A number of people have shown interest in having a photobook from the walks this year. For the past three years, Fran and Tom have put a selection of photographs from that years walking tour into a photobook and sold it at cost price. Normally around £30-35. Previous years have been one week tour.

This year, we have done three sets of walks: the Big Session walk out of Buxton, the Ridgeway and the Lakes.

We propose to gather together a selection of pictures from each of these three into one photobook. As before, we will add JJ’s blogs to give some commentary to the photographs.

There have been many lovely photographs presented on Facebook. For a photobook, we really need the original photographs to get the quality when printed.

If you have photographs to contribute to this then please get in touch via info@jj-rr.org

You can either send in a cd, we can transfer them via “cloud storage”, or we can meet up.

The aim is to have the book ready well before Christmas. Please get your photographs to use by the end of October to give us time in November to create the book.

Fran & Tom

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:

Saturday 6th June: Marlborough Folk Roots — click here for details and tickets

Monday 8th June: Nettlebed Folk Club — click here for details and to see how to get tickets

Gigs:
Saturday 6th June: Marlborough Folk Roots — click here for details and 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…