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Blockley
Ramblers News – Updated 14 October 2008
October and November walks
Blockley Ramblers now walk mid-week as well as on
Sundays. Depending on Bank Holidays, mid-week walks are being arranged
for the first Tuesday and third Thursday of each month, the Tuesday
walks being similar in length to the Sunday’s i.e. around 4-5 miles,
with the Thursday ones being longer (8-9 miles), with a pub or picnic
lunch.
Details of the
October walks are as
follows:
Sunday
12 October
Walk:
Moreton-in-Marsh – Sezincote - Bourton-on-the-Hill – Batsford -
Moreton-in-Marsh
Distance: 5.5 miles, easy
Leaders: Christine Girling & AN Other
Meet: Moreton-in-Marsh (car park in Station Road) @
14.30
Midweek walks
Tuesday 7 October
Snowshill - Broadway – Snowshill, 6 miles, moderate
with one climb
Meet Snowshill public car park @ 10.00
Thursday
23 October
Around Long Compton, 5 miles am and 4.5 miles pm,
moderate with a couple of climbs (lunch Red Lion, Long Compton)
Meet Red Lion @ 10.00 and 13.30.
If you want lunch we need to order it and Jenny will send out a reminder
nearer the day.
Details of the
November walks are as
follows:
Sunday 9 November
Walk:
Stanton-Snowshill-Stanton
Distance: 3.5 miles am (one steep climb); 3 miles pm (mainly downhill)
Leaders: Jenny and Trevor Price
Meet: Mount Inn (Stanton) & 10.45 for coffee provided by
Jenny (car park to the RIGHT of the Inn as you go past it up the
hill). Lunch at Snowshill Arms. Those joining at lunchtime can be
ferried back to the Snowshill Arms from Stanton.
Midweek walks
Tuesday
4 November
Blockley-Bourton Downs-Blockley 5.5 miles, moderate.
Meet Dovedale (end of High Street) @ 10.00
Thursday
20 November
Around Meon Hill (Mickleton-Upper Quinton-Mickleton) 6 miles,
moderate.
Meet by Mickleton church @ 10.00. (morning only to avoid being
back in the dark)
NB Everyone participating in walks
does so at her/his own risk and should not leave the group without
informing the leaders. Please ensure that your clothing/footwear is
appropriate to the conditions. If you walk with a dog, please keep it on
the lead when on roads or where live stock is present. Also, wherever
possible, please share cars to avoid congestion at meeting place.
Suggestions for future walks will be gratefully
received. Please email details to
keithsisson@hotmail.co.uk
Cotswolds Wardens
Parish Wardens
The Cotswolds Wardens undertake a variety of activities to help sustain
and improve the amenities of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
that is the Cotswolds. One of these, the job of so-called Parish
Wardens, is walking local footpaths and liaising with the relevant
Gloucestershire County Council officers in the event of problems such as
broken stiles or fallen trees. Blockley, which is one of the largest
parishes in the north Cotswolds, has a number of such Wardens, each of
whom has responsibility for a different group of footpaths: Paul Adams,
Chris Blewitt and Emma Blewitt, Dick Robinson and Keith Sisson. If you
come across a problem on a footpath in the parish during your walking,
please let
keithsisson@hotmail.co.uk know in the first instance.
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