Author: Newcastle University Fellwalking Society
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Glencoe 28-30/3/2025
We left the good weather in Newcastle as we headed north to Glencoe on Friday night to find a couple of members who had explored some of the Mamores that day in Onich church hall where we were staying. Due to the high wind forecast for later in the day we made an early start…
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Kielder 15/3/2025
A lovely sunny day started with the nice short coach journey from Newcastle to Kielder where we gathered for a group photo by the squirrel statue before setting off on our separate walks. One half of the medium group set out along the reservoir edge passing underneath the viaduct and seeing a bench with wooden…
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Grasmere 22/2/2025
It was very nice to meet in the light for the first time in a while and we set off on a pleasantly warm and dry days walking in Grasmere. The short walk had a lovely walk over to Rydal caves and came back into Grasmere via Loughrigg fell(335m). Taking in some beautiful views and…
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Glen Prosen 7-9/2/2025
A wonderful, wintery weekend began with the drive north from Newcastle to Glen Prosen hostel, located in the Angus glens, with a customary stop at Dalkeith for a takeaway as well as stocking up on supplies for the weekend. Saturday morning dawned and we awoke to a faint sprinkling of snow in the glen. After…
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Braithwaite 1/2/2025
A beautiful day started in the cold in Newcastle and we drove into the sunrise across to the lakes to find some unseasonably warm weather. Four routes were taken on a blue sky day with a dusting of snow and ice on the high summits and some biting wind coming across the tops of the…
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Semester 2 2024/25
Semester 2 started with a warm winter skills trip to the Cairngorms with many other exciting trips planned.
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Winter Skills 17-19/1/2025
A brilliant way to start the new term with some wonderful sunny weather in the Cairngorms despite the patchy snow skills were learned and big hills were walked. Leaving in the sunset on Friday night we headed for Aviemore driving past murmurations of starlings next to the A1. we made good time arriving at Glenbeg…
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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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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…
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