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The 2024 Winter Newsletter is here.  Please note that we are no longer issuing printed  Programmes – see the Newsletter

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  • Single room available on the Club’s Coach & Hotel trip to Llangollen, north Wales, Friday 5th to Sunday 7th April 2024 (2 nights). See News for booking details
  • First weekend walking trip in 2025 – North Downs, based Aldershot, Friday 31st January to Sunday 2nd February (2 nights) – see News
  • Ramblers lose objection to a footpath diversion in Lode parish – see News
  • Very sad news – Janet Moreton. See News for details if you wish to donate to a charity in Janet’s memory
  • Help required to make the Club’s trip to Keswick, 14th to 21st September 2024, a success! See News
  • London walks to continue! Come and explore Belsize Park and Hampstead with Marcus on Saturday 27th April 2024. For details, see News
  • More 2024 Club holiday details – a week in Skipton, Yorkshire Dales, Friday 12th to 19th July 2024 – see News for availability.
  • Spam emails being received by Club members – Watch out! See News
  • Please contribute ideas for spending the Club’s ‘Walking Partnership’ funds – see News
  • Booking now open for the Club’s Coach & Hotel weekend trip to Harrogate, Yorkshire, Friday 18th to Sunday 20th October 2024 (2 nights) and filling fast. See News
  • Booking now open for long autumn weekend trip to Bishops Castle, Shropshire, 1st to 4th November 2024 (3 nights). See News
  • CRC trip to walk the Anglesey Coast Path, 31st May to 7th June 2024 – see News for any late availability; Club booked accommodation is full.
  • Summer Coach Outing to Aldeburgh now open for booking; Sunday June 23rd, with A, B and C walks. See News
  • Items in the ‘For Sale’ section of the ‘Members’ part of the website. This is a useful way of finding a good home for quality walking gear that is no longer needed.
  • Consultation on several Cambridge ‘greenway’ commuter cycling routes  – please get involved – see News
  • New car parking arrangements at Kirtling Village Hall – see News
  • Parking at Wimpole Hall for CRC groups – concession for non-NT members agreed. See News
  • ‘Don’t Lose Your Way’ – how you can help with the Ramblers’ Campaign to discover ‘lost’ paths – see News
  • Details of the Club’s Privacy Policy relating to managing Members’ personal data and communications is available on-line. See News and Members
  • The CRC annual subscription of £4.00 is due 1st November each year; no sub – no programme or newsletter! Payment by Standing Order preferred

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Weekend Trip to the North Downs, Friday 31st January to Sunday 2nd February 2025 (2 nights)

The Club will be visiting the North Downs on the Hampshire/Surrey border for its first weekend trip of 2025. Based in Aldershot we will be close to some lovely walking near Farnham and Guildford which we can access by train or car. Frensham Ponds are a beauty spot with a network of good paths close by. As well as day walks on Saturday and Sunday we will also be offering an afternoon walk on the Friday, probably based at a National Trust property en route to Aldershot. We can guarantee A walks and hope that we can also offer B walks – please do volunteer if you can help.

We suggest staying at the Premier Inn in Aldershot; this is close to the town centre and station and has a free car park. Please book your own accommodation – and do let Jill know if you are coming.

 

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Loss of Woodland Footpath in Lode parish

Cambridgeshire walkers lose their access to woodland after a public footpath has been blocked for many years. The Inspector considering a disputed application for two footpath diversions says that paths outside the woodland are “easier to navigate”. Heaven forbid that this becomes the norm for planning decisions!

Two public rights of way (footpaths) through woodland near Lode have been blocked for many years, with no attempt by the landowner to unblock them. The Planning Inspector’s report makes no mention of this blockage, which included threatening warning signs such as ‘CCTV cameras’. The Inspector has agreed with the landowner’s newly proposed path diversions to avoid going through the wood. The Inspector’s report says: “[the diversion is] ..easier to navigate than through an area containing bodies of water, trees, and undulating grassed areas”.

The small White Fen Wood is described by the Inspector as ‘a relatively small cluster of trees that are an anomaly in this relatively open and flat landscape’. But the wood is a small remnant of a much larger wooded area and provides a wonderful haven which we would like to see extended. Luckily the National Trust has been active in planting new woodland nearby, alongside the Lodes Way cycle route linking Lode and Wicken Fen.

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Skipton – a walking week in Yorkshire, Friday 12th to Friday 19th July 2024

The Club has booked self-catering accommodation in Skipton for a week in mid July 2024 – an excellent base for a wide range of walking in the Yorkshire Dales. With a railway station in the town there are opportunities to travel on the Settle Carlisle Railway, opening up linear as well as circular walks. Skipton is a market town and has good shopping facilities. Owing to cancellations there are still rooms available for single or double occupancy.

Sole occupancy of a room with a shared bathroom costs £275 for the accommodation; anyone sharing a room pays £250 per head.  The deposit to secure a place is £75 per head. Please check with Jill regarding availability if you only want a single en-suite room for one. All bookings are with Jill, not the Club. Please contact her at secretary@cambridgeramblingclub.com for her address or bank account details.

Please let Jill know if you are happy to lead an A or B walk during the week and if you have a preference for where to walk.

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