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Members Events and information
The events detailed within this section are for members only.
They cover a wider range of walking areas than our guided
walks for the general public.
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Events
FDR has a history and culture of additional events including
coach excursions, weekend short breaks and week long holidays
for members, which run in addition to our core train walks
programme . These date back to when our organisation was founded
in 1980 and the DalesRail fully integrated town and bus service,
operated only on summer weekends once a month. These were
to hold the membership together and provide the opportunity
for collective walking as a group. Coach excursions were scheduled
as once per month events in winter and in the summer, once
per month on a weekend when DalesRail did not operate.
When the Settle/Carlisle line was finally reprieved from
closure in 1989 and a regular year round passenger service
was established, we saw no reason why activities which had
given so much pleasure to members and had transported them
to areas not accessible by train, should be suspended. The
programme of events was merely adjusted to avoid a clash of
activities. Regretfully, for administrative and logistical
purposes, these elements of our events have to be restricted
to members of the organisation.
The coach trips ceased in 2016, however we continue to provide
additional events via our year round programme of members'
Thursday walks once a month (most of which can be accessed
via public transport) and our Lake District walks, which run
monthly from April to October.
The weekend and longer holiday trips use either hotel or
youth hostel accommodation and have previously included visits
to Scotland, Wales and Ireland. There will normally be at
least three grades of walk put on each day. Details of future
trips can be found in the Holidays
section.
Our other forthcoming walks and activities are listed below
- you can find details of previous trips in the Past
Events section.
Thursday
Midweek Walks
for members only
First Thursday of each month
One walk only - 10/12 miles - moderate
ALL MEET AT 10.00 AM unless
otherwise stated
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DATE
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STARTING
POINT
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8 June *
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Holmfirth bus station
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6 July
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Pateley Bridge showground
car park. Grid ref SE 157 654
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3 August
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Littleborough rail station
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7 September
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Hampsthwaite, Sophies café
on main road. 10.15 am
start
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5 October
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Horsforth rail station
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2 November
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Denby Dale rail station
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7 December
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Tram car park, Roundhay
Park, Princess Avenue, Leeds
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* second Thursday due to members' Isle
of Wight holiday
For further information,
please contact Lynn Saleh on 07887 954 839
Lake
District Walks
for members only
All
walks are circular, starting as indicated
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DATE
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DESTINATION |
GRADE
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| Thursday
15 June |
Seathwaite
farm |
Moderate/Strenuous |
| Wednesday
12 July |
Seathwaite
in Dunnerdale |
Strenuous |
| Tuesday
22 August |
Howgills
– Sedbergh |
Moderate/Strenuous |
| Tuesday
19 September |
Kirkstone
pass |
Strenuous |
| Tuesday
3 October |
Howgills
– Carlingill bridge |
Strenuous |
For further information, please
contact Merrilyn Hall on 07807 200 517
Other
Events
for members only
| November |
Annual
General Meeting
To be confirmed |
Please see the members'
Newsletter or
Telephone
Diane Taylor on 0113 293 1924 for further details
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