JULY 4-5 2009 SAUNDERS MARATHON CHECKPOINT DUTY
04/03/09. Somewhere in the Lake District. Volunteer checkpoint marshals required, please contact club secretary.

JULY 17-19 2009 WILTSHIRE CYCLEPACKING
18/11/08. Maps: LR 173 & 172. Kennet & Avon canal towpath.

JULY 24-26 2009 SOUTH PENNINES **
04/05/09. Maps: LR 103 or OL 21 South Pennines. Details now available.

AUGUST 21-23 2009 CYCLE PACK THE WESTERN RIDGEWAY **
07/05/09. Maps: LR 173 - 174 EX 157 - 158 - 170. Plenty of alternative routes using roads instead of offroad tracks. Distance between pitches 10 miles by footpaths so walking is also an option.

AUGUST 28-31 2009 DARTMOOR SOUTH TO NORTH SN **
01/06/09/ Maps: LR 191 & 202 or OL 28. Ivybridge to Okehampton.

SEPTEMBER 4-6 2009 EXTRA DORSET STATIC MEET
14/05/09. Maps: OL 15 or LR 194. A popular venue. Good walking. Good pub in village.

SEPTEMBER 18-20 2009 TREASURE HUNT, SOUTH WALES **
09/04/09. Maps: LR 161 or OL 13. Clue-hunting jaunt in the hills and valleys of South Wales.

SEPTEMBER 25-27 2009 DORSET AUTUMN STATIC MEET
16/02/09. Maps: LR 184 or EX 118. Nice site. Last used by Dorset Group NOV08. Pub in village.

OCTOBER 9-11 2009 SOUTHERN BEGINNERS WEEKEND (VALE OF PEWSEY) **
07/05/09. Maps: LR 173 Ex 157. Route will be sorted on Sat morning to suit those present, distance between campsites about 6 miles by footpaths with plenty of options for longer routes if required. Return route will be by a different route along footpaths, about 6 miles.

OCTOBER 16-18 2009 DORSET CIDER & SLEEPING WEEKEND
14/05/09. Maps: OL 15 or LR 195. Great walks around the Isle of Purbeck. (You don't have to drink cider & sleep unless you want to!!)

OCTOBER 17-20 2009 LUNDY ISLAND VISIT **
18/11/08. Maps: Provided free & better than EX 139 or LR 180. Saturday to Tuesday: Bookings (3 nights) being taken for campsite or accommodation. Day and half day walks, enjoying the magic of Lundy !

DECEMBER 4-6 2009 CHRISTMAS PARTY WEEKEND, PEAK DISTRICT **
07/12/08. Maps: LR 119 or OL 24. Christmas social get-together. Details in Club autumn magazine.

APRIL 23-25 2010 AGM WEEKEND, BATH
09/05/09. Map: LR 172. Details later.

Not Backpackers Club events, but may be of interest

JUNE 20-21 2009 YORK CYCLE SHOW 2009 - YORK KNAVESMIRE Web site

LAND'S END to JOHN O'GROATS 2009 expedition of Geoff Gafford Geoff's Blogspot

LAND'S END to JOHN O'GROATS 2007 expedition of Allan Ricketts - Read Allan's story on the Allan Ricketts LEJOG site

Other club members who have walked Land's End to John o'Groats - Read their stories on the LEJOG site

Seb Green, around Britain backpacker - Read his story at www.sebsodyssey.org.uk

Follow the Spring North
For a preview of Christine Roche's book of her Land's End-John o'Groats walk, see trafford.com/robots/04-0463.html
Priced at £13.80 plus 75p postage, order via above web site, or £11.00 plus 75p postage for Backpackers Club members, order direct from Christine (must quote membership number), contact details on front cover of club magazine 'Backpack'.

Ordnance Survey Map code-
LR=1/50,000 Landranger Series.
OL=1/25,000 Outdoor Leisure Series.
EX=1/25,000 Explorer Series.
**=Further information available (members only).
SN=Short notice event (arranged too late to appear in the club magazine 'Backpack').