In April, I shall be meeting up with old colleagues from my Police days, and walking for three days in the Peak District, in the heart of England. We have been doing this since 1990, and we go twice a year, usually in April, then September or October. There are usually between nine and sixteen of us, and our leader, who is a member of the Y.H.A., arranges accomodation in the nearest hostel. We often decide where we are walking next, at the finish of our previous walk, and over the years, we have seen some glorious countryside and many towns and vllages. We have done much walking in the Peak and Lake Districts, Cotswolds, South West Coast Path, Shropshire, and Exmoor. We have also covered the Pennine Way, Vanguard Way, in Kent, and the Cotswold Way.
We started off in 1990, three of us, walking the Southdowns Way, from Winchester to Eastbourne,103 miles, to raise money for a hospital at Epping, and it grew from that.
We meet up at the Police Sports Club at Chigwell, at 8a.m, and after a hefty breakfast travel by mimibus to wherever we are starting. This is on Thursday, and we return on Sunday afternoon.
The minibus we hire, from an old colleague, and of course, all contribute to the cost of that, and our other expenses.
A great weekend away, healthy and companionable.
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