Southport Fell Walking Club

 The AGM will be held at 7.30 in Holy Trinity Hall Southport on Wednesday 26th Oct 2022 Christmas Meal will be Sunday 18th December and names will be taken at the AGM and on the following walks. Photo by Anne The weather was miserable for most of the day, with heavy rain and strong winds on the tops. In spite of that, 45 walkers braved the weather in a record number of 13 separate walks. Groups were dropped off the coach all the way along the Coniston road from Lowick Bridge to Torver and finally in Coniston itself. Stuart’s and Ian’s groups were first off the coach at Lowick Bridge. They set off in the same direction but by different routes heading for the Cumbria Way. Stuart’s group soon disappeared beyond Kiln Bank and at different times they both passed Beacon Tarn and along the Lakeside Path Next to leave was Mike B’s group who tortuously reached the Cumbria Way and then ascended Beacon Fell before following along the shore path. Shortly afterwards Mike J’s group departe...

  Alan Williams will be giving his last slideshow for the Southport Fellwalking Club after the AGM on 26 th October. Instead of the usual expeditions to faraway places this slideshow will focus on the European Alps, and will include suggestions for 4,000m peaks that would definitely be attainable for many of our fellwalkers. Glenridding Stu and Ele's party was the first off near Pooley Bridge. They followed footpaths to Waterfoot and little Meldrum, and then climbed to Gowbarrow summit. Very strong winds here followed them to High force and the climb up to spectacular Glencoyne Head amphitheatre path, descending via Bleabank Side to Seldom Seen and the Lakeside path to Glenridding. Next off was Ian and Gerry’s party at Watermillock. They also headed to Gowbarrow but took the lower path via Green Hill to reach Aira Force waterfalls. From here they headed up to Dockray to ascend Wattermillock Common. Near Brown Hills the party split, to descend via different ro...