Author: Newcastle University Fellwalking Society
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Patterdale 26/10/2025
NUFWS returned to the Lake District for its 2nd day trip of the year, this time setting off from the village of Glenridding. A serene morning outside the arches soon morphed into a quite rainy and windy day in the West, although forecasted, was nonetheless not desirable. A long route under the guise of Wilcox…
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Western Lakes 10/10/2025 – 12/10/2025
NUFWS descended upon the western lakes for its first weekend trip at Felldyke bunkhouse, setting off from Newcastle on time (for once) meaning everyone could get a good nights rest ready for the big walk on Saturday. Waking up bright and early, we trailed down to Wasdale head to have a go at an extended…
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Threlkeld 5/10/2025
NUFWS kicked off the year with a visit to the village of Threkeld in the Lake District to tackle a classic fell – Blencathra. A bikeless gear secretary braved the early morning romp to the gear store to round up his kit to take to the Student’s Union where a rabble of eagar fellwalkers were…
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Semester 1 2025/26
Semester 1 started with a nice (unofficial) stroll around Hadrian’s Wall. Many more nice walks upcoming!
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Hadrians Wall day trip – 28/09/2025
Thanks for those who turned up at Central Station for an informal walk along Hadrian’s Wall. We passed Sycamore Gap and other stunning scenery enjoying a beautiful sunny day for the 16Km walk. We rounded things off with a pint in Haltwhistle before heading back to Newcastle. We hope those who went along enjoyed it…
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Meet the committee 2025/2026
President Hi I’m Laurence, I’m studying Mechanical Engineering and am going into my 3rd year. I come from Wakefield in West Yorkshire and have gone walking in the peaks and the dales from a very young age so joining NUFWS was a no brainer when I came to uni. Excited to be president this year…
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Valchiavenna 23-28/06/2025
International Trip on the Swiss-Italian Border 🇮🇹 Members arrived on the 23rd of June for the NUFWS annual international trip which saw members make their way to Chiavenna on Italy’s northern border with Switzerland for a lovely week of walking. A break-in day on the 24th ended with a group descending an unchartered scree slope,…
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End Of Year Trip 31/5/2025 – 2/6/2025
Our final British trip of the year took us camping to the Banana field on the shores of Coniston water in the English lake district. After navigating the Friday morning traffic out of Newcastle a large contingent headed for the Kirkstone pass, whilst the rest of us had work to do in Newcastle and would…
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Langdale 3/5/2025
A lovely sunny day dawned long before we awoke and set off on the coach from Newcastle, heading to Langdale. Upon arriving we met up with Little Dom, Em and Diana and then set off on our walks. The medium walk went up the Cumbria way onto the Langdales and then dropped down to Stickle…
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