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'Starting Walking' Initiative.
Many people
would like to do more walking, but are
unsure where to start. This initiative aims
to provide opportunities to start with
short walks from easy to reach locations,
at a pace to suit all who turn up.
We have seven Starter Walks over the
four months July to October 2009.
Tell your friends.
More details on the Monthly walk programme pages
( click
in the relevant box on the right) or the
Starter Walks page and on the News page,
or ask a committee member for a leaflet.
Summer Barbecue. Saturday 25th.July
6.30 to 10.00 p.m. Royal Victoria Country
park, Netley. Click
News Page
for more details.
River Boat
Shuffle.
A
Fun Evening Afloat, Southampton Water -
Saturday 15th August 2009 7.30
till midnight.
Dance away the evening cruising along
Southampton water, with a disco , an on
board bar and a basket meal of vegetarian
nuggets or chicken & chips. Click
News Page
for more details.
Winter Camp 2009. Six members
went to Dartmoor for a winter camp and walk
over the Northern Moor.
Click to see some pictures.
South Downs Way. April to June 2009.
Our current long distance path is the South
Downs Way, dates this year were
19th.
April, 17th. May,
7
th and 28th. June.
There has been a very good take up of
places on these trips. The series
will continue in the Spring of 2010. See the
News
page for advance details.
Non members welcome to join us, but book
early.
The previous (2008) long
distance path was the
Wessex Ridgeway.
A wonderful day's walking on the last stage
to Lyme Regis, June 28th. See
picture of the Group at the finish ,
on the
Past Walks
page.
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First stage. Click
here for full size pictures.
<<< Start at King Alfred's statue,
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2009 Lyke
Wake Walk and Six Shropshire Summits
Challenge Walk 21st June 2008. We tackled the
40 mile Lyke Wake Walk in June 2009.
Click for the pictures
including the start, Osmotherley at 3.15 a.m. and see the News page
for more details.
A damp misty day
in June 2008 but the 35 miles
of the Six Summits were
completed, and measured by the GPS as
around 37 miles. See the pictures on
the
Past Walks page
at the start and on top of Corndon, the
final summit.
Walk Programme. Click on the box for
relevant month 2009, in the
box in the right
hand column for current programme of walks.
Hadrian's Wall 2009.
A Group trip for 6 days of
walking along Hadrian's Wall with arranged
accommodation and transport for the walks,
took place at the end of April. See the News page for more details. Click
on the thumbnail picture for two full size
pictures.
Brittany 07.
In
May 2007 sixteen from the Group went to
Brittany to walk parts of the Coast Path,
the GR34.
Click here
for Jo G's entertaining write up and
pictures by Viv H.
Teamwork. Southampton clear the way !
Sunday 18 November a
very wet day on our walk from Spearywell
Wood to Broughton.
Going along a
track we found the way blocked by a
fallen tree, looked like a poplar which
had been strangled by ivy. Facing us
from the other side were two women on
horseback, all four, riders and horses,
looking non-plussed.
The tree had
smashed the top bar of a wooden gate in
the smart fence opposite to its roots in
the hedge.
At first
sight it looked too heavy to lift , but
all our men gave it a heave together and
we managed to swing it round, until we
came up against a tree on the well
manicured lawn by the fence. We were
able to break off dead branches but the
main stem defeated us for a while.
Eventually it was manoeuvred back between
the bottom two rungs of the wooden fence
and with all our weight on it , it
cracked off, accompanied by cheers from
the walkers. All hands then completed
the job of swinging it round clear of the
track, to drop it against the hedge. The
lady riders were very grateful and, I
think, entertained by the enthusiasm with
which the team tackled the task.
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Welcome to the home of the Southampton group of the
Ramblers
Association. This site is working for ramblers in the
Southampton, Totton and Waterside areas and surrounding
areas.
Non-members are cordially invited to try some walks
with us. But do be sure that you tackle walks
which you know are within your capability, and be
prepared to expand your horizons as you become more
used to regular walking. The majority of the group's activities consist of a programme of
organized led walks that are reasonably accessible from the Southampton
area. The primary focus is on weekend walking, with walks organized
for the majority of Saturdays and Sundays. There is
also a popular series of
weekday walks, Summer Wednesday evenings and
Thursday mornings, which we are expanding as more leaders
take these on.
As well as the usual programme of walks occasional trips are
planned to a variety of locations that are slightly further afield.
On a less strenuous note, each year several purely social activities are
normally organized.
General Information about our walks.
The meeting point for all walks is given in the
program. However, in addition (where indicated in the
program) a local (Southampton) meeting
point is the car park in South Brook Road, just
beyond the Rail Ticket Office Entrance at Southampton
Central Railway
Station entrance on the Commercial Road side. [Note that the car park was
previously described as 'opposite the Victory PH', but
the PH has closed. There is now a coffee shop in part
of the ground floor. ] The time given is 'ready
to leave' so you should be there a few minutes
earlier. We endeavour to have one or more cars there for
lifts, although we cannot guarantee this. Non car owners are welcome
but please share expenses if given a lift. (If in doubt advice may
be available on 023 8048 1066.) Car owners please meet at
the Central Station, South Brook Road car park when possible to assist non-car owners who wish to
join walks. Meet the walk at the start if you wish or have a full
car.
For all day walks we try to be at a pub around mid-day but it is
best to carry a lunch. Dogs must be kept under control. Short walks
are usually at a reasonably leisurely pace. Those between about 10
to 13 miles are at a reasonably moderate pace. Walks over about 13
miles are usually at a moderately brisk pace.
Contact Information
-
Unfortunately the hyperlink which was
previously on this page attracted excessive
spam and malicious e-mails many of which bypassed
filters. Regrettably the link has had to be
abandoned.
- Advice regarding Group
activities may be obtained from 023 8048 1066
[During July 2009 only. Other
contact numbers will be provided when relevant. ]
Programme matters
South Downs Way long distance path, with organised
transport, see the
News page.
Forthcoming Highlights.
See above.
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Walk Programme,
Year 2009
Some moments on Group Walks
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