|
SHELL PENSIONER ASSOCIATION - GREATER MANCHESTER BRANCH
WALKING GROUPS
FLAT WALKING GROUP
The Group meet on the third Thursday of the month. Walks are usually of the order of 5-6 miles on easy terrain. A feature of the Group is that the walks are followed by a pub lunch. The starting point and time will be advised by the walk leader a couple of weeks before the walk and you will be asked to provide details of your meal order in advance.
We welcome volunteers who are willing to organise and lead the walks. Assistance can be given in the administration, particularly the circulation of information to members, collection of meal orders and liaison with your chosen pub.
We are always ready to welcome new walkers, so please come along and check out if this is for yourself.
Follow the links below to see the schedule of walks togetherv with maps and Google Earth views.
2010
2009
2008
2005 - 2007
For a video of the Xmas 2008 walk click here
SHELL PENSIONER ASSOCIATION - GREATER MANCHESTER BRANCH
HILL WALKING GROUP
The Group meet on the second Wednesday of the month. Walks range from easy to hard and are usually of the order of 7-8 miles. A packed lunch is required unless there are specific arrangements for a pub lunch. The starting point and time will be advised by the walk leader.
We welcome volunteers who are willing to organise and lead the walks. Assistance can be given in the administration, particularly the circulation of information to members.
We are always ready to welcome new walkers, so please come along and check out if this is for youself.
The schedule for 2008 is set out below.
For a video of the climb to Shutlinsloe and the Cat & Fiddle click here
SPA Walks for 2010(Wednesday Group)
|
Date |
Leader |
walk |
level |
|
Jan(13) |
John Weightman |
Castleton, Mam Tor ridge, Cave dale |
Moderate
(7ml) |
|
Feb(10) |
Dick Harrison |
Bollington and locality |
Moderate |
|
Mar(10) |
Norman Blythe |
Marple and Mellor |
Moderate
(6.5 ml) |
|
Apr(14) |
Peter
Moore |
TBA |
|
|
May(12) |
Tony Wilson |
TBA |
|
|
June(9)
|
Steve Hetherington |
Doctor's Gate Glossop |
Moderate |
|
June (22-24) Grasmere |
John Weightman |
TBA |
|
|
July(14) |
Norman Blythe |
Calver ,White Edge |
Moderate
(7ml) |
|
Aug(11) |
Geoff Darbyshire |
West Pennine Moors |
Moderate
(8ml) |
|
Sept(8) |
Norman Blyth |
Lyme Park perimeter |
Moderate
(7ml) |
|
Oct(13) |
Richard Rendell |
Timbersbrook, The Cloud, Rushton Spencer and the Bridestones |
Moderate/Easy
(7-8 ml) |
|
Nov(10) |
John Weightman |
Hayfield, Lantern Pike, Cown Edge, Rowarth |
Moderate
(8 ml) |
|
Dec(8) |
Norman Blyth |
Short walk (TBA) and Christmas lunch |
Moderate |
TBA- to be announced
n.b. The starting point and time of individual walks will be announced at the time of the previous month's walk or by e-mail prior to the walk.The walk leader will decide whether a meeting at Torkington Park before the start of the walk is appropriate. Further details can be had by contacting the walk leader.
In the interests of security contact details for the walk leader have been removed from the website. If you need to contact the leader please ring Bryan Clarke or John Weightman on their usual numbers.
JOINT ACTIVITIES
Quiz and Social Evening
On January 16th members from both groups came together for a Social Evening at Sale Conservative Club. A hotpot supper was followed by a Music Quiz and a General Knowledge Quiz expertly presented by Gary Chambers. Congratulations go the winners of each quiz.
Morecambe Bay Walk - Part 1
Ged Anchor has provided agraphic description of the first attempt at the Cross Bay Walk
“The weather forecast was not good and the rain was pouring down. There was a feeling that the walk, across Morecambe Bay, was going to be uncomfortable but we have been out in worse conditions. With the intervention of the coastguard, who felt it was unsafe, the walk was abandoned. However, eight of us talked the guide into taking us out onto the bay for a shorter walk avoiding the danger areas. What followed was most rewarding. Within 200 yards of the start we were wading knee deep through the river Keer, onto the sand flats and out to Priest Skear. We saw where the tragedy of the Chinese cocklers took place where it was easy to understand how it happened. The guide had a comprehensive knowledge of the area and showed us abandoned tractors, caught by the tides, and the different types of quicksand. There were other streams and rivulets to cross in the four and a half miles we walked so we got wet from both above and below. All in all the guide made a most interesting three hours and certainly whetted the appetite for a full crossing in better weather.” | 
