WALKING
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HALF DAY WALKS
Convenors Marilyn Jones and Diane Hartwell marilynjones560@icloud.com hartwells@btinternet.com We meet at Rockfield Community car park on the 2nd Thursday and the 4th Tuesday of the month and aim to leave at 9.30 am. The walk is approximarely 5 miles. We share cars and reimburse the driver for the cost of petrol. I recommend that you wear walking boots or stout shoes and bring a waterproof for bad weather. Please bring clean shoes for the ride home. Also bring a drink as we usually make a brief stop about 11 am. Leaders Guidelines at the bottom of the page. |
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In Case of Emergency (ICE) cards are being sent out with membership cards. Please write down the details of the person you would like to be informed in the event of an accident, and carry them with you on U3A walks.
Half Day Walk Programme 2018
If the weather is very bad and you intend to meet at the start point of the walk rather than at Rockfield, please check with the organisers to find out if the walk will take place. For walks on 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Thursdays click here
July 12th: Janet Cox and Joan Smith
Brockweir Offa's Dyke Path Hudnalls Nature Reserve and finally walk along the Wye back to Brockweir Bridge.
Should take about 2 to /2 and a half hours to complete. Parking on the Chepstow Road from Monmouth just before the Brockweir Bridge. We can meet up here or Rockfield as usual.
Bit of a climb to start with as we head for Offa's Dyke. Nr the top of St Briavels turn left for the Hudnalls. Pleasant woodland walk downhill. Walk back to Brockweir bridge along the Wye.
July 24th: Cherry Lewis and Marilyn Jones
The Suck Stone: 6 miles Meet at Rockfield as usual. Start walk from the forestry parking area on the left (coming from Monmouth), just after the 'Welcome to the Forest of Dean' sign before Staunton on the A 4136. Note, it is not the big layby beside the sign, but 100 m beyond it.
Walk to the fascinating Suck Stone and Near Hearkening Rock, and then continue down to the River Wye and back up on Forest tracks. No stiles, and the uphill from the river is gradual, but there is a steeper more challenging downhill stretch for about a kilometre going down to the river.
August 9th Lindsey and Marjorie
August 28th Roger P and Mike B
September 13th John and Pat
September 25th Jackie C
October 11th Stella and Mel
October 23rd Shirley
November 8th Ruth and Daphne
November 27th Isobel and Cathy
December 13th Dominique and Dave
If the weather is very bad and you intend to meet at the start point of the walk rather than at Rockfield, please check with the organisers to find out if the walk will take place. For walks on 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Thursdays click here
July 12th: Janet Cox and Joan Smith
Brockweir Offa's Dyke Path Hudnalls Nature Reserve and finally walk along the Wye back to Brockweir Bridge.
Should take about 2 to /2 and a half hours to complete. Parking on the Chepstow Road from Monmouth just before the Brockweir Bridge. We can meet up here or Rockfield as usual.
Bit of a climb to start with as we head for Offa's Dyke. Nr the top of St Briavels turn left for the Hudnalls. Pleasant woodland walk downhill. Walk back to Brockweir bridge along the Wye.
July 24th: Cherry Lewis and Marilyn Jones
The Suck Stone: 6 miles Meet at Rockfield as usual. Start walk from the forestry parking area on the left (coming from Monmouth), just after the 'Welcome to the Forest of Dean' sign before Staunton on the A 4136. Note, it is not the big layby beside the sign, but 100 m beyond it.
Walk to the fascinating Suck Stone and Near Hearkening Rock, and then continue down to the River Wye and back up on Forest tracks. No stiles, and the uphill from the river is gradual, but there is a steeper more challenging downhill stretch for about a kilometre going down to the river.
August 9th Lindsey and Marjorie
August 28th Roger P and Mike B
September 13th John and Pat
September 25th Jackie C
October 11th Stella and Mel
October 23rd Shirley
November 8th Ruth and Daphne
November 27th Isobel and Cathy
December 13th Dominique and Dave
STROLLERS
Convenors Tony Cutting and Mel Bucktrout
tony.cutting@btinternet.com melvyn.bucktrout@tiscali.co.uk
Strollers walk on the first Tuesday of a month. New members are very welcome to join us.
Next walk Tuesday 3rd July is a walk round Trellech. I don't have much info. walk is being led by Lindsey and Marjorie so it should be good. Meet Rockfield car park 1.30pm. as usual.
Convenors Tony Cutting and Mel Bucktrout
tony.cutting@btinternet.com melvyn.bucktrout@tiscali.co.uk
Strollers walk on the first Tuesday of a month. New members are very welcome to join us.
Next walk Tuesday 3rd July is a walk round Trellech. I don't have much info. walk is being led by Lindsey and Marjorie so it should be good. Meet Rockfield car park 1.30pm. as usual.
Highway Code Guidelines and Ramblers' Countryside Code for Walkers and Leaders
These notes are taken from The Highway Code (there is a section for pedestrians), The Ramblers’ Countryside Code and based on advice from experienced walkers, walk leaders and farmers (who are also walkers). Compiled by Diane Booker
Road Walking
These notes are taken from The Highway Code (there is a section for pedestrians), The Ramblers’ Countryside Code and based on advice from experienced walkers, walk leaders and farmers (who are also walkers). Compiled by Diane Booker
Road Walking
- Stay Safe! Think like a motorist.
- Use footpath or verge if provided.
- Face oncoming traffic.
- Walk in single file. (Even on minor roads!)
- It may be safer to cross the road well before a sharp right-hand bend so that oncoming traffic can see you. Cross back after the bend.
- Follow the leader and cross where the leader crosses-do not fan out across the road.
- Try to keep behind the leader.
- Leader and back marker should wear a fluorescent vest and/or rucksack cover-Be Safe, Be Seen.
- If a vehicle is passing on a narrow lane, all walkers should move to the same side of the road (less risk of being hit by a wing mirror).
- When crossing a busy road, the leader should wait until the whole group are safely across before moving off.
- Wait at a junction or fork in the track until the next walker arrives so that no-one gets lost or left behind. Alert the leader if the group is becoming too spread out.
- When walking in National Parks, try to stay on the official path, even if it is a bit muddy. Diversions can cause erosion.
- Don’t feed livestock or wildlife-your lunch is for human consumption only.
- If you have to climb over a gate, climb next to the hinge to avoid straining the gatepost.
- If the route involves walking through a crop, walk in single file-the crop is someone’s livelihood. (Hay is also a crop and difficult to harvest if it has been flattened).
- When crossing a field containing livestock, cross as a group-there is safety in numbers. Try not to separate a herd and never pass between a cow and her calf.
- If you think that an animal may be ill or in distress, inform the farmer. Animals (usually sheep) trapped in fencing can sometimes be freed, but a panicking animal can be dangerous and best dealt with by professionals.
- Leave gates as you find them-open or shut.
- Take only memories-Leave only footprints.
- Banana skins and orange peel etc. are litter! If you would not leave it in the middle of your manicured lawn, take it home and compost it!
- On returning from a walk (especially in woodland and fields with livestock), clean the mud from your boots including the soles and allow to dry. Ideally treat the soles with dilute disinfectant. March 2018
In Case of Emergency (ICE) cards are being sent out with membership cards. Please write down the details of the person you would like to be informed in the event of an accident, and carry them with you on U3A walks.
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