18 mile route from Iron Acton through mainly farmland to the west's seat of learning at the University of the West of England. A very pleasant lunch stop at Snuff Mills, Frenchay before following the Frome Valley Walkway back to the cars.
Tue Jun 22 Beyond the Jubilee
Sun Jul 4
Stroud Five Valleys
Wed Jul 14
Dyrham, Upton Cheyney & Wick
Sat Jun 5
Marshals' Walk Malvern Midsummer Marathon 
Brian, Richard J & Dave S manfully set of to tackle the latest epic on the B&W calendar. We quickly discovered there is good news, bad news & good news for the entrants on the big day. Good - they start in the opposite direction along Lower Wyche Road on what promises to be a much gentler slope. Bad - they still have to climb to the top of Worcestershire Beacon. Good - it's an interesting & scenic route. Fast progress was made to the lunch break at Eastnor Church. However, by the time we got to Chase End the heat and sore tootsies were taking their toll on the old man. Progress was very slow over the final hills after the heart break of finding the British Camp tea hut closed. However, with the new start section and a few "tweaks" along the way this years event should prove to be a popular - provided we get the weather.
Sun May 9
St Catherine's Valley
A Champagne walk from Primrose farm Leaving Luke’s farm we climbed Primrose Hill, through Woolley & Swainswick, and walked along the St Catherine’s valley, to return mostly along the Cotswold Way. Fozzy pulled Luke along his more familiar territory (?!) There were plenty of climbs and some magnificent views throughout the walk. We had cloud throughout and a cold wind blew, with tantalising hints of hot sun waiting to put the icing on the walk. The highlight was a bottle of champagne shared by the 11 walkers at the lunch stop as found by Phil King en route! At a stile we met a happy band of ‘slightly older’ walkers on a 3 mile amble. One gentleman quipped ‘This is the sort of walk you can look forward to!’ We finished an enjoyable walk with a welcome mug of tea and cakes in Luke’s garden. Jenny reported that she would be asking Luke to lead more walks of this calibre. More ‘Champers’ anyone?
Bruce Y.
Tue May 18
The Gordano Round
Sun April
25 Butcombe Bash
The walk went good with 8 plus dog. Just a few showers but otherwise perfect conditions. About 19? miles plus a short distance when I got lost!!! From Goblin Combe we climbed over the Wrington Ridge and dropped down to pick up the ‘Two Rivers Way’ We followed this footpath through the valley via Wrington and Butcombe (the pub is closed!) until we reached the Monarch Way. Going north until we reached the lunch break at Winford. No takers for the pub (what’s happening to this group) but there we met Tony R who had locked his car in a supermarket car park the previous night. (I’m getting worried about this guy!) Traveling north to Dundry and then across to the Jubilee Stone on Barrow Hill and through to the? forest at Brockley Combe for a beautiful tea stop overlooking Goblin Combe. Great company and I think everyone enjoyed it: I tried to persuade Tony to complete the full mileage back to his car but he declined.
Neil
Sun April 11 More Thames Tributaries
Due to a profusion of local events and walks Richard Ds excellent walk suffered from a lack of people with just two group members plus two non members. However, the very good weather and a very picturesque flat route through some of the more attractive Cotswold countryside provided a great experience. The route basically followed the river Coln to visit Quenington, Bibury & Ablington. Then across to the lunch stop at the hamlet of Aldsworth. The afternoon section picked up the river Leach to visit Eastleach Martin & Southrop. We then headed south to the Cotswold Water Park to again pick up the river Coln back to Fairford. A very good introduction to the LDWA for two new comers.
Sun Mar 28 Circular in
the Cotswolds
Richard J's pre walk briefing promised "a fairly flat ridge walk, nothing like the up & down terrain of the Cotswold Challenge". At the end of the day we therefore had doubts about the accuracy of the GPS gizmo that showed the 23.1 miles we had just travelled had 3,500 feet of ascent! Whatever it was, 11 happy souls enjoyed some good walking in the very scenic high Cotswolds south of Cheltenham. The other promise which was not fulfilled was the Met Office's prediction of rain in the afternoon. Thankfully we had dry, clear weather all day. A highlight of the afternoon was an impromptu demonstration of bog diving by Ray D.
Sun Mar 14 Blaise - River
Avon - Durdham Downs
Barbara & Brian led the group on an interesting walk from Horfield Common through the alley ways and open spaces around the north west outskirts of Bristol. A surprising mixture of interesting buildings, bye ways & open spaces such as Kings Weston Hill. The Avon was crossed using the M5 Avonmouth bridge (we didn't have to run, there is a walk way). A riverside walk took us to the climb up through Leigh Woods to re-cross the river using Brunel's Clifton suspension bridge. A thought provoking idea for future winter time walking utilising the drier urban areas. The group returned to the leader's home to enjoy Barbara's renown culinary delights and to celebrate her landmark birthday.
Wed Mar 3 Brent
Knoll
Sun Feb 21 Monarch's
Constitutional. Ldr. Ray. 
Ray thoughtfully arranged a figure of eight route which enabled a lunch stop back at the cars. A very interesting visit to the typical Cotswold country south of Tetbury. The route took in the area around Highgrove, Westonbirt & Shipton Moyne. Ray & Guy filled in with some interesting historical detail around the route. We enjoyed superb weather after an initial shower. However, the recent snow had softened the Cotswold turf which gave several people the opportunity to practice their lack of Nordic skiing skills. Thankfully there were no serious injuries except to pride. A good turn out of 24, including a welcome visitor from Kent, had a thoroughly enjoyable day.
Wed Feb 10 A Greenway Round
Sun Jan 31 Along the Chew
to Stanton Drew
Thu Jan 21 Three Peaks
Walk
Sat Jan
9 The Wye Valley
Sorry, walk cancelled due to weather conditions
Fri Jan 1
Ring in the New