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Members Events and information
The events detailed within this section are for members only.
They cover a wider range of walking areas than our guided
walks for the general public.
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About Members
Events
FDR has a history and culture of coach excursions, weekend
short breaks and week long holidays. These date back to when
our organisation was founded in 1980 and the DalesRail fully
integrated town and bus service, operated only on summer weekends
once a month. These were to hold the membership together and
provide the opportunity for collective walking as a group.
Coach excursions were scheduled as once per month events in
winter and in the summer, once per month on a weekend when
DalesRail did not operate.
When the Settle/Carlisle line was finally reprieved from
closure in 1989 and a regular year round passenger service
was established, we saw no reason why activities which had
given so much pleasure to members and had transported them
to areas not accessible by train, should be suspended. The
programme of events was merely adjusted to avoid a clash of
activities. Regretfully, for administrative and logistical
purposes, these elements of our events have to be restricted
to members of the organisation.
The coach trips, which were held monthly on Sundays, covered
almost anywhere within a 2 hour coach trip of Leeds. We regularly
visited areas such as the North Pennines, the Lake District,
Derbyshire, Lancashire and the North York Moors and Coast.
The weekend and longer holiday trips use either hotel or
youth hostel accommodation and have previously included visits
to Scotland, Wales and Ireland. There will normally be at
least three grades of walk put on each day. Details of future
trips can be found in the Holidays
section.
Other forthcoming trips and activities are listed below -
you can also find detailed information in the Past
Events section.
Thursday
Midweek Walks
for members only
First Thursday of each month
One walk only - 10/12 miles - moderate
ALL MEET AT 10.00 AM unless
otherwise stated
2019
| 7 November 2019 |
Shipley Circular
Meet at Shipley Railway Station |
| 5 December 2019 |
Ilkley Circular
Meet at Ilkley Railway Station |
2020
| 2nd January 2020 |
Harrogate Circular
Meet at Harrogate railway
station |
| 6th February 2020 |
Barwick in Elmet Circular
Meet at the maypole, SE 399374 |
| 5th March 2020 |
Chatburn Circular
Meet at church in centre
of Chatburn, Lancashire |
| 2nd April 2020 |
Mirfield Circular
Meet at Mirfield railway
station. SE 203196 |
| 7th May 2020 |
Penistone Circular
Meet at Penistone railway station |
| 11th June 2020 |
Silsden Circular
Meet at Steeton and Silsden
railway station |
| 2nd July 2020 |
Marsden Circular
Meet at Marsden railway
station |
| 6th August 2020 |
Littleborough Circular
Meet at Littleborough
railway station |
| 3rd September 2020 |
Ripley Circular
Meet at Ripley free car
park |
| 1st October 2020 |
Hebden Bridge Circular
Meet at Hebden
Bridge railway station. |
| 5 November 2020 |
Grassington Circular
Meet at NP car park
in Grassington |
| 3 December 2020 |
Harrogate Circular
Meet at Harrogate
railway station. |
Please
telephone Lynn Saleh on 01274 724888 for further details
Lake
District Walks
for members only
2019
Unless otherwise stipulated
by the walk leader, the car share meeting
place will be at Gargrave Car Park at 8.00 am
If you wish to join the car share at Giggleswick station
at 8.15 am, please contact the walk leader in advance
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DATE
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ROUTE
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START POINT
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GRADE
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Wednesday
23 October 2019 |
Troutbeck
Circular:
Limefitt, Hagg Gill, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite
Beacon, Stony Cove Pike |
Troutbeck,
Church bridge |
Strenuous |
2020
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DATE
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ROUTE
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START
POINT
|
GRADE
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Thursday
23 April 2020 |
Longsleddale
High or low route depending on the weather |
Meet
at St Mary’s church car park (or Sadgill
if few cars) OL7. GR 502 029 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
Wednesday
20 May 2020 |
Base
Brown and Great Gable |
Seathwaite
Farm |
Strenuous |
Wednesday
10 June 2020 |
Mardale
Head Circular
via High Street, Kidsty Pike |
Car
park at the far end of Haweswater |
Moderate/Strenuous |
Thursday
18 June 2020 |
Elterwater
Circular
via Skelwith bridge, Black Fell, Holme
Fell,
Lingmoor Fell |
Elterwater
NT car park |
Strenuous |
Friday
3 July 2020 |
Windermere
Train Walk |
Times
and route to be notified when new timetables
are available |
Moderate/Strenuous |
Wednesday
22 July 2020 |
Dockray
Circular
via Great Dodd, Watson’s Dodd, Sty
Barrow Dodd, Hartside |
To
be confirmed |
Strenuous |
Monday
3 August 2020 |
Rydal
Circular
via Fairfield |
Car park off the A591. OL7. GR 352 065 |
Moderate/Strenuous |
Thursday
20 August 2020 |
Martindale
Circular
via High Raise, Rest Dodd, Beda Head |
To
be confirmed |
Strenuous |
Friday
4 September 2020 |
Rosthwaite Circular
via Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Honister |
To
be confirmed |
Moderate/Strenuous |
Thursday
17 September 2020 |
Greenburn
NT Estate Circular |
1.5
miles north of Grasmere, GR 332 096 |
Strenuous |
Thursday
1 October 2020 |
Brotherswater
Circular |
To
be confirmed |
Strenuous |
Please
telephone Merrilyn Hall on 07807 200 517 for further details
Other
Events
for members only
2019
| Sunday
24 November 2019 |
Annual General Meeting
at the Black Horse Hotel,
Skipton
at 11.15 am (tea and coffee available
from 10.45 am)
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Please see the members'
Newsletter or
Telephone
Diane Taylor on 0113 293 1924 for further details
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