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Wednesday Walks in January. A good start to the new year for the WW's team: Clougha Pike - a lovely day with magnificent views of Morecambe Bay and all the surrounding hills; Pennington Flash and Lightshaw meadows - Another perfect January day with blue skies and frost on the ground. A well attended meet with 14 members present; Pendle Hill - The rain stopped just in time for a dry although windy ascent. Special thanks to whoever built the much needed shelter on the summit ; Winter Hill - A winter wonderland walk from Horwich over Winter Hill. Overnight snow had laid down the magnificent white carpet and a splendid day was has by all; Nicky Nook - Another lovely day from Garstang to Nicky Nook. Frozen ground minimised the usual bog trot across the river flood plane. Snow on the hills made for delightful views. Well attended despite the leader getting snowbound at Orrell. Come along and join us for a taster walk some time. ... See more

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WW's training for Christmas and the New Year: The Winster valley. A visit to the Bluebell woods to plant a tree in memory of Derek, one of the founders of the WW group. The party assembled in Harry's cafe at High Newton for a very nice morning coffee. Then moved on to Cartmell Fell Church for the start of the walk which led us across the river Winster, North lodge, then Middle Low Wood and Askew Green. After re-crossing the river to High Tarn Green we planted the rowan tree near the entrance road to Silver Birch. Persistent rain all day and twenty two very wet walkers headed back to High Newton for refreshment by the nice warm fire in the Crown Inn; A walk from Salterforth Wharf on the Leeds Liverpool canal taking in the delights of Weets Hill and the very pleasant moors above Barnoldswick. A nice and dry day with a bitterly cold east wind made taking refreshment at Cafe Cargo at Foulridge most welcome indeed; Crag Bank and the Lancaster Canal. A walk along the Lancashire coastal path from Morecambe to Bolton-le-Sands with return via the towpath of the Lancaster canal. Lots of wading birds on the sea shore, blue sky sunshine and a good turn out of members; The great Christmas pudding walk-off over the West Pennines Moors. Lead Mines Clough, Redmond's Edge, Great Hill and White Coppice. Ten miles on a misty and damp day to walk off the excesses of Christmas. Job done, there followed refreshment in Rivington lower barn. A pleasant and well attended meet. Statistics for 2018: 507 miles, 84325 ft of ascent,554 walkers. The Wednesday Wanderers wish all members and followers the very best for a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. Come along and join us during 2019. ... See more

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Twelve members enjoyed a clear day with super and atmospheric views on yesterdays Lakeland walking meet up Dovedale and onto Fairfield. Rather windy and chilly on the tops needing recovery in the Brotherswater hotel. ... See more

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November; true to form has been a rather dark and damp month for the WW's but the team have managed to make the most of it. The Leck Valley and ease Gill above Kirby Lonsdale; Whitbarrow from Ravens Lodge below Whitbarrow Scar. A very good turn out but rain for most of the day, made it rather wet and slippy, especially on the Great Dalton Limestone Slab. The fossils will have to be viewed on another day; Claife Heights, Moss Eccles Tarn and Latterbarrow. A lovely walk on another rather cold and damp day; And finally the Chipping Circular followed by the annual WW Xmas lunch. Yet another wet and windy walk with an excellent meal for twenty three at the Cobbled Corner cafe in Chipping where we remembered one of our founder members Derek.; ... See more

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Kalymnos 18 - LMC members have been visiting Kalymnos during October for several years now. "The island is home to more than 3000 routes, many of impeccable quality and has become one of the best known destinations on the planet for year-round sport climbing". Given this you probably don't need to know that we enjoyed sunshine every day with temperatures in the mid twenties, great food, very nice people, quiet roads (although lots of smelly scooters), magnificent scenery, superb swimming, and .…. oh the Spinach Pies! Nine of us visited for a couple of weeks in November and enjoyed some fantastic climbing, swimming and super socialising. ... See more

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WW's in October.
The month started with twelve WWs joining Jim in Borrowdale for the grand final of his Wainwright round. The chosen crags were Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag, noted as being one of the most challenging ascents in the guide book! It’s fair to say that in terms of being “interesting”, the ascent of Eagle’s Crag matched last months descent of Carrock Fell. The group celebrated on the summit of Sergeant’s Crag with champagne and cake before descending to the valley for a meal in the Langstrath Country Inn in Stonethwaite. Thankfully the walks for following weeks were less demanding, Levens Bridge to Kendal; Borrowdale and Bretherdale Common; Maughton Scar and to complete the mont a rather damp and at times very wet day for the ascent of Capple Howe, Sour Howes and Sallows from the top of Brow Foot in Kentmere. Another fine month with the WW's. ... See more

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The Wednesday Walkers exploits carried on a pace in September. The Dunnerdale Fells from Broughton Mills; Great Stickle, Stickle Pike and Caw. A lovely blue sky day and a super walk of 10 miles, magnificent views of the hills of southern Lakeland and the Duddon estuary with the worlds largest wind farm on full display (a thing of beauty is a joy forever..........may be for some?). Miller Moss from Mungrisdale; This was the WW's first ascent of the latest mountain to be designated as such in the Lakes. It's rather small and in fact does not appear on some OS maps. The actual summit is now measured at 610.1 metres (2002 feet) and on some maps is named as Little Lingy Hill. The WWs visit began in Mosedale and followed the River Caldew and Grainsgill Beck up to the recently renovated Great Lingy Hut for lunch. After reaching the target peak, the group continued on to Great Lingy Hill, High Pike and Carrock Fell. It is worth noting that the group made what could be the first and last ever descent of the south face of Carrock Fell. A visit to 'Shap Chippy' was needed to recover from the trauma and the painful extraction of the gorse spines. Stocks Reservoir; The imminence of Storm Ali, with forecast of dangerously high winds, meant that the planned visit to Brother’s Water had to be postponed and the WW opted for a less exposed walk round Stocks Reservoir. Fortunately, our arrival at the fishermen’s café coincided with lunch time and the only serious rain of the day. Alcock Tarn, Grassmere and Rydal Water; A walk from Rydal took the WWs along the coffin route, up to Alcock Tarn and then down to Grasmere. It was good to see that work on the replacement for the bridge at Greenhead Gill, which was destroyed by a storm in 2015, is well underway. After lunch on the village green, the group returned along the shores of Grasmere and Rydal Water. ... See more