Programme
Wednesday Meetings, Weekends Away & Other Events
May 2007
Wednesday 2nd May
Chelmsford Town Trail
Join us for a stroll around Chelmsford & Moulsham, taking in the historical sites. Meet at the Y at 8:30 pm to finish in the Railway Arms at about 9:30 pm.
Friday 4th May to Monday 7th May 2007
Pembrokeshire
Three nights in South Wales for the Bank Holiday weekend.
Friday night at Port Eynon hostel, a former lifeboat station right on a sweeping sandy beach on the Gower peninsula. The coastline and beaches are spectacular.
Saturday and Sunday at Manorbier hostel. A modern spacious hostel with fine sea views convenient for walking on the Pembrokshire Coast Path. Other attractions in the area include Manorbier and Pembroke Castles, Tenby (a walled Medieval town), sandy beaches and the Great Wedlock Dinosaur Experience!
Deposit £45 to book your place please. (Total cost for the weekend will be about £75).
Wednesday 9th May
Syria & Jordan Talk
A slide show of Jordan and Syria, two of the most interesting and contrasting countries in the Middle East. Jordan, ruled by Britain's oldest friends in the Middle East and a country full of spectacular ruins, including the weird and wonderful Petra, centre of the enigmatic Nabateans of whom so much has been written but so little known. Syria, central to the modern Middle East and gradually emerging from decades of isolation, also offers much to see. Slides of ancient Greek cities, Biblical places, Crusader castles, Byzantine churches, thermal springs, the Dead Sea and modern sites.
Sunday 13th May
Bluebell Walk
Join us for a walk of approximately 7 miles around Great Braxted, taking in the bluebell wood at Shut Heath.
Park in the village of Great Totham, just south east of Witham, and meet outside the Bull Inn, Maldon Road, Gt Totham (TL858119, see map) at 10:30am. Please bring sandwiches for lunch.
Wednesday 16th May
Committee Meeting
We will be trip planning for winter and organising Wednesday evenings for July. Everybody is welcome at the committee meetings.
Wednesday 23rd May
Evening Walk
Starting at the Cricketers, Mill Green (grid ref TL639012, see map) at 7:30pm, we will be enjoying a short walk (3½ miles) before returning to the pub for a well-earned drink.
Saturday 26th May to Sunday 3rd June
Scotland Week
We spend the first four nights at the Glencoe hostel in one of Scotlands most famous and spectacular glens.
There are plenty of Munro-bagging opportunities, including several good routes on the Bidean nam Bian massif, and both Buachaille Etive Beag and Buachaille Etive Mor. For adventurous walkers, the finest mainland scramble in the UK is the Aonach Eagach. This boasts two of Scotland's trickiest Munro hills, Sgor nam Fiannaidh and Meall Dearg, terminating at the Pap of Glencoe. Other points of interest include the cave of Ossian, the cross marking the site of the massacre of 1692, scenic waterfalls in the Pass of Glencoe, and the famous Clachaig Inn.
On Wednesday we move on for three nights at Ratagan hostel on the shore of Loch Duich, with views to the Five Sisters of Kintail. The traverse of the Five Sisters ridge is among the best walks in Scotland. Visits to Eilean Donan Castle and the Isle of Skye are also possible.
On Saturday on the way south, stop at Arnside hostel by Morecambe Bay with views of the Lake District.
Deposit £90 to book your place please. (Total cost for the week will be around £200).
Note: Unless otherwise stated, Wednesday events start at 8.30pm at the YMCA in Victoria Road, Chelmsford
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