Newsletter

NEXT CLUB WALK

SUNDAY 27th APRIL 2008,

PADFIELD, DERBYSHIRE

Coach Route - OADBY – M1 junct. 35A, A616, A628 to Tintwistle, left into to Padfield.

Coach departs Oadby car park at 8.00am and will leave at 5.30PM.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE COACH AFTER TAKING AFTER WALK REFRESHMENT! THIS ALLOWS THE COACH ORGANIZER TO DO A HEAD COUNT ENSURING A SWIFT DEPARTURE & EARLY RETURN HOME.

Toilet/Boot Stop On the outward leg and on return (if requested). Members are requested to keep the time taken at the boot stop to a minimum.

Wearing of seat belts on the coach is now compulsory by law.

At the end of the walk members are asked to change their footwear and place dirty boots and rucksacks in the luggage locker before getting on to the coach, thus avoiding any congestion and mud in the coach.

Leaders: Roy Coyle (short walk), Ian/Wyn Glen, Nadine Harris, John Bastow, Carol Birch (long walk).

Maps Explorer: OL1 DARK PEAK & Landranger: 110

Walk Routes Please send routes as soon as possible to: Barbara Beattie.

Walkers Please contact Chris Hunt. If the bus is full, there will be a message to this effect on the answerphone. If you wish to go on the waiting list, leave your name & number. You will be contacted if & when seats become available

Members and guests are reminded that if they are unable to go on a walk for which they have booked they must cancel by the Thursday before the walk. Otherwise the full coach fare will be charged. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

At the recent AGM. it was decided that the following charges will now apply:

Coach fares… members £8.00, Non members & guests £10.00

Subscriptions… adult members £15.00, Students / juniors £10.00,

Family (2x adult & 2 x child) £35.00

Family (1 x adult & 2 x child) £20.00

The recent change in bus companies has made the increase in coach fare inevitable as we have been unable to get any company to provide the same price as Smiths had been charging. Other factors such as companies requiring payment up front, the ever rising cost of fuel & the general trend of most companies running 49 seat coaches instead of 53 have all contributed to a sharp increase in “price per seat” for the club. On some trips the coach cost is up by almost £100. this issue was debated at the AGM, with all the options disclosed & a proposal was carried that the coach fare & subscription be set at the above charges.

Over the next few months we shall be using different coach operators depending on price & service.

It would be a great help if members could pay their annual subscriptions on the next coach trip…………. or use the form with this newsletter & send to steve churchard

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