Future Events and Information
Annual Ramblers Association Quiz
Date: Saturday 26th May at 7:30pm
Venue: Moulton Village Hall
Please contact Pam Tyler (01604 499636)
before the 26th March latest if you would like
to join the Northampton Ramblers team
2012 Walking Weekends
SPRING
Put the dates in your diary now.....
Friday April 13th to Monday April 16th 2012 (3 nights)
Based in Hebden Bridge near Halifax (South Pennines)
Contact Pam and Roger Tyler for more details on
Northampton 499636
The weekend will be offering the opportunity to enjoy some of the many delightful and varied walks available from this pleasant old West Yorkshire town situated in the Calder Valley, not far from the Pennine Way and Calderdale Way etc .
The well known Haworth area with its Bronte connections is only a relatively short car journey away together with the famous Keighley and Worth Valley Steam Railway.
Evening meals will be arranged at the excellent “Hare & Hounds” PH just above Hebden Bridge. A list of local B & B addresses is available from Pam and Roger, as you need to book your own accommodation.
AUTUMN
Put the dates in your diary now.....
Friday 21st to Monday 24th September 2012 (3 nights)
The weekend is being organised by John Churchman and is based in Eastbourne (Sussex) staying at the Marine Parade Hotel. People are already booking their accommodation, so please come and join them.
Walks likely to be included are Beachy Head, Seven Sister's, the South Downs and the `Long Man`.
Contact John for more details on Northampton 629323 or Mobile: 07821143067
Other information which might be of interest
Received an e-mail from Clare Abbatt (7th January) asking
for this information to be placed on our web-site, as it may
be of interest to our members......
I am organising an exhibition at Northampton Museum
and Art Gallery:
Step into my Shoes, significant journeys on foot.
It is about Scott of the Antarctic and other journeys.
7 Feb - 15 April 2012.
And if you want a walk for when you are on holiday in England, there is a website, Walking in England, for walks all over the country, for Northamptonshire the website is......
And if you want accommodation this website might help....
Just a very quick email to let you know about our website, I do hope you will be kind enough to let your fellow ramblers and walkers know about our accommodation site. www.beds4ramblers.com
Northampton Ramblers, have been asked to help promote the following two charities on our website....
The National Kidney Federation is a charity run by kidney patients for kidney patients, in the UK there are 50,000 people receiving treatment for kidney disease, our charity looks after the welfare and needs of people with kidney disease. We get no funding from the government and rely completely on sponsorship and donations.
In 2012 we are organising a series of walking events that your members may be interested in taking part and supporting our charity, please see below ….
Ben Nevis 21st April
Yorkshire Three Peaks 21st April
Three Peaks Challenge 16th June or 15th September
Iceland July 4th to 8th July
Kilimanjaro 21st to 30th June
Sahara 10th – 18th March
Peru 19th – 28th April
China 13th – 22rd September
Jordan 10th – 14th October
Vietnam 17th -26th October
South Africa 25th Oct – 3rd Nov
Nepal 8th – 17 November
Costa Rica 22 Nov – 2 Dec
All the above require a deposit and a sponsorship but you could go for free, please contact me for more details.
Kind Regards
Pete Revell
Head of Fundraising
National Kidney Federation
and......
NORTHANTS SEARCH AND RESCUE......would like to make our members aware of their not-for-profit organisation, whose mission is to support the Police with `search and rescue` operations. The searches can be at any time of day or night and involve searching for people of all ages.
If you are interested or would like further information, please contact Martin Aspey
Thank you.....
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