Wayne’s Wanderers at Cauldwell’s Mill
January 2008 saw Wayne’s Wanderers heading to Cauldwell’s Mill in Rowsley for the now traditional pre-walk coffee and cakes, before heading up onto Stanton Moor for the Wander itself.
After a tour of the moor, a couple of circuits of the Nine Ladies stone circle and some impromptu tree climbing from the kids, we headed back to Tom’s for food and drink, as is also now traditional.
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Wayne’s Wanderers at Boggle Hole
Boggle Hole is one of those somewhat inaccessible Youth Hostels – you park your car at the top of the road and then have to lug your bags all the way down to the hostel (and then back up again at the end of the weekend). It also has the distinct disadvantage of being some distance from the nearest pub. None of this, however, can deter a determined Wanderer.
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Derwent Water
Autumn 1999 and back to Grasmere, Thorney How for another Lake District Wander.
There isn’t much evidence of the Saturday walk but on the Sunday we visited the Bowder Stone, a large glacial remnant in Borrowdale, weighing 2000 tons.
Yep, it’s a postcard…
So, Wayne’s Wanderers went to Newcastle and all they brought back was this lousy postcard…
I know very little about this trip, but it may be the one where a camera was stolen or lost, hence no pics.
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Wayne’s Wanderers
In the spring of 1999, Wayne’s Wanderers headed off to the Yorkshire Dales for a weekend at Ingleton YHA. This was the first time there and we haven’t been back since. Maybe time for another visit?
The Saturday walk consisted of a stroll from Ingleton and up onto Ingleborough, the second highest point in the Yorkshire Dales at 723m.
Wanderers in the snow
This was the second of the two Winter Wanders to Grasmere, the other one taking place in January, 1997.
It’s a bit difficult to tell where the Saturday walk took place but one thing’s for certain it was pretty cold judging by the photographs.
Carol on Striding Edge
Autumn 1998 and back to Grasmere for another weekend at Thorney How.
From the photographs it looks as though we climbed Helvellyn with some scrambling on Striding Edge.
We pedalled some bikes away
Back in the early days, when we used to venture outside of Derbyshire for the Summer Wander, we headed down to Slimbridge for the Wander of June 1998.
The hostel is situated next to the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in the Slimbridge Wetlands Centre.
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Malham YHA
The first Wayne’s Wanderers trip to Malham in the spring of 1998.
As seems to be traditional when staying in Malham, the Saturday walk involved a circuit around Malham Cove, Malham Tarn and back via Gordale Scar.
Taking a break
Not much to say here – Autumn, we went to the Lakes, probably stayed at Thorney How because that’s what we did back then and went for a walk on the Saturday, in the rain by the look of things.
The Sunday may have involved some kind of boating trip if the last two photos are anything to go by but not sure.
Cycling in Cambridge
A one-off weekend in Cambridge for Wayne’s Wanderers in the Summer of 1997.
I didn’t attend this trip but two things I know – i) Vince fell off his bike after colliding with a low lying pavement and ii) the hostel staff were unfriendly and of continental origin.
Other than that, it seems Cambridge is full of punts.
Pen-y-Pas Youth Hostel
A trip to Snowdonia in the Spring of 1997 and a stay at Pen-y-Pas hostel. Judging by the photographs, we spent the Saturday walking on Snowdon and Sunday in Conwy. Well, you probably would wouldn’t you?
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