Contact: Sue Harding
Email: saddleworthwi.walking@gmail.com
Weekend walks take place on the Saturday or Sunday following the monthly meeting. Shorter Summer evening walks will be on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Dates are below but walk routes are not yet all confirmed, so members can get the dates in their diaries and details will be confirmed nearer the time.
You are very welcome to come walking with us. Just let us know you are coming then turn up at the starting point, adequately equipped with appropriate footwear (preferably boots), and warm and waterproof clothing. If you feel you need more information to check how hard the walk would be, to ensure that you would be fit enough, directions to the starting point or any further advice please contact us at saddleworthwi.walking@gmail.com
Members and visitors who walk with us are responsible for their own conduct and safety. Neither Saddleworth WI nor any walk leader is responsible for any accident or incident that may occur.
All walks subject to change.
2022 Walks
Ripponden – CANCELLED due to lack of numbers
Instead a few of us are going to support the Dobcross Open Gardens (in support of The Christie, Bowel Cancer UK and Dr Kershaws Hospice – £5 entry). We will meet outside Holy Trinity Dobcross church at 10.30 am. Refreshments available at Dobcross Band Club and various venues on the way. You can do as much or as little of the gardens and walks as you like. Register your interest via the walking group email or WhatsApp group or just turn up at 10.30.
Uppermill to Diggle Circular Evening Walk
Date: Thursday 21st July
Time: 6.30pm
Meeting place: Outside the swimming baths in Uppermill
Length/Duration: 2 hours, no more than 4 miles
A nice gentle evening walk. May be muddy in places so wear appropriate shoes.
Aldermans circular
Date: Saturday 6th August
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Lydgate and Grasscroft Evening Walk
Date: Tuesday 16th August
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Todmorden
Date: Sunday 11th September
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Evening Walk
Date: Thursday 22nd September
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Piethorn circular
Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Remembrance walks
Date: Sunday 13th November
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Chatsworth House & Christmas markets
Date: Tuesday 15th November
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
See Workshops, Events and Trips page for details.
Christmas lights walk
Date: Sunday 11th December
Time: To be confirmed
Meeting place: To be confirmed
Length/Duration: To be confirmed
Birdwatching Walk
Read a thank you letter from Vicky and Chris who led the walk on 12th June. Also included in their thanks is a list of birds seen and heard during our walk.
Review of Walking Group 11/11 Challenge 2020
Walkers approached this in a variety of ways, from walking 11,000 steps each day for 11 days, to walking for 11 hours over the course of a week, being sponsored and donating to The Royal British Legion. Collectively they walked 336 miles, the equivalent of walking from Oldham to Truro in Cornwall! Well done to all walkers – what an educational and poignant project! The final amount raised was £395.
Lydgate, Grotton, Austerlands, Waterhead, Lees War Memorials Circular
Find full details of the walk HERE which can be printed out if you wish to do the walk independently.
Friezland, Uppermill, Dobcross, Delph and St Chads Memorials
Find full details of the walk HERE which can be printed out if you wish to do the walk independently.