Sun 29 May - Hart Crag

PLEASE CAN YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON COMING ON THE WALK, BECAUSE IF NOT ENOUGH INTEREST WILL BE POSTPONED TO ANOTHER TIME.

Start Point: Cow Bridge - between Brothers Water & Patterdale (GR NY 403134) @ 10:00
Description: Along Dovedale Beck up to Hart Crag, along Hartsop above How and back down to Brothers Water.
Distance: 8 miles
Total Ascent: around 700 metres
Time: 5 hours
Grade: 3
Leader: Lisa (07967442702) or lisa_9753@hotmail.com

Sun 22 May - Great Gable

There will be alternate walk if weathers bad on day

Ascend Green Gable via Sourmilk gill. Go across Windy Gap, up Great Gable, come back along the climbers traverse beneath Great Napes and down across Stockley bridge back to the cars.

Start - 10:00am at Seathwaite (turn off from the Honister rd) meet by the gate where road ends.

Accent - 930m

Distance - 10km

Time - 5.5 hours

Leader: Matt (New Temp Number 07867848290)

Tue 17 May - Evening Walk - Arnside Knott

This is a relaxing evening stroll that takes in first the coastline around the edge of Arnside Prom. Providing the tide is out we will be walking along the beach and heading up through woods with a high chance of seeing some deer. We then take a footpath heading up to the viewpoint on Arnside Knott at 159m and onto the Trig Point a short distance away. A gentle descent into Arnside takes us back to the coast and our cars with the pub literally over the road.

Start: Carparking at end of Arnside prom. Grid Ref SD454786
Time: Start 7pm
Distance: 3 1/2 miles.
Time: 1.5 - 2 hours
Grade: 1
Leader: Claire D - 07511259791

Sun 15 May - Rannerdale bluebells walk

A walk with some small ups and downs in one of the most picturesque valleys of the Lake District.

From the path below Whiteside, to a short climb up Brackenthwaite Hows, we then descend through woodland where red squirrels hide out, reaching the edge of Crummock water and a shoreline path. On arriving in Rannerdale, a spectacular display of bluebells covering the fields is a sight worth seeing. A steady ascent of Rannerdale Knotts provides amazing views of the entire valley, followed by a steep descent and a return to the start.

Distance: 7.5 miles
Time: 4.5 hours
Total ascent: 350m
Grade: 2.5
Start: 10 am at Lanthwaite Green car park. Grid ref. NY159208
Leader: Phil (07958 698905)

Sat 14 May - Bike Ride - Whinlatter

Start Point: Parking at the (free) car park near the bottom of Whinlatter Pass
(G.R. NY 227 238) @ 10.00
Description: Whinlatter Pass / Blaze Bridge / Hopebeck / Brackenthwaite / Lanthwaite / beside Crummock Water / Buttermere (village) / Newlands Hause / Birkrigg / Stoneycroft / Braithwaite
Distance: 17 miles (27.4km / all ON ROADS!)
Leader: Dan (on 01229 832840 [eves.] or 07919 831237)

Sun 8 May 2011 - Grasmere

A Stroll around Grasmere's lake

This is a very gentle walk following keswick to barrow for those who perhaps want to stretch out tired legs or for those wanting to come and laugh at us all.

Starting at Pelter Bridge (NY365059), we will walk around Loughrigg Terrace and the lake shore to Grasmere where there will be a teashop and food stop if people would like to eat. Return to Pelter Bridge via the coffin route for drinks at the Badger Bar.

Note - Option of Loughrigg summit from Pelter Bridge for those who wish to visit but I am unlikely to be leading you there due to keswick to barrow. We will arrange a meeting point.

Start Time 10.30 Pelter Bridge car park
Grade 1 without Loughrigg. An easy Grade 2 with.
Leader Claire D 07511259791.

Sat 7 May 2011 - Keswick to Barrow

Fri 6 May - car shuffle: Claire, Phil and Vicky to take cars to Barrow.

Katalin - please contact Claire to arrange collection of tag on Friday.

Sat 7 May - Park at layby near Dale Bottom Caravan Park (see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=329320&Y=521890&A=Y&Z=120 for map). Paul to collect Firoz, Phil and Jeremy. Tom to collect Claire, Matt and Sheena. Meet 0520 at portable toilets by start point. NB it takes approximately 10 min to walk from layby to start point.

Grasmere - Support to be arranged (Linda please contact Claire)

Lowick - Volunteer needed for support (Dan can't make it)

There are also several checkpoints with drinks and one with food provided by the organisers.

Pizza in Barrow after everyone has completed the walk.

Sponsor forms may be downloaded from http://www.keswick2barrow.co.uk/sponsor_forms.asp - please note minimum amount of sponsorship per person is £60.

email claireduncan@rocketmail.com 07511259791

Photos from Cross Fell

Photos from Cross Fell from Dan and Alister:

Sun 1 May - Cross Fell

Leader: Anne (075 988 77 938)

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THIS WALK. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WALK WILL ONLY GO AHEAD IN GOOD WEATHER - OTHERWISE, AN ALTERNATIVE WALK WILL BE ARRANGED FROM THE SAME STARTING POINT.

Cross Fell - The highest point in the Pennines (893 m). A very different landscape to the Lake District, with views of the Pennines to the East, and across to the Lake District to the West.

Route: Past Kirkland Hall, then up the old corpse road to Garrigill, then along the Pennine Way over the summit to Tees Head. Descent via Wildboar Scar, then return via the Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony.

Distance: Approx 10 miles

Time: 5.5-6.5 hours

Ascent: Approx 700 m

Grade: 3-4

Start: 10.00, Kirkland, Parking is available on the roadside verges near
the church, Grid Ref NY645325.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=364550&y=532550&z=3&sv=364550,52550&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=364550&ay=532550

Car share: 09.00, Morrisons (Kendal)

Leader: Anne (075 988 77 938)