WAKEFIELD WALKING WOMEN'S NETWORK

Thursday 15th April - Hebden Bridge

18/4/2021

Again not an official WWWN outing, but Lesley sent some photos and a walk-talk on the walk Anne led ...

"Not even a hot bath and a stiff gin and tonic could dull the pain from my aching thighs! How could I not remember the never ending steep cobbled path leading back down into Hebdon Bridge from Heptonstall! Anne skipped gaily ahead whilst Jean and I crawled back to the station!

Anne led a wonderful walk aided by wonderful weather that took us high above Hebdon Bridge across the moors, taking in the wooded valley alongside the river to Gibson Mill where we had lunch, before gradually making our way to Heptonstall where we sought out Sylvia Plaths grave.

The scenery is wonderful and although we had equipped ourselves with hats, scarves and gloves ready for typical moorland weather we gradually disrobed.
The train journey from Dewsbury is so convenient and as my first train journey for over a year I couldn't believe how chilled we all were.

Thank you Anne for such a super walk."

I thought you might want to know about Sylvia Plath so here's a link to an interesting read, with more information - www.poetsgraves.co.uk/plath.htm

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News from AGM (on Zoom) - Wednesday 7th April

18/4/2021

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Wednesday 7th April saw us holding the AGM on Zoom where
WWWN Officers were retained / appointed as follows;

Chair - Chris Widdowson
Vice Chair - Chrissie Hayes
New Members Secretary - Joy Mellor
Secretary - Caroline Slater
Treasurer - Jean Allen
Walks Secretary - Linda Kilroy
Webmaster - Darrel Cartwright

Reach all Officers by email at walkingwoman@btinternet.com

See some Officers here, on the Rogue's Gallery

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Thursday 1st April - Cawthorne and Deffer Wood

5/4/2021

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Lesley's walk-talk arrived. Location revealed!

"Yes, I realised that I was setting myself up for tricks and fun today but didn't realise what fun we would all have!
6 of us strolled through Deffer Wood and down into the Country Park, a total of 6 miles for our first walk after lockdown opened.
The 3 days before had been unseasonably warm but today the weather reverted to type and it was hats, gloves and thermals weather. That meant that at best it meant the Country Park was not overcrowded but at worst it meant that our picnic was eaten hastily.
The walk through the Wood was peaceful with the occasional friendly greeting to other walkers with dogs and children. A kind gentleman offered to take our group photo at the Summer House and we risked sitting side by side but avoided breathing too heavily over each other!
Bluebells were making their presence known in small patches with evidence of the beauty to come.
We ambled through the wood and had the usual fun of negotiating the log hazard before leaving to head out and a cross to the park passing Jowett House Farm dated 1600s.
There were several tricky stiles along the way and comments were made about how long it had been since we had had our legs over so frequently!
Making our way back to the cars we passed the Open Farm (which is not open!) and if it hadn't been too cold to take my phone out I would have had some super shots of the nurseries of black lambs charging about, they were delightful.
Janet was hesitant about the climb back up to the cars but even though she was exhausted she entertained us with her initiation of how to avoid climbing over a high stile. It was hilarious.
Thank you to my 5 comrades and looking forward to the next time. "

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Thursday 1st April - Location unknown but will maybe follow later!

4/4/2021

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Not an official WWWN outing, but Lesley went for a walk which she arranged with 5 others. She emailed photos to me together (below) together with some info about her walk as an unrecognisable attachment. I've not been able to find any software to open said attachment so I can't tell you more than this! For now we'll have to let the location of Lesley's walk be a mystery!

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Wednesday 31st March - Kirkstall Nature Reserve and Abbey

4/4/2021

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Olwyn went for a walk with Julie on Wednesday to Kirkstall nature reserve and Abbey and sent these photos in for the blog. With the blue skies and sunshine you could be forgiven for thinking it's summer! Who knew Olwyn is such a good photographer! I like the last one best.

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Sunday 14th February

17/2/2021

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Olwyn sent me an email yesterday with some photos to share with you all. These first ones are from Sunday 14th February with Ruth and her husband Dave on a 9 mile walk on the Leeds-Liverpool canal.

And here are four more taken in Thornes Park yesterday, with snowdrops just heralding the beginning of the end of winter! Thank you Olwyn!

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Wednesday 3rd February - Wakefield Way

3/2/2021

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Received a few lovely photos from Chris S, with this;
"Joined Margaret Scott and Carol on a lovely post birthday walk (Margaret's) as we did a bit of the Wakefield Way on the last day of 2020. The view through the trees that looks like water is actually snow, but with the reflection of the lovely blue sky. Great company, lovely Christmas cake thanks to Carol."

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Friday 29 January - Have you heard of "what3words" all you walkers?

29/1/2021

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this information could be a life saver, so read on!

"what3Words" is a FREE app for your smartphone. It gives every 3x3 square metre of the whole world a unique three-word code. For a local example, the front door at the Fox and Hounds at Newmillerdam is ///haunt.fence.tastes

You can now easily find a what3words address for anywhere in the world. what3words addresses are easy to say and share, are as accurate as GPS coordinates and more accurate than mobile phone locators.

Think how useful this is if you're just trying to meet up with somebody. For example, "I'm in the car in the bottom car park in Cannon Hall Country Park, across the road from that Garden Centre just outside of Cawthorne" becomes w3w.co/fuzz.bumping.hunt so if you send this link to your mate it will show them the very 3x3 metre square you're parked in!

Handy, useful, clever, of course, but think about how you, as walkers/ramblers/hikers would find this, if you suddenly can't continue your journey because of an accident, trip, fall, medical emergency - or even if you're just lost!

Our emergency services in the UK have been quick to pick up on its usefulness;

The Police www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
www.yorkshireairambulance.org.uk/news-patient-stories/news/yorkshire-air-ambulance-urge-people-across-yorkshire-to-download-app-which-can-help-save-lives/

Our local walking/tourist organsiations and bodies are recommending the use of what3words;

Are you convinced yet?

For more even more information have a look at the website for more information
what3words.com

Click here to download the app for an iPhone or android smartphone.
what3words.com/products/what3words-app/

I recommend that you always use a link from an official, certified website which will have rigorous security procedures to help keep your device safe. The above link will take you straight to the download page for Apple App Store or Google Play - so you don't risk getting a hacked version.

Click here see for some guidance on how to use the app
what3words.com/how-to-use-the-what3words-app/

WWWN! I hope you found this post useful, and that you manage to download the app to your phone. If you do, don't just forget about it! Have a play with what3words while you're at home to see how it works, and then get out and test it out!

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December 2020 - Pre Christmas drunks - somewhere in Yorkshire

29/1/2021

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Here's a cheery, bright and colourful photo. This was taken at Katarina's at Christmas and, you might have guessed, brandy coffees were served. I'm guessing there was more brandy than coffee in those mugs!

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Sometime late in December - Cawthorne

21/12/2020

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I don't know exactly when this was, but Susan sent me this photo of a recent pre Christmas walk. She says Carol took the photo as selfie didnt work! It was a short walk at Cawthorne (last minute change of walk due to filming in Emley) and they finished off with a little Christmas lunch, sandwiches, quiche, scones, mince pies etc including Crackers. (That doesn't look like a "little" Christmas lunch to me!) She says it was a really enjoyable time to end an awful year - and we all know exactly what she means with that! Merry Christmas all!