John writes: “Some fantastic photos and great comments tell their own story of our time in The Lakes. My thanks to the people of Threlkeld and all you walkers who surpassed yourselves in this inspiring and amazing landscape. 3 gigs within 300 metres of each other and all packed. My perfect tour!! Keep rambling. JJ”
… onto the summit of Blencathra. Led by Colin, supported by Boff and Ross, ably assisted by Aggie
Photograph by David Heppingstall
In a week’s time, John and Colin will be leading two walks along St John’s in the Vale. Fingers crossed for weather as good as today.
Walkers will meet at the Threlkeld Coffee Shop at the Village Hall on Friday at 9am. We will split into two groups for high-level and low-level walks along St John’s in the Vale. Our local scouts have been out to The Lodge in the Vale where we were planning to meet for lunch. The Lodge feel they are not able to cope with the number of walkers that we expect to be with us. The two groups will therefore meet in the car park at Legburthwaite, head of St John’s in the Vale. Please bring a packed lunch for this walk. The car park has toilets and a lovely view down the valley (perhaps not to be enjoyed at exactly the same time). The Lodge is not far away if anyone does desire their coffee and cake.
For the three evening events, there is plenty of parking in Threlkeld. Please respect local residents when you park. The Village Hall has a car park but please do not leave a car there while walking for the day as their coffee shop is open for visitors all day. Please click on the link for the Threlkeld Website to see further information on parking.
Meet you there.
Just to let everyone know that all the seats for the house concert on Friday 9th October are now taken.
The “big gig” on Saturday 10th in the small village hall is almost sold out with the few remaining tickets only available from the village box office as detailed at the end of this page.
Details of the October walking weekend can be found by clicking here — three walks, two gigs and a session. Meet you there.
Join JJ on the 8th, 9th and 10th of October for walking in the beautiful Lake District. Three days of walking will finish with a gig in Threlkeld Village Hall. The walks will be around Threlkeld with accommodation available in nearby Keswick. Further details will follow. Click here for details of the Saturday concert. 
Details are announced of the paths we will walk in June. See jj-rr.org/ridgeway-2015-walks
Meet you there
And the Gigs are:
Monday 8th June: Nettlebed Folk Club — click here for details and to see how to get tickets
Monday 8th June: Nettlebed Folk Club — click here for details and to see how to get tickets
On the Sunday, there will be a session in Wantage. This is in a small pub with room for only a limited number of people. This is now full.
See the walk page here. Further details on the walking will appear here soon after Easter
As part of the Kington Walking Festival, John repeats his beautiful walk to the source of the River Arrow through stunning border scenery, through a hidden valley to the ancient Celtic church at Colva and, after a welcome stop at Gladestry, continues on over Hergest Ridge to complete the walk into Kington.
Click here for their website
Then in the evening, music from the Remi Harris Trio at The Burton Hotel. John will stay around…
John and the Reluctant Ramblers will be walking into two festival this summer:
Wickham Festival on Thursday 13th August with a circular walk on the Wednesday across rolling Hampshire downland to the source of the River Meon, one of the iconic rivers in the Upper Meon Valley.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival on Friday 22nd August with ‘The Patron’s Walk’ from Presteigne to Shrewsbury starting on Wednesday 20th August with a gig at the Three Tuns in Bishop’s Castle Wednesday evening.
Full details can be found on the walk pages: Wickham and Shrewsbury
Please let us know if you are joining any parts of the walks as it does help if we know the number of people to expect. Please email info@jj-rr.org
Get your tickets early for the gig at the Three Tuns as we expect it to sell out.
John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers 