DECEMBER 28 2007-JANUARY 1 2008 NEW YEAR MEET, DARTMOOR **
09/11/07. Maps: LR 191, OL 28 or Harvey’s Dartmoor North. 4 course menu available New Year’s Eve, must be booked (last year £22).

JANUARY 11-13 2008 PEAK DISTRICT, ALONG THE GRAIN **
18/11/07. Maps: LR 119 or OL 24. Easy routes in the Dove & Manifold valleys, 6-8 mile days. Huge tasty meals Saturday night.

JANUARY 25-27 2008 SHROPSHIRE, WENLOCK EDGE **
04/10/07. Maps: LR 137 or EX 217. Saturday evening pub, home brewed real ale & meals.

FEBRUARY 8-10 2008 NORTHANTS/BEDS BORDER **
17/10/07. Maps: EX 207, 208 oe LR 152, 153. Easy walking - fields, riverside and woodland.

FEBRUARY 8-10 2008 DARTMOOR BACKPACK **
28/01/08. Maps: LR 191 or OL 28. Pub meals available both nights.

FEBRUARY 22-24 2008 BLACK MOUNTAINS **
04/10/07. Maps: LR 161 or OL 13.

FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 2008 COTSWOLDS **
30/10/07. Maps: LR 151 or EX 191. Nice walking in the Cotswolds with real ale pubs and good food.

MARCH 2 2008 CIRCULAR DAY WALK OF PORTLAND
03/11/07. Maps: OL 15 or LR 194.

MARCH 7-9 2008 HOWGILL FELLS OR WILD BOAR FELL **
12/11/07. Maps: OL 19 or LR 91.

MARCH 14-16 2008 MENDIP HILLS STATIC WEEKEND **
28/01/08. Maps: LR 182 or EX 141. Priddy Beer Festival at the two pubs. ‘Do your own thing’ weekend - when you wake. Many interesting places to walk to in the area.

MARCH 28-30 2008 WHITE PEAK, DERBYSHIRE **
31/12/07. Maps: LR 119 or EX 24. Moderate walking in central Peak District, 8-12 miles daily.

APRIL 11-13 2008 SOUTH WALES BACKPACK **
28/01/08. Maps: LR 161 or OL 13. Sunday’s walk back a leisurely flat walk of approx 3-4 hours.

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 available.

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 6-8 2008 DARTMOOR WEEKEND SN ** << NEW DATE >>
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 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 5-6 2008 SAUNDERS MARATHON CHECKPOINT DUTY
27/04/08. Somewhere in the Lake District. Volunteer checkpoint marshals required, please contact club secretary.

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

AUGUST 1-9 2008 PROVISIONAL- CYCLEPACKING IRELAND – SLIGO **
27/04/08. Details later.

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

AUGUST 22-25 2008 MENDIP HILLS STATIC - PRIDDY BEER FESTIVAL SN
11/08/08. Maps: LR 182 or EX 141. Lovely local walks to clear the head next day.

AUGUST 29-31 2008 KENT, FAVERSHAM HOP FESTIVAL SN
16/06/08. Maps: EX 149 or LR 178. Walking along the Saxon Way. Local beers and folk dancing in town.

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 12-14 2008 DEEP IN THE MOORS OF EXMOOR
13/05/08. Maps: LR 181 or OL9.

SEPTEMBER 19-21 2008 TREASURE HUNT, SOUTH WALES **
14/1/08. Clue-hunting jaunt around the countryside. Further information now available.

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

SEPTEMBER 26-28 2008 DARTMOOR BACKPACK
11/08/08. Maps: LR 191 or OL 28. Mostly tracks and paths, there will be some rough walking.

SEPTEMBER 26-28 2008 LONG MYND & STIPERSTONES ** SN
11/09/08. Maps: LR 137 & OL 216 & 217. Last weekend of season for Shrops Hills Shuttle linking Bishop’s Castle, Bridges & others for extended/shortened linear walks.

SEPTEMBER 27-OCT 4 2008 CYCLEPACKING FRANCE, LOIRE VALLEY **
03/05/08. Details now available.

OCTOBER 3-5 2008 BUXTON TO THE ROACHES **
06/05/08. Maps: LR 118/119 or OL 24 White Peak. Staffordshire moorland & Peak District western edges.

OCTOBER 17-19 2008 BERKSHIRE BACKPACK
13/02/08. Maps: LR 174 or EX 158 & 170. Shortest footpath route between pitches about 7 miles, but good choice of longer routes inc The Ridgeway National Trail passing Uffington Castle, Uffington White Horse and Waylands Smithy Long Barrow.

NOVEMBER 7-9 2008 BACKPACKING IN THE QUANTOCKS **
30/07/08. Maps: LR 181 or EX 140. Ridges and wooded valleys of West Somerset.

NOVEMBER 21-23 2008 CHILTERN HILLS – BACKPACK FOR WILDLIFE **
14/08/08. Maps: LR 165 + 175 or EX 171+172. 12 miles on paths/lanes through Chiltern Hills.

NOVEMBER 21-23 2008 DORSET GROUP PRE-CHRISTMAS MEET SN
10/10/08. Maps: LR 184 or EX 118. A weekend walking in the north of the county.

NOVEMBER 28-30 2008 SOUTH WEST GROUP CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER SN
19/11/08. Maps: LR 182 or EX 141. Static event, anybody welcome to come along.

DECEMBER 5-7 2008 CHRISTMAS PARTY WEEKEND, PEAK DISTRICT **
03/12/07. Maps: LR 119 or OL 24. Details in Club autumn magazine, page 12.

DECEMBER 12-14 2008 OXFORDSHIRE CHRISTMAS GET-TOGETHER
05/06/08. Maps: LR 174 or EX 170. Static pitch with day walk.

DECEMBER 28 2008-JAN 1 2009 NEW YEAR MEET, PEAK DISTRICT **
14/08/08. Map: LR 119 or OL 24 White Peak. Full details in December Backpack.

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