Sunday 28th
Graham reports  Parked at Cocklet Hill and set off with 17 people but soon became 16 as the person had forgot his Rucksack and Food and literally disappeared. Walked through the maze that is the Gisburn Forest and after confusing fire lanes and retracing steps the walk got under way. Walked to Whelpstone Crags by passing through Heath Farm and wondering at all the Surveillance Camera. Returned via Brown Hills and returned via a tiny valley where the party had to cross and re-cross a stream ending up at a path then tracks As it was warm and getting late it was decide to walk back along tracks to save time. Five people had a well deserved drink at The Hark to Bounty at Slaidburn just before the downpour. 

Saturday 27th
Alan W reports 14 members and 1 guest met at Barley car park on a hot sunny day for a moderate 8-mile circular walk. Our first objective was Pendle Hill taking the zigzag option rather than straight up the steps for a slightly more relaxed? route, stopping at the trig point to admire the view and quench our thirst. It was then on to the next refreshment stop in the shelter on the northern edge of the hill with the wonderful Ribble Valley panorama to look down on. The route then continued on past the Scout Cairn with a brief explanation of the reason for it being moved from its original location and down Ogden Clough for lunch by the stream at the bottom of Boar Clough. All refreshed it was up through Fell Wood. to Newchurch to see witches galore and an ice cream or two before the final leg of the walk through Stacks Wood, Whitehough and the Narowgate Mill and cottages before returning to Barley to finish the day with afternoon teas.

Sunday 21st
Roy reports The forecast was not too brilliant for Wainwright Chapter One but when the crowd of 22 gathered at Patterdale the fell tops were clear and promising so the mood was bright and cheerful until the steep pull up Arnison Crag soon gave them cause to grumble. “Too warm, too humid, too steep”, were the comments! The view of Ullswater from the top was rewarding though and a well earned rest was taken until the midges came!! We followed the faint path around Trough Head the leader thinking it went to Blind Cove Col. It was therefore a pleasant surprise and bonus to arrive at the summit of Birks (2,040 feet). The straight forward ridge then beckoned onto St. Sunday Crag but it was one of those teasing fells with many false tops. Everyone found it a tough climb and some even said it was harder than Ben Nevis! However, lunch and revitalisation admiring the splendid views gradually repaired our stamina and a small group even decided to extend the walk over Cofa Pike and Fairfield. The main party descended gradually and leisurely to Grisedale Tarn where lounging beside the lapping waters we watched the Fairfield group coming back down the shoulder. The parties reunited at the Brothers’ Parting Stone before the long trek down Grisedale and the tantalising vision of frothy pints in the White Lion!! 
Sheila reports The weather was just right for walking today apart from a short shower. 48 of us set off down the lane and over fields to reach Jinkinson's Farm where the farmer was surprised to see so many people walking through his yard, he warned me that the field we had to cross had cows in it and some times they were a little frisky when people went in their field. But undeterred we carried on for me to do my Cow Whispering while everyone crossed the field safely. Making our way over fields we soon arrived at Hothersall Hall Farm to take a look at the Gargoyle in the Chestnut Tree. We had lunch in the field opposite and admired the view of the River Ribble and the Plane around. While here some of us wandered down to admire Hothersall Hall, while there the owner Mr Watts drove up and was good enough to tell us a little about the history of the Hall which was first built in the 1100,s.After lunch we made our way to Ox Hey then onto Alston Grange where one gentleman made a lady scream when he told her the electric fence she was climbing over was live (that's just the little boy in him). Near the end of the walk some people stopped to watch the Chipmunks playing in a garden. (surprising what they have in Longridge) At the end of the walk about 36 of us made our way across the road to the Duke of William much to the surprise of the landlord. Here one local told us the tale of the Gargoyle which in fact was the Boggart of Hothersall Hall. 

Sunday 14th
Meryl reports 26 plus 1 dog met at Helwith Bridge car park and set off on the long track to Pen-Y-Ghent.  The weather was better than forecast and expected, as is often the case. We set a good pace and soon arrived at our first break point where we sat enjoying the view across the valley to Ingleborough and Whernside.  We then continued to the bottom of the steps where the ascent to the summit began in steep earnest.  Having climbed to the top and the trig point we settled down for a leisurely lunch, first having different ideas as to which was the windier side of the wall.  Descending we took a short detour to see Hull Pot and then continued down to Horton in Ribblesdale where most of us called at the famous Pen-Y-Ghent café for a refreshing pint of tea! We returned via the picturesque riverside path and where we had good views of the sphinx like Pen-Y-Ghent .  Although we had quenched our thirst at the café, the majority seemed to have worked up another by the time we returned to the car park and we had a relaxing hour sat in the glorious sunshine outside the Helwith Bridge Inn.

Sunday 7th
Peter reports This would have been Mike Sadula's last walk on this current program. The weather turned out to be better than originally forecast, but still cold. 8 members met in the car parks in the centre of Kettlewell. The weather must have put a lot of people off as there were lots of parking spaces. The route that we took was not the usual route that Mike had taken in the past. Making our way up Dowber Gill Beck, we met two ladies trying to find Hag Dike. As we were heading past there they took up our invitation to join us for a while. Reaching Providence Pot we enjoyed a short stop for a drink and a look down into Providence Pots before setting off up the hill side to Hag Dike, where the ladies left us to continue back to Kettlewell. We then started our ascent up the scree to the first cairn and set off across the boggy Cams Hole following the marker posts but avoiding the wetter bits and made the Trig Point in time for lunch, which was taking sheltering amongst the rocks of Long Crag. As we descended to Black Dike and then Tor Dike the wind eased and it became warmer. Passing Top Moor Gate to Cam Head and followed Top Mere Road back down into Kettlewell. 4 went to the Racehorse Inn for refreshments outside a very quite pub! We were the only customers.
Shelia reports What a difference a week makes last Sunday we were walking in a heat wave in shorts and T-shirts this Sunday we are back to long pants and jackets. Because of a misprint in the program my walk this week was officially not on as it was the same walk as last week. So before I set off to do Gwen's walk I called at Whins Lane to find 7 of us had turned up for this walk so my walk was ON again. We made our way to White Coppice for our lunch stop. We then took a gentle pace over Wheelton Moor as one lady found the uphill walk a little steep at the beginning but as true Linkers we all took it in turn to encourage her over the moor where we all had a well deserved rest at the top to take in the views as far as Southport and Blackpool. We wandered down to Brinscall then up above the other side to admire more views of Preston, by now the day had warmed up, the wind had dropped and the sun was out.We now made our way down to Withnell Fold and back along the Tow Path to our cars. No one fancied a drink at the pub so we gave it a miss. It made an enjoyable change to walk in a little group as we all had a good chat to each other and all agreed we had had a very good days walk.