NOTICES

1: New members: A warm welcome to the following new Primary members - Jamie Bowman, Henrietta Flood, Siobhan Frost, Lynne & Simon Maughan, Peter Neyens and Colin Ware & Orla McGrath, and the following new Associate members - Carolyn Dyer, Elizabeth Hindler, Sharon McHale, Sue Russell and Elaine Tribley. 

2: Speyside 100 Marshals: A message from our esteemed elder statesman Colin Saunders,

You may have heard about the problems North of Scotland Group are facing with the enforced reorganisation at comparatively short notice of the route and checkpoints for the Speyside 100 (25-27 May).  London Group have offered to do what we can to help in this unenviable situation, and so far five of our members have come forward. Gail and John Elrick and Dave Williams will be helping with general duties at HQ, while Susanne Waldschmidt and John Sparshatt will be marshalling at Checkpoint 7 at Recletich Barn, near Dufftown, before continuing on to join the others at HQ.  HQ is at Boat of Garten, a village seven miles northeast of Aviemore.

Marshals will be asked to work in shifts, and those helping at HQ can rest on seats or floor space there, or be given a lift to more comfortable accommodation at Badaguish (the original HQ), though this is 11 miles away.  Free transport will be provided for marshals between Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Badaguish.  Free meals and refreshments will be provided while on duty.

This is a wonderful opportunity to combine visiting and walking, in some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, with helping those brave souls who challenge themselves by attempting to walk 100 miles.  Aviemore is a busy inland resort, and the Strathspey Steam Railway goes from there to Boat of Garten.  There are good train and coach services to Aviemore from London, Edinburgh and Glasgow.  It’s up to individuals to decide how to get to and from Scotland, and you’ll need to do your own research, but there’s plenty of scope to call in at places on the way you’ve always wanted to visit.

I hope to join our marshals, but health issues prevent me from making firm plans at present.  However, if you would like to help, one of the organisers Graham Smith (an old friend of London and Kent Groups, now based in the far north of Scotland), would be delighted to hear from you by email: n.scot.ldwa@gmail.com.

Forthcoming Social Walk