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 Eleven ladies enjoyed a lovely, chilled out walk from High Ackworth taking in part of the old Roman road from London to York. Lunch in the churchyard at East Hardwick followed by a welcome beverage at the Garden Centre. A super day out and many thanks to Becky for co-piloting. - Diane H.  Today's walk was amazingly dry despite meeting and driving to the starting point - Penistone in the rain. 1 member and my son's mother-in-law - Judith were treated to a lovely walk around half of Penistone Boundary walk. Views were non-existent to start with, lunch spot was more crowded than Blackpool, but no Swifty bonuses. Finished off at Cubley Hall with a drink - only good manners after using their carpark. Absolutely no idea how many styles apart from there were quite a lot.   So grateful to the four who joined Anne and myself today.Fabulous company and weather. A few climbs and the odd obstacle but apart from misplacing the carpark at the end I think a good time was had by all.Gwenda enjoyed her second tub of ice-cream as the first ended up on the floor much to a dog's delight 🙈😅   The Rivelin Chair Sculpture installed in 2011 on an island of the New Dam Weir was designed and produced by local artist Jason Thomson.Cast iron but crafted to appear like coppice wood.Too busy today but Anne and I enjoyed it on the reccy.   Many thanks for a lovely walk and marshmallow treat Christine. - Gwenda   A lovely walk in hot sun today for 27 ladies. The theme was making long chains of people in fields! Thanks Steph - just a shame we walked up a stream which was very muddy in the last bit as I had to clean my boots! - Caroline S   It seems all we do is eat and drink! A lovely walk from Oakwell Hall for 25 ladies.
Thanks Amanda - Caroline S  "5 fools meet up on the first of April from a lovely walk in the rain. It was the damp, misty and drizzling kind, so could have been a lot worse. The scenery as walked around Metham was lovely, including steep hills, woods, deep ravines, rivers, leats, moor's ,reservoirs, two rope swings (tried and tested) and mud, mud and more mud and rain, rain and more rain. A few "Swifty bonuses" were included to keep us all happy. Just as we were getting back to the cars, the sun came out and the sky was blue, so celebrated everything with a drink in the local pub.   Thank you Barbara, we all said that we love to do the walk again on a nicer day, when the mud has dried up and we could enjoy actually seeing the views."
 On Thursday the moral of the tale was.. if you save your best boots for Coniston make sure the 'spares' are serviceable!
Having said that, Anne's best boots used at Coniston suffered a similar fate ... so the replacement flask sock was put to good use very soon after splitting the pair. I wonder how long the current stripy flask sock will last? - Caroline |
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