| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| Group email: | Walking (4-6 miles) group |
| When: | On Tuesdays Last Tuesday of the month 10.15 for 10.30 |
| Cost: | This is a free event |
This group walks between 4 and 6 miles on the last Tuesday of each month. We meet at 10.15 for a 10.30 start. There is no charge to join our group but you must be a u3a member. We can then add you to our group list and you will then receive monthly walk details/risk assessment. Details of changes or cancellation due to bad weather are sent out by email. We welcome offers to lead walks from members during the year.
Walkers must wear suitable walking boots and clothing as detailed on the Risk Assessment and carry a card giving any essential medical information and emergency contact details.
Please make sure you have signed the insurance disclaimer. This makes the u3a walks possible. Copies of the disclaimer and emergency contact cards are available at the start of the walk.
Recent walks with the 4-6 mile Walking Group
Here we remember some of our recent walks.
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Willington to Meadowfield Linear walk
Read more: Willington to Meadowfield Linear walk28th Jan 2025 9 of us set off on a cloudy dry day. Despite the forecast, the weather was better thanexpected and this proved to be a good and interesting winter walk.We set off from Jubilee Park by the River Wear and climbed gently up to WillingtonCenotaph enjoying excellent views over the valley. Then we…
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Barnard Castle Flatts Wood walk
Read more: Barnard Castle Flatts Wood walk16 of us set off on a cloudy warm day with light rain at times. This was a woodland walkalong the River Tees gorge, quite rocky and challenging terrain at times, under sandstone cliffs. We had a lunch stop under trees sheltered from the rain, then a steep climb to return along a field path…
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Elephant Trees walk
Read more: Elephant Trees walkJuly 2024 On what, at that time in July, was the hottest day of the year, we set off on our 6 mile walk from Frosterley Station, round the back of Frosterley village and up past Harehope Quarry nature reserve. Limestone was quarried here for more than 900 years. The quarry is best known for…
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Richmond River Walk and Easby Abbey
Read more: Richmond River Walk and Easby AbbeyJune 2024 17 of us set off on a cloudy, warm and humid day. This was a beautiful walk in a wooded gorge with good views of Richmond Castle along the banks of the River Swale. Most of it was a circular route on both sides of the river, only the start and finish being…
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Consett Heritage Trail
Read more: Consett Heritage TrailThe 4.5 mile Consett Heritage Trail was set up by The Genesis Project, an organisation formed after the closure of the steelworks to help regenerate Consett by encouraging new businesses and creating employment opportunities, enabling the building of new housing and retail stores, and greatly improving the natural environment and providing opportunities for recreation on…
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Tudhoe Village Circular
Read more: Tudhoe Village CircularIn June Janet and John led a walk starting and ending at The Green Tree on Tudhoe green, where we were allowed to park for a few hours. We walked local fields via Hett and enjoyed the countryside and summer poppies in the fields. The weather was mixed with a dry morning then rain in…
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Frosterley Walk
Read more: Frosterley WalkOn 25th April Peter S led the Frosterley walk. The day was bright and sunny, if a little chilly. The walk started at Frosterley Station and visited the area around the Village Hall to look at examples of Frosterley Marble and the nearby archaeological site of the 8th Century St Botolph's Church. Passing through the…
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Durham Walk
Read more: Durham WalkRichard led the Durham walk. It was around 5 miles long on a rather damp day late March 2023. The group met at Howlands Park and Ride and got the bus into Durham for a walk along the river path under Prebends Bridge and Elvet Bridge then up to Houghall on the edge of Durham…
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