APRIL 25-27 2008 AGM WEEKEND - PEAK DISTRICT
14/09/07. Maps: LR 119 or OL 24. Includes lightweight equipment show. More information

MAY 9-11 2008 DORSET SPRING STATIC WEEKEND
03/11/07. Maps: OL 15 or LR 194. Choose your own day walks, coast or country.

MAY 17-24 2008 CLUB SCOTTISH WEEK, ISLE OF SKYE **
01/11/07. Details now available.

MAY 30-JUNE 1 2008 DARTMOOR WEEKEND SN ** << PROVISIONAL, DATE MAY CHANGE, PLEASE CONTACT ARRANGER >>
20/04/08. Maps: LR 191 & 202? or OL 28. Nb this has been arranged at relatively short notice to give novices a taste of wild camping on Dartmoor. There are numerous routes possible.

JUNE 5-9 2008 DORSET ROUND - CIRCULAR 5 DAY BACKPACKING TRIP
03/11/07. The third annual Dorset Round. A Backpacking trip around Dorset at a "laid back" pace !! Details to follow.

JUNE 6-8 2008 YORK BASED CYCLE WEEKEND **
07/08/07. Maps: LR 105 + ?. Flat quiet lanes and national cycle routes from York, around 40 – 50 miles per day with hopefully shorter options.

JUNE 27-29 2008 VETERANS WEEKEND, PEAK DISTRICT, STATIC **
10/01/08. Maps: LR 110 or OL 1. Chance to meet some of the 'old stagers' from the 70's & 80's.

JULY 4-8 2008 5 DAY CYCLEPACKING TRIP
03/11/07. Cyclepacking trip in the South West. Details to follow.

JULY 5-6 2008 SAUNDERS MARATHON CHECKPOINT DUTY
14/11/07. Somewhere in the Lake District. Volunteer checkpoint marshals required, please contact club secretary.

JULY 25-27 2008 CYCLEPACKING KENNET & AVON CANAL NEWBURY TO BATH **
14/1/08. Maps:- LR 172, 173 & 174. Kennet And Avon canal towpath, taking in the Crofton Pumping House.

AUGUST 22-25 2008 DARTMOOR – SOUTH TO NORTH **
24/02/08. Maps: LR 191 & 202 or OL 28. Ivybridge to Okehampton.

SEPTEMBER 12-14 2008 NEWCOMERS MEET, SHAP, EASTERN LAKE DISTRICT
03/11/07. Maps: LR 90 or OL 5+7. An easy-going weekend for anyone new to backpacking, the Club, or both.

SEPTEMBER 19-21 2008 TREASURE HUNT, SOUTH WALES
14/1/08. Details to follow.

SEPTEMBER 26-28 2008 AUTUMN STATIC WEEKEND
03/11/07. Details to follow.

OCTOBER 17-19 2008 BERKSHIRE BACKPACK
13/02/08. Details to follow.

DECEMBER 5-7 2008 CHRISTMAS PARTY WEEKEND, PEAK DISTRICT **
03/12/06. Maps: LR 119 or OL 24. Details in Club magazine.

Not Backpackers Club events, but may be of interest

JUNE 20-22 2008 CTC YORK CYCLE SHOW

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 http://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').