It was the end of a beautiful Spring day, but as the sun set the air took on a clammy chill. The route back from the pub took us past the deserted grave yard opposite the towering gatehouse of St Briavels Castle. Cobbles, rounded by centuries of wear, led us …

In May the club sojourned a week in Budapest and I know that I can say that without exception all participants had an absolutely wonderful time. A lot of planning and organising was devoted to making this such a splendid and memorable week and to the organisers many thanks are …

Our first full day at Hawse End and the obvious walk to do was the one from the front door. The route up Cat Bells is one of the best and most popular walks in the Lake District, boasting panoramic views over Derwent Water, Borrowdale, Newlands Valley and the surrounding …

Well, it sometimes seems like it will never stop raining. According to the Met Office southern England saw the wettest February since their records began in 1836. Of course, we didn’t know all this when we booked our March trip to Cholderton on Salisbury Plain.

So, Salisbury Plain is …

A Most Agreeable Jaunt to Stratford-upon-Avon

Hark, fellow wayfarers! Lend me your ears as I recount a most delightful sojourn I recently embarked upon with dear friends to the fair town of Stratford-upon-Avon. This merry pilgrimage was undertaken in honor of two grand occasions: the sexagenarian milestone of our esteemed …

If the museum was telling the truth, Cheddar Man was a mesolithic hunter-gatherer who was laid to rest in Gough’s Cave, Cheddar, about 10,000 years ago. This would have been just as we were coming out of the last ice age. The weather for the recent CYHA trip …

Our illustrious Treasurer finally turned 60 this October, but not wanting to crowd the CYHA programme, he elected to postpone the celebrations to November and booked Holmbury St Mary YH for the party of the decade.

Located in the Surrey Hills, or, judging by the poor phone signal, one of …

Many years ago I came across the Isles of Scilly (albeit indirectly), in Rick Wakeman’s album ‘Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table’, which I bought during my pilgrimage into prog rock in 1979. This featured the land of Lyonesse in one of …

August Bank Holiday and a sunny forecast! If only we’d thought to hire a secluded hostel at the far end of the Edale Valley. Oh! But we did! Thank you Nigel for booking the Dalehead Bunkhouse.

It was advisable to arrive in daylight as the bunkhouse was a long …

Our August weekend trip was to Darsham in Suffolk, staying in the old railway station. It was planned to have a mixture of cycling, walking and canoeing, but the weather had other ideas. The cold, dreary weather of July threatened to follow us into August.

The forecast for Saturday was …