Our illustrious Treasurer finally turned 60 this October, but not wanting to crowd the CYHA programme, he elected to postpone the celebrations to November and booked Holmbury St Mary YH for the party of the decade.

Located in the Surrey Hills, or, judging by the poor phone signal, one of …

Many years ago I came across the Isles of Scilly (albeit indirectly), in Rick Wakeman’s album ‘Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table’, which I bought during my pilgrimage into prog rock in 1979. This featured the land of Lyonesse in one of …

August Bank Holiday and a sunny forecast! If only we’d thought to hire a secluded hostel at the far end of the Edale Valley. Oh! But we did! Thank you Nigel for booking the Dalehead Bunkhouse.

It was advisable to arrive in daylight as the bunkhouse was a long …

Our August weekend trip was to Darsham in Suffolk, staying in the old railway station. It was planned to have a mixture of cycling, walking and canoeing, but the weather had other ideas. The cold, dreary weather of July threatened to follow us into August.

The forecast for Saturday was …

Well, there’s absolutely no need to rush a good thing, and I don’t think we can be accused of rushing our completion of the Thames Path.

It all started with a trip to the Thames Barrier in 2007, but it was a few years before we attempted the …

We arrived at Alnmouth in Northumberland at 3pm on the Friday, and John picked up a message from Steve that he was at Durham services and would arrive in around an hour. So John sat on the platform seat. I went to look for a suitable place to see him …

Our May Bank Holiday trip was to the exotic Isle of Portland in Dorset, staying in The Bunker, a lovely independent hostel on Victoria Square.

Victoria Square was probably in its heyday in the late Victorian period when, in 1862, a railway branch line was constructed linking Portland to Weymouth …

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in April and most of the group set out from Rydal to walk the Fairfield Horseshoe. The weather was clear and sunny, with a light breeze. We had walkers of various levels of experience, and all were looking forward to a challenging but rewarding …

On a trip to Cambridge you are never short of options for things to do. For our recent weekend visit the Saturday had the better forecast, so we elected to walk along the River Cam. An early start had us catching the train out to Waterbeach so that we could …

Our trip at the start of February was to Palace Farm at Doddington in Kent. This charming corner of the North Downs has long been a favourite with the group. It’s a lovely hostel, with a really nice pup just a short stroll down the road. All around there …