Dear All,

Welcome to  your  February update. There are just a couple of things to  remind you about at  the moment - a 'figure of eight' social  walk  this coming Sunday, and our AGM and walk  the following Saturday.

After that,  there is a gap  in our social  walks calendar until we will be walking to  The Orient with  Peter T. on  2nd March.  Lizzie would love to  hear from anyone who could put on a pop-up  weekend or  mid-week walk in the meantime. All the information you need is here: Essex & Herts LDWA - Available Walks Dates 2024

Social walks 

Sunday 28^th January:  Halstead Figure of Eight. 17.5 miles. 9am, Butler Road car park, Butler Road, Halstead  C09 1LL (https://w3w.co/buggy.sound.pining ) Free on Sundays. A figure of eight walk heading to Castle Hedingham for our morning stop where toilets & seats are available and returning to the car park at Halstead for lunch. There are cafes & pubs in the town, and seats in the town gardens if the weather is OK. The morning walk is about 11.5 miles with about 6 miles in the afternoon. Leader Jean Bowers: 01787 460181 07732 902218   jeanbill.walking2@btinternet.com

Please contact Jean beforehand if you want to bring your dog.

AGM 

Saturday 3^rd February:  Essex and Herts LDWA Group AGM and Sculpture Walk WI Hall,  Garden Terrace Road  Old Harlow,  CM17 0AT ( https://w3w.co/inches.brains.lions )

There is free  parking in Garden Terrace  Road car park (CM17 0AT) which is just  across the road from the WI Hall  or Wayre Street car park (CM17 0DN) which is about 200 yards away. Harlow Mill Railway Station is less than a mile away.

Tea and coffee will be available from 9am and the AGM will start at 9.30am.

Everyone is welcome to attend to  meet up with members old and new and to help shape the future of our group. 

The Agenda and the Minutes of the last  meeting are attached below,  together with the Financial  Report for the year and a proposed revised Constitution for our group. This is based on a new model constitution for all LDWA local  groups.

AGENDA

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE 2023 AGM

FINANCIAL REPORT

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 2024

Afternoon Sculpture Walk:  As usual, we have a post-AGM afternoon walk planned. This will start  at  about 1.30pm to  give us time to  have our lunch in the hall ( please bring your own packed lunch).  Peter Aylmer will then lead  us on a  walk of about 9 miles around some  of Harlow’s many, many wonderful sculptures.(Harlow Sculpture Town Harlow Sculpture Town -) 

If you have any queries about the AGM, or want to send your apologies,  please get in touch with Jackie:  07845 969826  essexandherts@ldwa.org.uk 

That's all  for this update,

Happy Walking

Jackie  essexandherts@ldwa.org.uk