Ben, Jon and horse
This was the first of the two Winter Wanders to Grasmere, the other one taking place in February, 1999.
I think we had some kind of special arrangement with the warden at the hostel which meant it was a free stay or at least reduced cost.
Judging by the photographs there was some nice, crisp winter weather for the Saturday walk.
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Swirral Edge from Helvellyn
Autumn again and back to Grasmere and Thorney How for Wayne’s Wanderers.
Judging by the photographs this was the infamous ‘down Swirral and up Striding’ weekend in which we went up Helvellyn then down Swirral Edge and back up via Striding Edge (or was it the other way around). Either way, it was a long time ago.
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Helmsley on the North Yorkshire Moors – my first Wander.
This is going back a bit so I can’t remember much about it other than vague memories of inappropriate footwear, broken wrists and sullen hostel staff (or maybe it was just the Yorkshire accent…).
St. Mary’s Church, Whitby
The first Wander of 1996 saw the Wanderers heading to Whitby for a weekend on the East coast.
The photographs seem to indicate a walk to Robin Hood’s Bay but there’s also clearly some Abbey visiting going on.
When in Whitby, do as the tourists do.
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There’s not much info to hand about this weekend other than it being the second ever Wander and also the second time back at Thorney How in Grasmere, this time for the full weekend stay.
Thorney How
June 1995, the inaugural Wander, which involved not one but two hostels – Patterdale on the Friday night, never to be visited again and the now legendary Thorney How which has been visited many times since. Looking at the Patterdale hostel photograph below you can probably see why we never went back…
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