Sunday 2nd June 2024 - Dunham-on-Trent circular The coach dropped 29 walkers off at the Nottinghamshire rural village of Dunham-on-Trent. As its name suggests it is close to the River Trent and Dunham toll bridge. Following rights of way and quiet country lanes, and crossing several footbridges and going through metal kissing gates, we
Sunday, 5th March 2023 – Pocklington circular The coach dropped off 26 walkers near Pocklington, then took 3 non-walkers to York. We started our walk at Allerthorpe Wood. Luckily all paths were dry. The woods are very popular with dog walkers. After walking a few miles in the woods it was time for a refreshment
Sunday 4th December 2022 - Christmas Walk 36 Doncaster Weekend Wanderers visit the Hope Valley for our traditional annual walk and festive dinner at the Little John Hotel in Hathersage, Derbyshire Peak District. A number of former Wanderers joined us on this trip, including Terry Parker and Barry Holmes. Printed walk programmes for 2023
Sunday 6th November 2022 - Wakefield - West Yorkshire Verna has been leading Weekend Wanderer’s on this traditional Wakefield walk in November for eight years now. It started at 9.15am from Anglers Country Park as usual, but a new route soon became obvious. By 10.30am we took a short coffee break. We followed footpaths
Sunday 7th August 2022 – Langsett – South Yorkshire By staying in our own county the coach reached its destination, Langsett Barn layby, relatively early, at 9am. We were soon walking across Langsett Reservoir Dam wall. This supply reservoir is one of Yorkshire Water’s largest in the Sheffield district with a capacity of over
Sunday 3rd July 2022 – Knaresborough – North Yorkshire Due to a recent accident while on holiday, our leader, Dave Tyson, had a fractured wrist and toe but was determined to carry on with today’s walk. We got off the coach near Spofforth and took various footpaths chiefly beside arable crops. A coffee break
Sunday 12th June 2022 – Bamford Edge – Derbyshire Peak District The walk started with a climb gaining 200m of height up to Great Tor on Bamford Edge and the highest point of our walk at 1375 feet. A panoramic view of Ladybower Reservoir and distant peaks and Win Hill summit was impressive. We
Sunday 1st May 2022 – Helmsley – North York Moors Today’s circular walk started in Helmsley, heading westwards along the Cleveland Way national trail and into the North York Moors national park. A grey sky had prompted some to wear full waterproofs, but fortunately we had no rain and all the footpaths remained dry.
Sunday 3rd April 2022 - Aysgarth - Yorkshire Dales The coach stopped at Ripon to drop off today’s non-walker. Norman started the walk in the scenic Wensleydale village of Castle Bolton beside the impressive castle itself, where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner in 1568. A nearby enclosure with Wild Boar and a
Sunday 6th March 2022 – Hartington – Derbyshire Dales. Walk summary – The coach set off from Waterdale just gone 8am. There was a short stop at Baslow before continuing our journey to the small Derbyshire Dales village of Biggin where our circular walk started. We were soon walking through Biggin Dale national nature
Sunday 6th February 2022 - Rufford – Nottinghamshire The coach arrived at Rufford Country Park and Abbey just before the gates opened at 9am. A group of Twitchers were already scanning the treetops for a sighting of six Hawfinches but we just missed them. The walk progressed in part of Sherwood Forest Country Park
Sunday 2nd January 2022 - Baslow - Derbyshire Peak District The coach left Doncaster during an amazing sunrise. We arrived at Baslow where the walk started with an energetic uphill section, eventually reaching the 310m trig point summit. Features of interest included Baslow Edge, the Eagle Stone, Wellington’s Monument and further along the hilltops,
