Sunday 22 November 2015

Graham's Grains in the Water

The A walkers met today on the approach road the Birchen Clough car park, A57 Snake Pass SS33 0BJ, grid reference SK 109 914 at 10 am. The Snake Pass was officially closed, but we all ignored the signs. The distance and ascent of the walk were 11.1 miles and 2,288 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 24 people on the walk. Here is the Route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MjE3OTcyMQ%3D%3D

(The original intention was to return through the wood, rather than down the Snake Pass.)


It was cold but with very little wind. There was light snow cover, with two light snow showers in the afternoon, and it was slippery in places.

Andrew broke his femur slipping on a wet rock, and we had to call Mountain Rescue. Ernie stayed behind, while the rest us yomped across the moor to the Snake Pass. The Mountain Rescue Team reached Andrew on foot, and he was flown out by helicopter. Let us all hope he makes a rapid and complete recovery.

Sunday 15 November 2015

Dot's Denby Dale, Cawthorne & Cannon Hall

The A walkers met today on the approach road the Denby Dale Railway Station HD8 8QJ, grid reference SE 224 085 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 11.5 miles and 1,386 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 19 people on the walk. Here is the Route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MjE2NzIyMw%3D%3D


Despite the dreadful forecast, it was a fine day with little wind and no rain, but it was muddy underfoot.

Monday 9 November 2015

Walk Statistics

This post presents some statistics for our walks over the past two years.

The scatter graph below shows the number of walkers (vertical axis) versus the travelling distance in miles by car from Huddersfield Railway Station (horizontal axis):


On average, we lost 3 walkers for every additional 10 miles of travelling distance. On average, we lost 1.5 walkers if the walk was graded S rather than M. However, S walks are on average 3 miles further away than M walks, so we would expect to lose an average of 1 walker from this cause alone. The grade of the walk did not, in itself, significantly affect the turnout.

The histogram below shows the number of walks within successive intervals of feet of climb, for walks graded both M and S:


(Walks graded M/S have been counted as S.) S walks were on average 1 mile longer than M walks with an extra 500 feet of climb. One of our M walks had 2,761 feet of climb, and one of our S walks (M/S in the programme) had 1,345 feet of climb.

Sunday 8 November 2015

Janet's We Will Remember Them

The A walkers met today at the car park at the White Swan Inn, A640, Outlane HD3 3YJ OS grid reference SE 089 181 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 12.0 miles and 1,876 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 26 people on the walk. Here is the Route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MjE1MjU0Nw%3D%3D


There was a strong wind with some light rain. It was mostly good underfoot.

Sunday 1 November 2015

Adrian & Janice's Stepping Out through Addingham

The A walkers met today at the car park at the top of Wells Road, Ilkley LS29 9TF, OS grid reference SE 117 471 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 9.9 miles and 1,555 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 21 people on the walk. Here is the Route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MjEzNzY2OA%3D%3D


It was sunny, warm and dry, with mist in the morning, and good underfoot.