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Saturday FEBRUARY 21st 2009
- From Hall To Chapel !
Sheffield is the only city in the country with not one, but two, Iron Age hillforts within it’s boundaries. Today we climb one of them high above the Don Valley which, two thousand years ago, was a frontier of the Roman Empire.
Start: 10.20am at MEADOWHALL. Finish: Chapeltown.
Distance: 8 miles. Leader: John Harker
Depart: Lincoln 08.27, Retford 09.03
Sheffield 09.57, Huddersfield 09.13, Barnsley 10.01,
to Meadowhall.
Saturday MARCH 7th 2009
- ‘Left On The Shelf,’ I Hope Not !
A walk through Penistone’s enclosure system, onto Hunshelf via part of the Barnsley Boundary Walk then onto Finkle Street Wortley, Crane Moor, Hood Green and Silkstone Common.
Start: 9.45 am at PENISTONE. Finish: Silkstone Common.
Distance: 10 miles. Leader: Geoff Ryder
Depart: Lincoln 07.04, Retford 07.40,
Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Huddersfield 09.13 to Penistone.
Saturday MARCH 21st 2009
- S Is For Spring !
Following an S-shaped route which twists, turns, rises and falls through rolling countryside on the flanks of the Don Valley, where intimate wooded valleys contrast with open farmland and distant views into the Peak District.
Start: 10.15am at SILKSTONE COMMON. Finish: Penistone.
Distance: 9 miles. Leader: Liz Colquhoun
Depart: Lincoln 07.04, Retford 07.40,
Sheffield 09.36, Meadowhall 09.42, Barnsley 10.01,
Huddersfield 09.13 to Silkstone Common.
Saturday APRIL 4th 2009
- Three Counties Circular !
Starting on the Cuckoo Way, we’ll make our way to Whitwell across pleasant open countryside, returning via Thorpe Salvin.
Start: 10.20am SHIREOAKS. Finish: Shireoaks.
Distance: 10½ miles. Leader: David Cook
Depart: Lincoln 09.27, Retford 10.03,
Huddersfield 08.10, Barnsley 08.58, Meadowhall 09.33, Sheffield 09.44 to Shireoaks.
Saturday APRIL 11th 2009 – RAIL TOUR
“ Shakespeare & Dreaming Spires of Oxford ”
Easter Saturday sees the Penistone Line having it’s first special diesel locomotive-hauled charter for 11 years! Visit the historic destinations of Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford.
Organised by Green Express Railtours, it will depart from Huddersfield picking up at Honley, Shepley, Denby Dale, Penistone, Barnsley and Sheffield.
Depart: Huddersfield 06.00, Barnsley 07.00, Sheffield 07.30 returning to Barnsley 21.30, Huddersfield 22.30 (approx)
Fares: £47 Standard Class or £77 First Class
To book, contact GREEN EXPRESS RAILTOURS
tel: 01723 - 891400
email: info@greenexpressrailtours.co.uk
website: www.greenexpressrailtours.co.uk
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For a free walks programme
call Stuart Parker tel: 01522 - 534655
You are invited to ‘take the train for a walk !’
Organised by the Penistone Line Partnership (PLP),
these walks are promoted by the Ramblers’ Association to encourage use of the train service to visit some of South & West Yorkshire’s finest countryside. Walks also take place in North Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Join us for an enjoyable day out – all are welcome !
Bring along a flask and sandwiches. Suitable footwear and clothing are recommended. Walks are at an easy pace. Our walks are carefully planned but you are responsible for your own safety. Walks are free but fares apply.
Saturday APRIL 18th 2009
- Dawdling Through Deffer !
A joint walk with the Kirklees Countryside Volunteers on a
varied route, taking in Deffer Wood, and crossing the border from West to South Yorkshire.
Start: 9.35am at SHEPLEY. Finish: Barnsley.
Distance: 13¾ miles. Leader: Tony Pogson
Depart: Lincoln 07.04, Retford 07.40,
Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42,
Barnsley 09.01, Huddersfield 09.13 to Shepley.
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