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Welcome to Derbyshire's Newest Walking Hiking Club

For more information about this club and the whys, the hows etc then have a look at the about tab.

What type of walks do you want?

Well Hello All

It time for me to  start planning the routes for the rest oif the year and  for the whole of next year.  So I need a little help from you all.

I'm going to create a web questionaire if you can complete it it will give me an idea of the sort of walking I need to include in the plan.

So here is the link.  to answer you will have to be registered and signed in.

many thanks

 

Hiking

Easter is apon us!

As I write this the sky is gray and most of this Easter Weekend looks to be a washout.  There is one bright spark of hope Sunday looks to be the best day of the Break.  So make the most of it come join us on the walk in Northamptonshire.

This is the first of the rescheduled walks missed due to illnes  / bad weather and as is normal this time of the year the weather could throw anything at us.

Spring is in the Air !!!

Yes at  Last Spring is around the  corner. Crocuses and Snow-drops abound.  Crisp frosty morning and clear sunny days our heading our way. 

Its not long until it officially spring but after one of the longest and hardest winters in living memory the wonderful countryside of ours is starting to come to life.

Monthly Update

Another month has gone by and we're still gripped by this winter weather  as I write in the last 4 hours we have had over 4 inches of snow again leading to another cancelled walk.

This is the worst period of winter weather I can personally remember going back  some 40 years I cannot remember winter lasting this long.  I can remember more snow in a two week period but not over this length of time.

All the walks missed since the new year will be re programmed for this year.

Oh What a month......

In all my years of Hiking ( since 1990 ) I have not experienced a winter this bad. It's the first time It's been prudent to cancel a walk due to winter weather.  Previously I've always tried to fine a way to walk but not this year.

proving that you don't always have to travel abroad to take in a stunning winter landscape, the snow in this photo was found on England's humble countryside in the Peak District. -  Sky Travel

We've had 

Whats the weather today !!

Following on from the recent inclement weather we have added a new feature to the site.   A Met Office Weather Guide this is currenlty set for the Peak District  and looks like this

If there is a Weather Alert issued you will see the "UK Weather Warnings Issued" flash  in the top right hand corner.

Weather Warning - Moderate 13 - 16 January 2010

Server Weather Warning 04-12 January 2010 - updated see comments

Server Weather Warning

Due to the Current Server  Weather Warn we may be cancelling the Next walk as it would be unwise to Travel and walk in these conditions additionally it would probably added to the cost of the walk as we may not be able to cross easily to the walk.

A decision has been made and  the walk is cancelled

Many thamks

and keep safe out there.

The Hiking Club Team

Cockermouth Youth Hostel Latest update

We recievedd the following update from the Cockermoth Youth Hostel Manager.

 

2010 - The First Six Months

The first Six months Route have know been posted, with the exception of Easter.

Why I hear you ask?

Its quite simple at the time this was uploaded the results for the area go to was The Lake District.  With this in mind planning had started and we were looking at using Cockermouth Youth Hostel as of Today ( 20/11/2009)  the Youth Hostel is under 2 feet of water, ( it was higher during the night).  

2010 is coming

Hi folks

The dates for walks have been added for 2010

Over the next six week the walks for the first 6 months will be added to the calendar.

The most notable change is ALL walks now take place on a Sunday every fortnight.  Nice and easy to remember. 

Well Christmas is a coming

Well  we are heading  rapidly towards Christmas.  Christmas decorations and being strung up on high streets through the land. And it time to  thing about The Hiking Clubs Annual Award...

Basically a light hearted review of the year just gone.  Award  for the best walk reviews,  Best photo, funniest incident and many other all based around a  evening on fun and frolic.  If you are interested  the  email the event coordinator for more details  

Over the next couple of weeks we will be coming up with  the menu, location and  selection of polls that will link to the awards.

If you have any nominations or ideas for awards   then please contact us using the link above.

many thanks

Migration Complete

Over the weekend the migration from  the test servers to  the live  server has been completed.

Final testing is now  complete and we are now live. 

Over the new  few days a  FAQ link will be added.  with load of useful information

 

A little interruption to service.

Over the coming month we may have a couple of interruptions to this site as we complete the move to our new hosting company.

Although we will keep the interruptions to a minimum you may from time to time see the site maintenance banner.  If you  do please  try again in a little while and hopefully we will be back.

Thanks you for your continued support

 

The Hiking Club Team

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