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About Our Walks and Trips

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When Where What Organiser Closing date for booking
Saturday 4th January 2025 Lancing Ring Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 19th January 2025 Amberley and Burpham Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 1st February 2025 Botolphs Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday 7th - Monday 10th February 2025 New Forest Weekend Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 05/12/2024
Sunday 16th February 2025 Benbow Pond, Midhurst Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 1st March 2025 Seven Sisters Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 16th March 2025 High Weald, Balcombe Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th March 2025 Black Mountains Weekend Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 29/12/2024
Sunday 6th April 2025 Ditchling Beacon Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 4th May 2025 Littlehampton Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th May 2025 Dartmoor Extended Weekend Trip with optional wild camp This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 31/03/2025
Monday 19th May 2025 Ashington Evening Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 25th May 2025 Kingley Vale Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 1st - Tuesday 10th June 2025 Glencarron & Torridon Hills Scotland Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 19th June 2025 Knepp rewilded estate Evening Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 22nd June 2025 TBC Outdoor First Aid course This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 29th June 2025 Summer Social from Williamʼs house BBQ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 27/06/2025
Sunday 29th June 2025 Bracklesham Bay Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 27/06/2025
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 Bramber and River Adur Evening Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 5th July 2025 Arundel, Tortington Common, Binstead Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday 8th - Sunday 13th July 2025 Northumberland Coast More than a Weekend Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday 28th July 2025 Alisonʼs House Planning Meeting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 2nd - Tuesday 12th August 2025 Cumbria Way Summer Stroll This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 04/12/2024
Wednesday 6th August 2025 Wineham (near Henfield) Evening Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 9th August 2025 Burpham Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 24th August 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 6th September 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 7th - Thursday 18th September 2025 Corsica Foreign Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 10/02/2025
Sunday 21st September 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 4th October 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th October 2025 South Snowdonia Weekend Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 09/08/2025
Sunday 19th October 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 1st November 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th November 2025 Shropshire Hills Long Weekend Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 16th November 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 23rd November 2025 Goring-by-Sea C of E Primary School 2025 AGM This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 29th November 2025 Christmas Dinner This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday 6th December 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday 21st December 2025 Day Walk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday 5th - Tuesday 12th May 2026 Crete Foreign Trip This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Foreign trip – Madeira
Wednesday 13th - Wednesday 20th March 2024
Our foreign trip for 2024 takes us to the beautiful island of Madeira. Surging from the Atlantic Ocean, Madeira offers a temperate sub-tropical paradise perfect for year-round walking. One of Madeira's many charms is its infinite variety; each day's walking and every levada - the island's unique network of water channels - is different. Landscapes vary from cultivated vine terraces and verdant slopes dotted with white hamlets to coastal cliffs with balcony views over the azure seas. Some walks may require “a head for heights” as levada can be deep and walks along the edges occur.

We will purchase this self-guided walking holiday from Headwater Travel (The Company Exodus use for these holidays). A representative from Headwater is located on the Island should we need help.

The Itinerary and details of the holiday can be found at Itinerary for Madeira.

We will take the half board option as the nearest village is 10Km away and we are staying in a remote village.

You will need to ensure that you have holiday insurance in place at the time of booking. If you are over the age of 80 you cannot drive in Madeira.

COSTS
Holiday: £979pp + £244pp (half board supplement). This is based on 2 people sharing a twin room. (Single room supplement is £304pp).
Flights: Booked separately from EasyJet. Please check EasyJet Web site for prices.

In addition, you will need to budget for insurance, fuel, packed lunches, and drinks. Please ensure that your insurance cover is for a Walking Holiday abroad and includes re-patriation. Holiday insurance needs to be in place when you book the holiday. You are liable to pay the full amount of the holiday once you book unless a substitute can take your place.

To book your place, or ask any questions, contact Debbie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The total cost of the holiday is now due.

 

Organiser:    Debbie Hibberd email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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Coordinates:    W 16.9949, N 32.6938

 

 

Scottish trip – Braemar
Thursday 23rd - Friday 31st May 2024
Our trip north for 2024 will be to Braemar in the stunning Cairngorm mountain range. We'll be staying for 8 nights in Claybokie on the beautiful Mar Lodge estate, a grand old residence with all the facilities to make our stay extremely comfortable. The accommodation is a bit grander than our usual bunkhouse or log cabin and can accommodate 10 guests. But sometimes we all deserve a bit of luxury. (If more than 10 members are interested, then we will endeavour to find some more accommodation locally.)

You can view some details here: Mar Lodge Estate

We will offer breakfast, bread and spread and at least half of the days’ evening meals. All other meals will be eaten in local restaurants.

The Cairngorms offer a beautiful setting for walking with stunning scenery. Normally a low level, shorter, walk and a high level longer walk are offered each day.

A non-refundable deposit of £119 is required at the time of booking. Places will be allocated on a first paid system.

The total cost is anticipated to be approximately £550pp group travel and £420pp for independents. Participants should allow for the additional cost of eating out for 4 nights.

Please contact the organiser to reserve your place on yet another great week in Scotland.

 

Organiser:    Debbie Hibberd/Richard Wilton email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Grid reference:    NO 096 899
Post Code:    AB35 5YJ
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Coordinates:    W 3.48869, N 56.99152

 

 

Weekend Trip – Malvern Hills (with a dip into the Cotswolds!)
Friday 5th - Monday 8th April 2024
**Rescheduled from September 2023**

We're trying again to make this trip happen!

This time the accommodation will only be confirmed when we have the numbers so please reserve your place as early as possible so we can secure a booking.

For this three night trip we'll stay in Ledbury, six miles from the Malvern Hills, in one or more lovely lodges (with no bunk beds!), depending on numbers.

Each lodge has one double room. Cost is estimated for single occupancy but could reduce if we achieve any doubling up.)

There will be two full day walks (Saturday and Sunday) in and around the Malvern Hills and a shorter one in the Cotswolds on the Monday after an early departure from the accommodation.

Each lodge has an open plan lounge/kitchen/dining area with a leather suite and wood-burning stove. Additional heating is provided by storage heaters.

The main bathrooms have bath, shower cubicle with electric shower, sink, wc and electric shaver point.

The double bedrooms have ensuite shower rooms, with electric shower, a sink, wc and electric shaver point.

With 5 or 6 people in each lodge, we will share these bathroom facilities during the daytime.

There are also furnished patios and a sauna room!

Bedding is provided but not towels.

We will arrange the usual merry meals rota, possibly alternating between the lodges for cooking and washing up but probably serving up in both dining areas (or on the patios if the weather is kind!)

Accomodation:

Woodside Country Park is a family run 28-acre park set in countryside with stunning views, an abundance of wildlife plus fishing and wild swimming available only to those staying on site.

Care has been taken to preserve and enhance the surrounding environment, by providing wild flower and natural woodland areas, thus encouraging an abundance of wild life. This has been recognised by the number of awards received over the years, including the David Bellamy Gold Awards for conservation every year since 2005!

Nestling amongst the scenic woodland slopes at the foot of the Malvern Hills, is the nearby historic Market town of Ledbury, first noted in the Doomsday Book as Ledberge, an ancient settlement since the Stone Age and famous for its black and white buildings.

The countryside surrounding Ledbury is noted for its Hop Yards, Cider Orchards (including the traditional cider and perry products), and the world famous Hereford Cattle

https://www.woodsidelodges.co.uk/

Falcon Ln, Ledbury HR8 2JN

Cost: Approximately £155 for group travel, £120 for independent travel.

This includes two evening meals and three breakfasts.

 

Organiser:    Jeannie Worsfold email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Grid reference:    SO 682 382
Post Code:    HR8 2JN
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Coordinates:    W 2.46491, N 52.0418

 

 

  1. Boscastle Weekend Trip - Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th April
  2. Weekend Camping (or Glamping) Trip to Corfe Castle - Friday 12th - Sunday 14th July
  3. French Trip - Brittany Coast Path - Sunday 25th August - Saturday 7th September
  4. Mid-week trip to White Peak Derbyshire

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