Welcome to the start of a whole new year! If you've made a resolution to get in shape of just to improve your fitness then have a look at our programme of walks for the coming year. We have everything from short afternoon walks through full day walks to a three day marathon in May! We visit not only the immediate countryside around us but also North to The Lake District, South to the Peak District and East to the Yorkshire Dales.
All this means you can experience a real variety of terrain and mileage. So come and Join us out and about in 2010 to explore the wonderful countryside around you and keep you healthy in return.
28th December 2009
A new walk report, the final one for 2009, for David Hill's Christmas Mince Pie walk on the 20th December is now online HERE
16th December 2009
As a little early Christmas present I have tweaked this homepage a little. The text is now slightly smaller and there is now room for box ads on both sides to advertise and announce various things.
I think the changes make the home page look better and I'll hopefully get to tweak the other pages soon too. Any comments please use the email or facebook links under Contact Us and let me know what you think!!
Cheers, and a Merry Christmas to you all, Phil.
23rd November 2009
There is a new page on the site all about Hyndburn Group Walk Leaders. It has been designed as an aid for any prospective new members who attend walks after looking at the website as they will be able to see which leaders may best suit their requirements and also what they look like so they know who to approach upon arrival. Any leader not yet featured will soon hopefully agree to have their photo put on the page.
The new page can be found HERE
18th November 2009
A new walk report for Robert Eccles' Baitings Reservoir and Blackstone walk on the 15th November is now online HERE
17th November 2009
After another successful AGM last night at Accrington Town Hall the Committee page has now been updated, please see HERE.
13th November 2009
A new walk report for David Hill's Padiham walk on the 8th November is now online HERE
13th November 2009
Got a message via Facebook from Sarah Gardner at the Ramblers that I think is of interest to us all!!
"Hi everyone,
WE DID IT! Thanks to all your support, coastal access is a reality!
After ten years of campaigning and lobbying by the Ramblers, the Queen has given Royal Assent to legislation which will create a legal route around the whole of England. Thousands of miles of inaccessible and out-of-bounds coastline will be permanently opened up to the public with the implementation of the Marine and Coastal Access Act. This piece of legislation has taken almost two years to go through parliament and now, thanks to continuous lobbying from you, it will become law. This means that you will now be able to enjoy your coast, without fear of trespassing or being diverted miles inland.
Currently nearly 50% of the English coast has no public right of way, and the public can only walk an average 1.9 miles on the coast on a ‘secure or satisfactory path’. The Act creates a duty to put in place a continuous coastal path around England, which will join with the Welsh Coastal Path and the existing rights of access in Scotland, to give the public the right to walk around the entire British coast for the first time.The new legal path is expected to bring unprecedented access to millions and vitally boost the rural economy.
Many, many thanks for all the lobbying and campaigning you have done to make coastal access a reality - this historic Act would never have been possible without the fantastic support you have given us in this campaign.
However the hard work is not over!
After the passing of secondary legislation needed to turn the act into reality and public consultations on Natural England’s Coastal Access Scheme, the Ramblers will be looking to play a full and active role in planned 54 local access reports which will be needed to put the path in place over the next ten years.
To do this we need local ramblers and volunteer’s who know their section of the coast. If you want to get involved in this important work check out our Volunteers section of the Ramblers website over the next few months and get involved via your local group.
Thanks very much and congratulations for ensuring legal access to your coast!
Best wishes from,
The Campaigns and Policy team at the Ramblers"
03rd November 2009
It's here!!! Yes folks, you should all have received your new 2010 Walks Programme through your door with the new look Area News. I do hope you like the programmes new format which has been designed with the prospect of getting them out to the general public via displays in the Tourist Info Centre and the libraries. Don't forget, any comments are always welcome via email or, especially at this time, come and air your views at the AGM.
For those who aren't yet a member of our group or members of other groups the 2010 Walks Programme is also now online. Click HERE to view. I'll be preparing a downloadable version soon.
I have put the last three months of 2009's programme at the top.
03rd November 2009
A reminder that two weeks today is Hyndburn Group's AGM folks!!! The venue as always is Accrington Town Hall and the start time is 7.30pm prompt. All members are welcome to attend and if you so wish join the Committee!!!
03rd November 2009
A new walk report for Phil Bedson's Rail Ramble on the 31st October is now online HERE
26th October 2009
Two new walk reports now online for the last two Sunday walks. Sue Larder's Downham & Twiston walk is HERE and Sheila Taylor's Hurst Green walk is HERE.
Both these reports and the pictures were submitted by the leaders so many thanks for them.
I have also been sent some photo's for the previous walk by Sue Larder which went up Pendle Hill. These can now be seen on the report HERE
18th October 2009
Just a reminder that Hyndburn Ramblers Annual General Meeting takes place on Monday 16th November 2009 starting at 7.30pm prompt. Please do try to attend as various Group Policies may be discussed.
Further to the post below of 21st August there are a total of four vacancies within the committee. These are as follows:
Group Secretary
Minutes Secretary
Footpath Officer
Publicity Officer
There are also vacancies for non-officiate committee members within the committee so please do consider lending us your support. Meetings last for about 90 minutes in general.
If anyone is interested in any of the vacancies then please contact us either by Email or pop along to our AGM, details as above.
A small number of Hyndburn Ramblers Sweatshirts will also be available on the night.
Finally. Thanks to all those who volunteered to lead walks for next year. There is a wonderful programme of walks on offer for 2010 which is also The Ramblers 75th Anniversary. Thanks to all previous leaders for their services.
18th October 2009
Two new walk reports now online for the last two Sunday walks. David Hills' Ilkley walk is HERE and Trevor Whittaker's Great Harwood one is HERE.
29th September 2009
Two new walk reports now online for both of Sundays walks. Robert Eccles is HERE whilst Sue Larder's is HERE. Thanks to both leaders for their prompt submission of these reports.
27th September 2009
A new walk report for Phil Bedson's walk on the 20th is now online HERE
13th September 2009
A new walk report for Sue Baxendales walk on August the 30th is now online HERE
13th September 2009
A new walk report for Pauline Hughes' Hyndburn Clog walk over the August Bank Holiday weekend is now online HERE
04th September 2009
A new walk report for Sue Larders' walk on August the 20th is now online HERE
23rd August 2009
A new walk report for Phil Bedson's walk on August the 22nd is now online HERE
21st August 2009
If anyone is interested there are a couple of Committee roles up for grabs. One is the role of Minutes Secretary which, as you would expect, involves the taking of minutes during Committee Meetings. The other is the role of Group Secretary which involves handling all the mail etc from Ramblers HQ. These roles are small and can be combined.
If anyone would more information about the posts, or if you would like to volunteer for a specific role, please contact us either by Email or pop along to our next Committee Meeting (Full details on Committee page).
21st August 2009
A new walk report for Robert Eccles' walk on August the 9th is now online HERE
07th August 2009
A new walk report for the Wednesday walk on 22nd July is now online HERE. Hopefully there will be more Wednesday reports in the future.
05th August 2009
A new walk report for Gail Bedson's walk last Sunday is now online HERE
03rd August 2009
Pauline Hughes is leading the Hyndburn Clog walk over the three days of August Bank Holiday weekend at the end of the month. For all three days please meet at Plantation Street car park at 9.00am. Transport to each days start point will be decided depending on numbers but may involve public transport so please bring at least £5.00 per day to cover any transport costs. Badges and certificates will be available for all completions. Hopefully there'll be nice weather for the whole three days.
03rd August 2009
Tonight's Committee meeting confirmed that the Greyhound Inn, Whalley Road, Accrington will be the venue for future meetings. It will also host the 2009 leaders meeting on Monday 14th September for the 2010 walks Programme at 7pm sharp. If you would like to lead a walk (or five!) next year please Contact us Please also note that October's Committee meeting is now Monday the 12th and not the 5th as originally stated on the programme.
20th July 2009
Permanent advert for Group Sweatshirts added to index page below menu at left.
20th July 2009
A new walk report for David Hill's walk last Sunday is now online HERE
18th July 2009
PLEASE NOTE : Our next Committee Meeting will take place on Monday 3rd August at the GREYHOUND INN, Whalley Road, Accrington at 7.00pm prompt. This change is due to the closure of our existing venue on Mondays.
If we decide that this will be the permanent Committee meeting home then this will be notified both here and the next Area News. All current Leaders will be notified as to the location of the Leaders Meeting in September.
17th July 2009
A new walk report for Trevor Whittaker's walk last Sunday is now online HERE
17th July 2009
Okay folks. As stated just three short days ago a few changes have been made to the site.
First up is a major overhaul of the Walk Reports. There is now an index table detailing the date and walk title and whether the walk has photo's, any route details and a map. The reports now have larger pictures and in future, with this new format, there is a better scope for each report to have even more pics!
The next major change is the removal of the forum. As this feature was not being used by anyone, and due to the amount of spam mailings I was getting from it, I have decided to discontinue it.
There is a similar scope for any comments on the Hyndburn Group Facebook page and you can also add any photo's too.
Finally. If there are any comments about the changes, either for better or for worse, or indeed if you can think of any other changes that would be of benefit, please do let us know.
Enjoy your new look site!
Phil Bedson
14th July 2009
Would you believe the walk report below is the 20th one for this year? There is also still another to come at the time of writing this which is remarkable when you consider we are only just over halfway through the year. Due to this amount of reports though I have noticed that if anyone wants to read the report for, say, the fifth walk of the year, it has now got to a point where it takes forever for the photo's to load as they are so far down the Walk Reports page.
As we have also now started adding Route Details to some of the walks it has now become obvious that if I am going to be doing a seperate page I may as well do one for each walk!
So, over the next few days I am going to be implementing a few changes which will, hopefully, be an improvement with pages loading faster and both the report and the route details all on the same page for ease of use.
Please be patient with me on this matter and I do hope you will like the new, improved Hyndburn Ramblers Walk Reports pages.
Phil Bedson
14th July 2009
A new walk report for Kath Dwyer's walk is now online HERE
06th July 2009
Two new walk reports for Phil Bedson's 40k at 40 walks are now online. Part one from the 21st June can be found HERE whilst part two can be found HERE.
01st July 2009
There are a limited number of Hyndburn Group Sweatshirts for sale at £12 each + P&P (if req). Two colours: Blue and Green. Only available in size Large. If anyone is interested please Email Us for full details of how to order.
01st July 2009
A new walk report for Pauline Hughes' walk on the 14th now online HERE
01st July 2009
A new walk report for Sue Baxendales first evening walk on the 28th of May now online HERE
16th June 2009
A new walk report for the Clarion Way walk over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend now online HERE
31st May 2009
A new walk report from Robert Eccles for his walk on the 17th now online HERE
28th May 2009
LAST CHANCE!!! Closing date for Hyndburn Ramblers sweatshirt orders is this Sunday folks so get yours in the post now!!! They are £12 each and if you would like to order one before the deadline then please Email for full details.
28th May 2009
A new walk report from Sue Baxendale's walk on the 17th now online HERE
Janet Davis from Ramblers' Central Office has put a petition on the Prime Minister's website about the cut off date for adding 'lost ways' to the definitive map. The Ramblers want this repealed. To sign the petition on line click HERE It is an easy way to sign a petition.
RA HQ unveil their new branding on Monday!! We'll be saying bye-bye to the rolling hills logo under the menu at left. A tantalising glimpse can be found HERE.
Please do let us have your thoughts and comments either via the Forum or via Facebook.
27th February 2009
New Welcome section at top of page. Have made it a little shorter and added a photo panel.
Have re-enabled the forum but access is only possible from the link in Contact Us for the time being. Will re-connect all links when I'm happy with it.
25th February 2009
Due to unforseen circumstances I have had to remove access to the North East Lancs Area Forum. Hopefully it will be up and running again pretty soon. In the meantime don't forget we are on Facebook!!
The link to the Ramblers forum has also been corrected as it had changed.
23rd February 2009
Sunday's walk report is now online, please click HERE
23rd February 2009
Another six images now available for your desktop HERE
07th February 2009
New section added!! Downloads is a page to consolidate all the downloadable material on the site. There are also some pictures to download as Desktop Background wallpapers.
03rd February 2009
Last Sunday's walk report is now online, please click HERE
There is a new feature added to the walk reports which is called Route Details. Here you can see the Start Grid Ref, heights and distance travelled and the route taken! It is hoped that most walk reports will have this feature in the future. Click here to see what the latest addition looks like. Look out for the RD on future reports!
03rd February 2009
UPDATES:
There is a new policy in Group Policies. Number 6 outlines the policy regarding children on walks.
Coach Ramble destinations have now been added HERE Sitemap page has been fully updated.
19th January 2009
Another report is now online for yesterdays walk so just click HERE
Upon arrival at Plantation Street for this walk a Lancashire Evening Telegraph photographer turned up and the resulting picture was in today's paper!! (05/01/09)
Click the photo for a larger version.
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02nd January 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL AT HYNDBURN RAMBLERS!!
Have you made a Resolution yet?? Well how about getting out and about with Hyndburn Ramblers?? The first walk of the year is this Sunday, the 4th, and is a 10 mile walk to Luddenden Foot led by Trevor Whittaker. All are welcome and we look forward to you joining us.
New banner added at the top of the page for the New Year. Hope you like it!
Last years Group News, Walks Programme and Walk Reports have all been archived.
Please also note that Coach Ramble details have yet to be updated as the new timetable has not been received as of todays date.
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