Andrew & Graham's Gra & Derwent

The A walkers met today at Yorkshire Water car park, on A616 just south of the Flouch roundabout S36 4HH, OS grid reference SE 201 013 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 13.51 miles and 2,101 feet, according to Satmap. There were 23 people on the walk. Here is the route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTU5NDAyOA==

Man Down

Taking Shelter

It was very windy on exposed ground, and rained heavily in the afternoon. Gordon was blown over and hit a rock on the way down, but he was able to complete the walk despite his injuries. Lets all hope he makes a full and rapid recovery.

(Track log contributed by Adrian. Second picture contributed by Ernie.)

Steve & Anne's Onward & Upward

The A walkers met today at Station Road, by Slaithwaite Railway Station HD7 5AW, OS grid reference SE 080 142 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 12.3 miles and 2,486 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 25 people on the walk. This was less than on recent walks near Huddersfield, but it was Easter Bank Holiday. Here is the route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTUxMTY5MA%3D%3D

More Upward than Onward

It was dry and sunny, with good visibility and very little wind. It was good underfoot, but muddy in places.

Eddie & Judith's Plan B

The A walkers met today at Holme School (on Meal Hill Road), HD9 2QQ, OS grid reference SE 106 060 at 10 am. The weather forecast was for heavy rain and gale force winds. Nonetheless, 23 brave people turned up for the walk. The weather made the advertised ascent of Holme Moss inadvisable, so the leaders substituted a less exposed walk. The distance and ascent of the substituted walk were 10.5 miles and 2,011 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. Here is the route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTQ5NDUyMA%3D%3D

The weather was as bad as the forecast, but people had a good time nonetheless.

Tim's Elland High Water

The A walkers met today at Gasworks Lane, off Elland Bridge, Elland HX5 9JH, OS grid reference SE 107 214 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 12.8 miles and 2,250 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S. There were 30 people on the walk. Here is the route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTQ4MTI3MA%3D%3D

It was a dry sunny day with very little wind and good visibility. Despite good conditions underfoot, this was one of the harder A walks, and there were lots of delays. Despite this, Philip completed his first walk with the group since his injury. After the walk, the group retired to the Barge & Barrel.

(The second picture was contributed by Ernie.)

Liz's Penistone Pennine Panoramas

The B walkers met today at Penistone Railway Station car park S36 6HP, OS grid reference SE 251 032 at 10 am. The estimated length of the walk was 8 miles. There were eight people on the walk.

Liz knew only two of the walkers, Mary and Adrienne. A final-year Uni student, Elsa, arrived by train. She appeared to fit in well with the group and enjoyed the walk. What a gorgeous day! They had larks and lambs, and a well-furnished picnic site for lunch. Hartcliff Hill summit was wonderful. None of the walkers seemed to know the area at all. They came back through Penistone just as an antiques fair was packing up. They all bought a piece of cake/bun from the fair's "café" and went home happy!

(Based on a report by Liz.)

Getting Started with ViewRanger

ViewRanger is free navigation App for the iPhone and Android. Here is the map screen:

The + and - buttons magnify and demagnify the map. The middle button centres the map on the current location. Tapping the stop watch button in the top right hand corner of the screen brings up the track recording screen:

Tapping the red blob in the middle of the screen starts and stops ViewRanger recording a track. Tapping the pen near the top right hand side of the screen lets you give the track a meaningful name. Tapping the Upload button uploads your newly recorded track to the ViewRanger website.

Tapping the map icon at the top right hand side of the recording screen returns you to the map. Tapping > at the top right hand side of the map screen takes you to a menu screen:

Tapping Organizer takes you to the Organizer screen:

Tapping Tracks takes you to your recorded tracks. (If a track is currently being recorded, it shows as Record Track.) Tapping a track on the list takes you to the Track Details for that track. For further information, see the earlier post.

Kevin's Doctors & Fairies

The A walkers met today at Watergrove Reservoir car park, north of Wardle, Rochdale OL12 9NH, OS grid reference SD 912 176 at 10 am. The distance and ascent of the walk were 12.0 miles and 1,422 feet, according to ViewRanger on an iPhone 4S.

There were 16 people on the walk. This is less than we have had of late, but it was Mothers' Day, and there was an A+ walk the previous day. The advertised walk was also relatively hard and distant, which tends to reduce the turnout.

Owing to his injury at Scarborough, Philip was not able to lead the advertised walk. Fortunately, Kevin had been deputized and lead an alternative walk, from the same location, using his trusty Nexus 7 running BackCountry. Here is the route:

http://my.viewranger.com/track/details/MTQ2NTkwOA%3D%3D

It was a dry day with a light wind and some sunshine. There was good news on Philip's recovery. He was able to walk 9 miles the previous day. The group retired to the Globe Inn after the walk.

(Second and third pictures contributed by Ernie.)