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Seatoller day trip – 28/09/2024.
A great trip to start the year. Leaving Newcastle in the beautiful dawn light we headed for Seatoller, after the coach had expertly squeezed its way down Borrowdale we set off under brightening skies for the walks. A small group went down past Seathwaite and up the Langstrath valley until Blackmoss pot was reached and…
Western Lake District weekend trip 11-13/10/2024
Leaving Newcastle and driving into the beautiful sunset was the perfect start to the first weekend trip of the year. We arrived at Felldyke bunkhouse safely in time for some card games despite Markos deciding to test the brakes in the carpark as well as successfully collecting Harry who had managed to escape beautiful Barrow…
Patterdale day trip 28/10/2024
A nice sunny morning greeted us as we awoke after our nice lie in, thanks to the clocks going back, and embarked for Patterdale. After arriving in Glenridding we set of on our walks in the warm morning sun. The long walk headed for Red Tarn via the beck skirting round the slopes of Birkhouse…
Threlkeld day trip 2/11/2024
In a mild, overcast November dawn we departed Newcastle for Threlkeld enjoying the tunes on the coach. Once we arrived in Threlkeld and were dropped off by the coach we split into our different walks. The short walk saw a very cute cow but also had a lovely walk over to High Rigg (354m) via…
Crianlarich weekend trip 8-10/11/2024
A morning start was taken at the end of reading week so that a walk could be undertaken on the way up to Crianlarch although not everyone remembered this was the case but after some quick packing from Oskar we all set off. Arriving at the foot of Loch Lubnaig for lunch we then set…
Malham day trip 24/11/2024
On a wet morning after a week of cold temperatures we departed Newcastle in the pre-dawn light for the wonderful country of Yorkshire and Malham. After negotiating some large puddles created by some overflowing rivers we arrived safely to dry skies and good visibility. There was for the first time this year a running group…
Eryri weekend trip 30/11/24 – 1/12/2024
After negotiating the heavy Newcastle traffic and enjoying a stop at Asda in Morley we arrived at Bens Bunkhouse near Llanberis late Friday evening and settled in nicely before going to bed. Waking up Saturday we set out into the wind and rain up Elidir Fawr (923m) before dropping back down out of the cloud…
Keswick day trip 07/12/2024
Our final day trip of the term was to Keswick. Setting off into the wind and rain brought about by Strom Darragh we tackled some new routes. As we set off into the rain along the old railway line from Keswick to Threlkeld we enjoyed seeing all of the architecture along the route before we…
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