Walk Reports

Walk Reports 2024

Walk Reports - 2024Totals for year:Walks -10 Miles -208Walkers -196Walk Leaders - Return of The Old Ell and Back. Saturday March 30. Distance 30 miles. 20 Walkers. Leader Adrian Gosling. Photos by Tom Wood and Julia Warman and Peter Smith. Hade Edge. Saturday March 23. Distance 22 miles. 16…

Walk Reports 2023

Walk Reports - 2023Totals for year:Walks - Miles -Walkers - Walk Leaders - Tims-Annual-Hootenanny-Walk. Sunday December 31. Distance 11 Miles. 25 Walkers. Leader Tim Rollett. Photos by Helen Hills, Roger Mahony and Tom Wood. Bah-Humbug-Wetherby. Saturday December 30. Distance 18 Miles. 18…

Walk Reports 2022

  Walk Reports - 2022Totals for year:Walks - Miles -Walkers - Walk Leaders - Tim's Annual Hootenanny Walk. Saturday December 31. Distance 12 miles. 18 Walkers. Leader Tim Rollett. Photos by Tom Wood Saltaire Brewery. Thursday December 22. Distance 17 miles. 16 Walkers. Leader Kevin Hudson. Walk…

Walk Reports 2021

  Walk Reports - 2021Totals for year:Walks - 40Miles - 863Walkers - 480Walk Leaders -16   Mytholmroyd. Saturday 3rd April 2021. Distance - 21 miles. 11 walkers. Leader - Ian Hull.Guest walk leader Ian Hull from the South Pennine Group got the show back on the road for us with our first social walk…

Walk Reports 2020

  Walk Reports - 2020Totals for year:Walks - 23Miles - 466Walkers - 199Walk Leaders - 12   Guiseley. Tuesday 7th January 2020. Distance - 10 miles. 7 walkers. Leaders - John & Jean Hussey.   Conistone. Saturday 11th January 2020. Distance - 18 miles. 11 walkers. Leader - Jane Parry.Photos by Tom…

Walk Reports 2019

  Walk Reports - 2019Totals for year:Walks - 38Miles - 841Walkers - 512Walk Leaders -14   Ilkley. Saturday 12th January 2019. Distance - 21 miles. 30 walkers. Leader - Tom Wood.Photos by Ralph Warman.   Cowling. Saturday 19th January 2019. Distance - 18 miles. 17 walkers. Leader - Graham…

Walk Reports 2018

  Walk Reports - 2018Totals for year: Walks - 36 Miles - 736 Walkers - 598 Walk Leaders - 16   Swinsty. Sunday January 7th 2018. Distance - 16 miles. 35 walkers. Leader - Tim Rollett.Photos by Ralph Warman & Ian Dyer.   Grassington. Saturday January 20th 2018. Distance - 19 miles. 22 walkers.…

Walk Reports 2017

  Walk Reports - 2017Totals for year: Walks - 26 Miles - 567 Walkers - 456 Walk Leaders - 16   Skipton. Saturday January 21st 2017. Distance - 18 miles. 14 walkers. Leader - Philip Clarke. Photos by Ralph Warman & Tom Wood.   Earby. Saturday January 28th 2017. Distance - 17 miles. 10 walkers.…

Walk Reports 2016

  Walk Reports - 2016Totals for year: Walks - 26 Miles - 536 Walkers - 414 Walk Leaders - 10   Shibden. Saturday January 23rd 2016. Distance - 18 miles. 17 walkers. Leader - Philip Clarke.Our trip to Halifax attracted a few new faces to the group for our jaunt around Calderdale.No rain today, a…

Walk Reports 2015

  Walk Reports - 2015Totals for year: Walks - 31 Miles - 643 Walkers - 494 Walk Leaders - 11   Otley. Sunday January 4th 2015. Distance - 18 miles. 15 walkers. Leader - Bob Clarke.Around North and West Leeds using part of the Leeds Country Way.   Spofforth. Saturday January 10th 2015. Distance -…

Walk Reports 2014

  Walk Reports - 2014Totals for year: Walks - 31 Miles - 634 Walkers - 462 Walk Leaders - 11   Guiseley. Saturday January 11th 2014. Distance - 16 miles. 32 walkers. Leader - Bob Clarke.An impressive turnout enjoyed fine weather and views on a very social walk.Photos by Tom Wood.   Swinsty.…

Walk Reports 2013

  Walk Reports - 2013Totals for year: Walks - 22 Miles - 410 Walkers - 314 Walk Leaders - 10   Ilkley. Saturday January 12th 2013. Distance - 21 miles. 12 walkers. Leader - Linda Wright.Middleton, Hazlewood and Addingham moors.Photos by Tom Wood.   Chatburn. Saturday February 16th 2013.…

Walk Reports 2012

  Walk Reports - 2012Totals for year: Walks - 19 Miles - 392 Walkers - 279 Walk Leaders - 10   Ilkley. Sunday January 22nd 2012. Distance - 18 miles. 14 walkers. Leader - Andy Ward.Andy's birthday walk. Across Ilkley Moor to check out the new paving. Photos by Tom Wood. Ilkley.…

Walk Reports 2011

  Walk Reports - 2011Totals for year: Walks - 28 Miles - 614 Walkers - 379 Walk Leaders - 8   Ilkley. Saturday January 8th 2011. Distance 18 miles. 17 walkers. Leader - Andy Ward.Walked around Ilkley Moor.Photos by Tom Wood.   Marsden. Tuesday January 25th 2011. Distance 20 miles. 16…

Walk Reports 2010

  Walk Reports - 2010Totals for year: Walks - 17 Miles - 359 Walkers - 264 Walk Leaders - 7   Skipton. January 9th 2010. Distance - 20 miles. 10 walkers. Leader - Andy Ward.Ten brave souls decided to brave the elements and set off from Skipton to walk to Winterburn reservoir and over Sharp…

Walk Reports 2009

  Walk Reports - 2009Totals for year: Walks - 13 Miles - 299 Walkers - 235 Walk Leaders - 7   Malham. January 24th 2009. Distance - 18 miles. 21 walkers. Leader - Patricia Durdey.Janet's Foss, Stockdale Lane, Smearsett Scar and Fountains Fell were visited.Photos by ?   Ilkley. February…

Walk Reports 2008

  Walk Reports - 2008Totals for year: Walks - 13 Miles - 298 Walkers - 200 Walk Leaders - 10   Embsay. January 12th 2008. Distance - 18 miles. 22 walkers. Leader - Ian Dyer.A wet and misty day visiting Barden Moor, Burnsall and Embsay.Photos by Tom Wood.   Grassington. February 9th 2008.…

Walk Reports 2007

  Walk Reports - 2007Totals for year: Walks - 12 Miles - 284 Walkers - 199 Walk Leaders - 8   Malham. January 6th 2007. Distance - 18 miles. 27 walkers. Leader - Patricia Durdey.Starting at Malham and visiting Pikedaw, Monks Road and Arncliffe Cote on a damp, misty day. The group enjoyed the…

Walk Reports 1997

  Walk Reports - 1997   Lady Ann Way. Summer 1997. Continuous walk from Appleby in Westmoreland to Skipton over two days. Support provided from a minibus by John and Lesley Sparshatt.  

Walk Reports 2006

  Walk Reports - 2006Totals for year: Walks - 14 Miles - 349 Walkers - 216 Walk Leaders - 8   Three Crags Walk. January 21st 2006. Distance - 19 miles. 17 walkers. Leader - John Hallas. Visited Almscliff Crags followed by Caley Crags (Otley Chevin) and finished at the Cow and Calf Crags in…

Walk Reports 2005

  Walk Reports - 2005Totals for year: Walks - 7 Miles - 160 Walkers - 121 Walk Leaders - 5   Three Peaks. May 21st 2005. Distance - 25 miles. 11 walkers.5164 feet of ascent - Ingleborough, Whernside, Pen-y-Ghent. Cloudy but dry conditions. Total time for the route was 8 hrs 45 mins.Photos by…

Walk Reports 2004

  Walk Reports - 2004   Airedale Way Part 1. March 27th 2004. Distance - 25 miles.Photo by ?   John Merrill Dales Challenge. May 22nd 2004. Distance - 24.5 miles. 4500 feet of ascent.Photos by ?   Ulfkil Stride. July 24th 2004. Distance - 24 miles. 13 walkers.5334 foot of ascent…

Walk Reports 1993

  Walk Reports - 1993   Some photographs of the Ulfkil Stride Challenge Event in 1993  

Walk Reports 1979

  Walk Reports - 1979   The first Ulfkil Stride was organised by Jack Rayner and Peter Barker out of the back of a van in the car park at Buckden, Upper Wharfedale.Photos by ?      

Addingham walk: Sunday 3rd April 2022

Addingham walk: Sunday 3rd April 2022 By Kevin Hudson On a typical early April day, the cold morning gave way to a dry and at times sunny day, as the group of ten hardy souls' left Addingham village. Heading for the river Wharf and the steady climb towards Beamsley Beacon. Crossing the river via…

Anne Lister: Thursday 9th June 2022

Anne Lister: (Gentleman Jack) - Thursday 9th June 2022   A new venture for the Thursday group, in two respects, the first walk not to start in Idle village and a specifically designated history walk. It was also much shorter than the usual walks coming in at just nine miles. With series two of…

IDLE -Thursday 19th May 2022

Where should I start this report? My first of 2022, it was going to be the mother of all walks with 36 miles in front of us. The seven walkers all in their final preparations for the hundred in just two weeks' time, assembled in the now familiar surroundings of Idle village. Although overcast it…

Lancastrian Schoolroom

Lancastrian Schoolroom - Thursday 30th June   The second of the summer history walks, this time starting back in the familiar surroundings of Idle Village. Seven walkers assembled, including returnees from last year's autumn series, John & Christine, still yet unaware of the cornucopia of delights…

The Railway Children Return

The Railway Children Return - Thursday 14th July   Bastille Day - but there were no takers for my idea to travel to Paris to undertake some 'storming' so we settled on a more gentle and less revolutionary walk to Haworth in the footsteps of the Railway Children!!! A less intense day weather-wise…

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