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Contact: Sue Harding
Email: [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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.
2024 Walks
Here are the dates to put in your diary. Details of walks to follow nearer the time.
Marsden to Diggle linear walk
Date: Sunday 11th August
Meeting point – Car park on Sam Road, Diggle, OL3 5PU
Meeting time – 9.30am
Walk Duration/Distance – 4 hours/7 miles
Moorland paths, no stiles, walking boots recommended.
Refreshments available at the end of the walk at The Diggle Hotel.
We will meet at 9.30am and car share over to Marsden.
From there we walk back via Easter Gate Bridge and the Pack Horse route across open moorland before picking up the Oldham Way which takes us back down into Diggle.
There is a short steep ascent after the historic (and very pretty) bridge and the route then continues to gradually climb over the moor until we reach Standedge which has great views over Castleshaw Reservoirs and across to Delph.
Delph
Date: Thursday 22nd August (evening)
Distance: TBD
Ogden Reservoir
Date: Sunday 8th September
Distance: 5-6 miles
Lydgate Circular
Date: Thursday 19th September (evening)
Distance: 3-4 miles
Walk location to be decided
Date: Saturday 5th October
Distance: TBD
Walk location to be decided
Date: Tuesday 22nd October (midweek)
Distance: TBD
Pots & Pans Remembrance Service
Date: Sunday 10th November
Distance: 3 miles
Walk location to be decided
Date: Thursday 28th November
Distance: TBD
Christmas Lights Walk
Date: Sunday 8th December
Distance: 3 miles
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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.