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IMPORTANT
MESSAGE
Following the advice given by the
Government, I have to tell you that the FDR walks
programme is suspended with immediate effect. We are
really sorry that this had to happen, but these are
unprecedented circumstances where lives are at stake.
We need to follow the official advice to help beat
this virus. As and when the situation improves so
will the programme be reinstated.
Thank you for your understanding.
Rod Fall, Chairman
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27 July 2020 - Holidays Update (amended
item)
The current position is that the members'
holiday to Llanberis, North Wales from 16 to 19 October
2020 is now going ahead, within Covid-19 guidelines. Full
details and booking information has now been sent out to
members invidually by post or email.
15 July 2020 - Chairman's Update
As the lockdown begins to ease I thought it
would be a good time to give you an update of its effects
on FDR. We are dependent on the Settle & Carlisle Railway
for most of our walks, but as Northern is still only operating
a restricted service with limited capacity "for essential
use only", there is little chance of our walks restarting
until leisure use is allowed on the trains.
In the meantime, I know many of you are still
walking either alone or with a few friends or family to
continue to exercise and enjoy the countryside. You can
also now drive to locations further afield for a change
of scenery and to make the most of this summer albeit somewhat
constrained. Hopefully it will not be too long before we
can reinstate our walks programme and rediscover the joys
and benefits of group walking. Until then, keep fit and
keep safe.
Rod
25 June 2020
The members' weekend at YHA Langdale, originally
booked for September 2020 has now been rescheduled for 10
to 12 September 2021. Booking details will be in
a future edition of the members' newsletter.
7 June 2020
The latest members' newsletter has now been
distributed by post and email, including the latest updates
about members' holidays for 2020/21.
13 May 2020
Please send any items for inclusion in the
next members' newsletter (June 2020) to the editor, Jane
Coupe, as soon as possible, but no later than 17 May 2020.
20 April 2020 - Update
As the lockdown continues I want to let you
know how we are continuing to deal with the situation. Your
committee has decided to postpone the next edition of the
Newsletter until at least June when hopefully we will have
better news of when we can start walking again. Likewise
when details are announced we tell you how the walking programme
will recommence bearing in mind that initially there may
well be geographical restrictions and revised train timetables.
In the meantime, stick to the government guidelines
by continuing to take some form of daily exercise either
walking, running or cycling. This will help to maintain
your physical and mental health. To keep your mind active
try taking a virtual walk and hone your map reading skills!
Get out your OS map and follow a walk you know, visualising
all the features you encounter along the way and remembering
how enjoyable it was (apart from getting stuck in that bog!).
Keep fit and stay safe.
Rod Fall, Chairman
27
March 2020 - Dovedale and Scotland holidays rescheduled
to 2021
A message from the holiday organiser:
INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY BOOKINGS
FOR DOVEDALE
HF have been keeping me up to date with the
situation regarding holiday bookings that have been cancelled
due to Coronavirus.
They are not making refunds but are offering
credits.
So that members are not out of pocket, the
Dovedale weekend that should have taken place on Friday
20th March for 3 nights has now been transferred to:
Friday 15th October 2021 for 3 nights
The same guest list will stand, but they understand
that not everyone on the guest list will be available to
go within the new dates.
In this case so that members don't lose money,
we hope to arrange for anyone that can't go to swap with
a member that can go. The new member taking someone else's
place would reimburse the original member the full cost.
The total cost of this weekend was £240 per person.
This is the best solution that we can manage
at this moment in time.
If any of this information changes we will
let you know via this website.
Stay safe.
Sue, Paul, Martin & Alan S
INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAIRNGORM TRAVEL
HOLIDAY BOOKING TO KINGUSSIE, SCOTLAND
The weeks holiday to Kingussie starting on
Thursday 28th May 2020 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus
situation.
Travel companies are not refunding but giving
holiday credits.
This holiday has now been transferred to the
same dates in 2021 at the 2020 price per person.
New date Friday 28th May 2021 for 7 nights
The same guest list will go forward to next
year, but they understand that not everyone on the guest
list will be available to go within the new dates. In this
case, so that members don't lose money, we hope to arrange
for anyone that can't go to swap
with a member who can go. The new member taking someone
else's place would reimburse the original member the £50
deposit.
The total cost of the weeks holiday was £395 pp with
a single room supplement of £56 for the week.
Martin managed to withdraw the balance payment
before the due date.
He will be refunding the balances to all members
by bank transfer where possible, failing that by cheque.
He will get in touch by email. It may take him some time
to complete the process.
Thank you for your patience in these difficult
times.
Stay safe.
Sue, Paul, Martin & Alan S
18
March 2020 - Dovedale Members' Weekend Cancelled
A message from the holiday organiser:
HF Holidays has just announced that they are
closing all their country houses from 20th March to 30th
April 2020 so I’m afraid that the Dovedale weekend
is cancelled. You can read the HF announcement at https://www.hfholidays.co.uk/coronavirus-travel-advice.
Sorry about this but it’s not surprising given the
change in government advice on Monday. We will explore with
HF the possibility of getting a refund or rescheduling the
weekend.
17 February 2020
Minor changes to the rail timetable on some
lines apply from today. In particular the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle
train which is used for many of our Saturday walks will
now depart from Leeds at the slightly later time of 0919
and the Leeds-Bentham-Morecambe train will now depart from
Leeds at 0819.
25 January 2020
The leaders meeting and first
aid course for walkers will be held on Sunday 8 March 2020.
Further information and booking details can be found in
the Members Events
section.
14 January 2020
UNLIMITED RAIL TRAVEL WITH
NORTHERN RAIL FOR £10 PER PERSON FOR A DAY OR £17.50
FOR A WEEKEND
Northern Rail and JPIMedia
are running a flat fare special offer for a day's travel
anywhere on the Northern
Rail Network for £10 (£5 for children,
no other further discounts). A weekend ticket for £17.50
(£8.25 for children) is also available. To qualify
you have to collect THREE tokens from qualifying JPIMedia
newspapers, who publish a number of titles including the
Yorkshire Evening Post and several titles in Yorkshire and
Lancashire. Please see the Northern
Rail website (click here to view) for details of
when the tokens will be in the newspapers.
You need to download the form
on the Northern Rail website and you can then buy up to
four Northern Rail Day Ranger tickets from any staffed rail
station within the Northern Network.
The offer runs from Monday
20 January until Sunday 22 March 2020 and is valid every
day during this special offer period. The offer is not limited
to the Settle-Carlisle line, but it is restricted to services
operated by Northern Rail.
Please
click here for full details of the offer, including
the list of qualifying newspapers to obtain tokens (external
web link)
Please
click here to view the Northern Rail Network Map
(PDF file, 1.9 MB)
10 January 2020
All members who booked for
the annual dinner on Saturday 18 January 2020 have now been
allocated a place.
3 January 2020
Please send any contributions
for the next members' newsletter to the editor, Jane Coupe,
as soon as possible, but no later than 10 January 2020.
11 November 2019
Full details of all our public
walks from January to June 2020 have now been added to the
Train Walks section.
1 November 2019 - Past Events
Update
A selection of photos from
the recent members' weekend in Melrose can be accessed in
the Past Events (Holidays
2019) section.
21 October 2019
Winter Travel Offers on
the Settle/Carlisle and Morecambe lines - Details now available
The Winter Offer for Dales
Rail Card holders runs from 4 November 2019 to 4 April 2020
and the Offer for West Yorkshire Concessionary Pass holders
runs from 11 November 2019 to 4 April 2020.
Exclusion dates are 7, 8, 14,
15, 21, 22 December 2019.
Please
click here for further information (external website
link)
16 October 2019
Please send any items for inclusion
in the next members' newsletter (New Year 2020) to the editor,
Jane Coupe, as soon as possible, but no later than 10 January
2020.
7 October 2019 - Members
Events 2020
Details of the monthly Thursday
walks and Lake District walks programmes for 2020 can now
be seen in the Members Events
section.
5 October 2019
The October 2019 members' newsletter
has recently been distributed by post and email. There have
been some problems sending out the email version, so if
you have not received one as expected, please contact Elizabeth
Myers.
Members are requested to book
for the Annual Dinner on 18 January 2020 at the Railway
Hotel, Skipton as soon as possible, as places are limited
and will be allocated on a "first come, first served"
basis. Full details are in the October newsletter.
2 September 2019 - Lake
District Members Walks Update
Details of changes to the Lake
District walk on Saturday 21 September 2019 can now be seen
in the Members Events
section.
28 August 2019
A selection of photos from
the recent members' Lake District walk from Elterwater can
be accessed in the Past Events
(Other Events) 2019 section.
11 August 2019
A selection of photos from
the recent members' Lake District walk to Wetherlam can
be accessed in the Past Events
(Other Events) 2019 section.
25 July 2019
Please send any items for inclusion
in the next members' newsletter (October 2019) to the editor,
Jane Coupe, as soon as possible, but no later than 19 September
2019.
21 July 2019
Details of our three main members'
holidays for 2020 can now be found in the
Holidays section. Booking forms will be issued with
future editions of the members' newsletter.
8 July 2019
A selection of photos from
the recent members' holiday in Weymouth, Dorset can be accessed
in the Past Events (Holidays
2019) section.
