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OLSE Walks

Parish Walks in Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Lake District

updated February 2008

Photos of any of the walks welcome for these pages!

Next walk 24 Mar 2008 Hornby and the Lune Valley
Photo albums of the walks are available as shown; updating of the rest is in progress:
Sunday 3 Feb 2008
Hoghton to Witton Park
Thursday 27 Dec 2007
Grasmere - too wet to take photos
Sunday 25 Nov 2007
Around Rivington
Sunday 14 Oct 2007
Bolton Abbey & the Valley of Desolation
Sunday 9 Sep 2007
too wet to take photos!
Sunday 12 Aug 2007
Along the Ribble Way

Sunday 17 Jun 2007
Bentham to Arnside

Sun 20 May 2007
Dales Way around Gargrave

Sunday 22 Apr 2007
Grassington to Kettlewell

Sunday 28 Mar 2007
Waterhead to Elterwater

Sunday Feb 4th 2007
Ribble Way & Ribchester
Wednesday Dec 27th 2006
Grasmere (to be completed)
Sunday November 11th 2006
Settle (to be completed)
Sunday September 17th 2006
Cartmel Fell and Grange
Sunday April 2nd 2006
Lyme Park
Sunday March 12th- Kilnsey to Malham
- was canceled - dangerous underfoot!
Sunday February 12th 2006
Hebden Bridge
27 December 2005
Christmas Walk round Grasmere
Sunday November 13th 2005
Furness Abbey
Sunday October 16th 2005
- Coniston & Tilberthwaite (photos by Liz)
Sunday 17th April 2005
Alford village to Chester
Sunday 15th May 2005
The Langdale Valley
Sunday 13th March 2005
Staveley & Potter Tarn
Sunday 13th February 2005
Scout Scar & Kendal
27 December 2004
Christmas Walk round Grasmere
27 November 2004
Grassington and the Dickensian Christmas Festival
17 October 2004
Clapham
19 September 2004
Hawkshead to Coniston
with a look back to 1991...
16 May 2004
Tatton Park
4 April 2004
Killington Lake to Sedbergh
14 March 2004
Pooley Bridge and Rheged
15 February 2004
Burton in Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
Christmas Walk 28 December 2003
Grasmere and Rydal Water
12th October 2003
Settle
21st September 2003
Ambleside to Grasmere
22nd June 2003
Walk over Whitbarrow
18th May 2003
Wharfedale and Bolton Abbey

Dinners
Photo Album
These dinners from 2006 onwards are for all parishioners whether walkers or not

'Parochial Perambulations'

The 'monthly' walks are always very popular, with some fifty or so people taking part. Walkers include members of the parish and friends and a few people from other parishes, and there are nearly always a few children, any age as long as they are manageable - up to eighty or more! There are also plenty of opportunities for other activities. Those who do not want to walk or are unable to go far can spend a pleasant few hours browsing in villages like Grasmere, exploring Haworth, or just sitting by a lake and perhaps sketching or painting!

The regular hire of a coach enables the walks to start in one place and finish in another. Over a period of more than twenty years parish walkers have explored the Lakes, the Yorkshire Dales, the Wirral and Derbyshire - and experienced every variety of weather. Some of the best days for walking weather have been two days after Christmas - a series of wonderful walks around Grasmere, Hawkshead or Coniston - and the worst was in the middle of June!

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