Saturday Activities – Annual Dinner Weekend

A number of activities are planned for the Saturday of the Annual Dinner meet – 8th November 2025: Climbing, Cycling and Walking. The details are as follows:

Climbing: coordinator Richard Clegg. Richard writes, “We plan to go to Almscliff again. I should be there by 11am and it will be good to see others there too, weather permitting. I will also post in the climbing Whatsapp group.”

Cycling: coordinator Karen Hosford. Karen writes, “The plan is to meet outside the hotel at 10:00. The ride is 36 miles (58km) long with 1440ft (439m) of ascent. The route goes to Knaresborough using the Beryl Burton Cycleway, then on to Marton Cum Grafton. Lunch will be at Tancred Farm (The Tancred Farm Coffee Shop), which has a good selection on the menu. The route then continues south west to Cowthorpe and Spofforth, before returning to the hotel before 15:00.”

Walking: coordinator Ian Helliwell. Ian writes, “There are options for different length walks on the magnificent Ilkley Moor. A great place, open and craggy with mysterious carved rocks, great views, hidden poems by the Poet Laureate and so much more. Multiple route variations possible as weather/enthusiasm dictates. The ‘A’ walk is a 14.5 mile circuit of Ilkley/Rombalds/Burley moors, taking in various ancient carved stones, 3 trig points, 3 Stanza Stones, a stone circle and a Georgian spa pool (if anyone fancies a dip). There are 10 mile ‘B’, and 7 mile ‘C’ variants of the walk that take in a subset of the features.  The plan is to start at the Cow and Calf rocks car park (approx 30 mins from the hotel) at 10:00. Grid reference SE132467, what3words: depth.strongly.solar  Any volunteers for cocordinating the B or C variants, email me or talk to me before the Saturday and I’ll supply maps/gpx routes…

More details of these various activities will be posted before the event e.g. maps, gpx routes and Helen will also be communicating via WhatsApp/Facebook etc.