BRISTOL ACTUARIES’ WALKING CLUB MEETS
(25 years of walks and dinners)
Meet no. Date Location Distance (Km) Height climbed (m)
1980
(– 4) Oct 26 Westonbirt 3 0
1983
(– 3) June 25 Brecon Beacons 12 700
1984
(– 2) July 14 Mendip Hills 21 670
1986
(– 1) July 12 The Black Mountains 26 1,010
1987
( 0) June 20 Brecon Beacons 25 1,290
1 Oct 31 The Black Mountains 22¾ 700
1988
2 Feb 20 Forest of Dean 19¼ 480
3 April 16 Quantock Hills 22 420
4 June 25 Malvern Hills 21 1,220
5 Oct 8 Mendip Hills west 21½ 760
6 Dec 10 Naunton 8¾ 140
1989
7 Feb 25 Meet cancelled! – –
8.1 April 21 Craig y Llyn 14½ 800
8.2 April 22 Cader Idris 17 1,050
8.3 April 23 Maesglasau 14¼ 750
9 May 6 The Ridgeway – Ogbourne St George to Hackpen Hill 23½ 350
10 July 1 The Black Mountains 27¼ 900
11 Sept 30 Dartmoor 20¾ 550
12 Nov 4 Cotswold Way 1 – Chipping Campden to Wood Stanway 21¾ 420
12a Nov 18 Cotswold Way 1 rpt 24½ 590
1990
13 Jan 20 Foss Way 16 100
14 Feb 17 Radnor Forest 15½ 480
15 Mar 17 Cotswold Way 2 – Wood Stanway to Whittington 28½ 590
15a Mar 31 Cotswold Way 2 rpt 24 590
16 April 7 Exmoor 25 720
17.1 May 11 Swirl How 7¼ 530
17.2 May 12 Jack’s Rake & Bowfell 15½ 1,280
17.3 May 13 Fairfield 16 1,030
17.4 May 14 Stony Cove Pike 8½ 620
18 June 30 The Black Mountain 18½ 780
19 Sept 29 Cotswold Way 3 – Ham Hill to Cooper's Hill 25½ 450
20 Oct 27 Wye Valley 24¼ 850
21 Nov 24 Cranborne Chase 19 240
1991
22 Jan 26 Wellow & Camerton 16½ 410
23 Feb 23 Ystradfellte waterfalls 14 360
24 Mar 23 Mendip Hills east 20¾ 300
25 April 20 Cotswold Way 4 – Cooper’s Hill to Coaley Peak 24 620
26.1 May 10 Seat Sandal 4½ 500
26.2 May 10 Pike o’Blisco 9 620
26.3 May 11 Scafell Pike 12¾ 1,130
26.4 May 12 High Street 18¾ 960
26.5 May 13 Loughrigg Fell 4½ 310
26a July 1 West Mendip Way – Uphill to Wells 44¼ 1,260
27 July 6 The Black Mountains 26¼ 720
28 Sept 21 Cotswold Way 5 – Coaley Peak to Alderley 25½ 750
29 Oct 26 Wylye Valley 19¼ 400
30 Nov 16 The Wansdyke 23¼ 330
1992
31 Jan 25 Box & South Wraxall 17 200
32 Feb 15 Portishead & Clevedon 28 240
33 Mar 14 Cotswold Way 6 – Alderley to Dyrham 21¾ 330
34 April 11 Cotswold Way 7 – Dyrham to Bath 21 420
35.1 May 1 Place Fell 5¾ 510
35.2 May 2 Helvellyn 19¼ 1,410
35.3 May 3 Old Man of Coniston 15¾ 1,150
35.4 May 4 Lang How 6¼ 380
35.5 May 4 Lingmoor Fell 3½ 270
36 June 27 Malvern Hills 20 900
36a July 20 West Mendip Way – Wells to Shipham 26½ 890
37 Sept 26 Offa’s Dyke Path 1 – Chepstow to Kymin 24¾ 990
38 Oct 24 Cadbury Castle 20 240
39 Nov 21 Kennet & Avon Canal 1 – Hanham to Bath 22¼ 40
1993
40 Jan 16 Bourton & Naunton 20 180
39a Jan 23 K&A Canal 1 rpt – Hanham to Bath 22¼ 40
41 Feb 20 K&A Canal 2 – Bath to Semington 20 10
42 Mar 20 Offa’s Dyke Path 2 – Kymin to Pandy 28 540
43.1 April 30 Brown Crag 5½ 400
43.2 May 1 Esk Pike 20 1,250
43.3 May 2 Blencathra 10½ 720
43.4 May 3 Crag Hill 11½ 1,060
44 June 26 Offa’s Dyke Path 3 – Pandy to Hay 25 710
45 Sept 18 Dartmoor 19¾ 720
46 Oct 9 Offa’s Dyke Path 4 – Hay to Kington 21½ 650
47 Oct 30 Woolley Grange, Bradford-on-Avon – –
48 Nov 6 The Ridgeway 21 350
49 Dec 4 K&A Canal 3 – Semington to All Cannings 21¼ 60
1994
50 Jan 22 Cirencester Park 19¾ 210
51 Feb 19 Mendip Hills west 24¼ 670
52 Mar 5 K&A Canal 4 – All Cannings to Crofton 21¾ 30
53 April 9 Offa’s Dyke Path 5 – Kington to Knighton 21¼ 600
54.1 April 29 Helm Crag 6½ 330
54.2 April 30 Bowfell & Crinkle Crags 14 1,200
54.3 May 1 Grisedale Pike 16 1,280
54.4 May 2 Skiddaw 12¼ 870
55 June 25 Three Castles walk, Gwent 29 970
56.1 Sept 24 Offa’s Dyke Path 6 – Knighton to Churchtown 16¾ 760
56.2 Sept 25 Offa’s Dyke Path 7 – … to Salt Bridge 13¾ 210
57 Oct 29 Leigh Woods & Failand 19½ 140
58 Oct 29 Colleys Supper Rooms, Bristol – –
59 Nov 19 K&A Canal 5 – Crofton to Kintbury 16¾ 0
60 Dec 10 Cowley, Birdlip & Caudle Green 16½ 250 km
1995
61 Jan 21 Combe Hay & Midford 17½ 380
62 Feb 18 Cherhill Down 23½ 410
63 April 1 Castle Combe 19 310
64 April 22 K&A Canal 6 – Kintbury to Tyle Mill 25½ 0
65.1 May 5 Pike o’Stickle 8 620
65.2 May 6 Sca Fell 15¼ 940
65.3 May 7 High Street 15 890
65.4 May 8 Old Man of Coniston 11¼ 730
66 June 3 Radnor Forest 19 620
66a June 26 West Mendip Way – Wells to Uphill 44¼ 1,270
67 July 1 Brecon Beacons 22½ 1,220
68.1 Sept 23 Offa’s Dyke Path 8 – Salt Bridge to River Vyrnwy 26½ 370
68.2 Sept 24 Offa’s Dyke Path 9 – … to Oswestry 15 570
69 Oct 28 K&A Canal 7 – Tyle Mill to Reading & on to Purley 22¼ 30
70 Nov 4 The Sign of the Angel, Lacock – –
71 Nov 25 Wye Valley 18 610
1996
71a Jan 1 Chewstoke 10¾ 180
72 Jan 20 Limestone Link 1 – Cold Ashton to Combe Hay 20½ 90
73 Feb 17 Savernake Forest 18¾ 150
74 Mar 23 Thames Path 1 – Purley to Wallingford 22 40
75 April 20 Cotswold Way – Haresfield Beacon to Seven Springs 27¼ 640
76.1 May 3 Wansfell 7¼ 550
76.2 May 4 Kentmere Horseshoe 19½ 1,090
76.3 May 5 Blencathra 11 850
76.4 May 6 Black Crag 18 480
77 June 8 Malvern Hills 20¼ 750
78 July 6 The Black Mountain 20½ 910
79 July 20 Limestone Link 2 – Combe Hay to West Harptree 24½ 290
79a Aug 3 Limestone Link 2 rpt 24½ 290
80.1 Sept 28 Offa’s Dyke Path 10 – Oswestry to World’s End 27 730
80.2 Sept 29 Offa’s Dyke Path 11 – … to Clwyd Gate 15¾ 400
81 Oct 19 Thames Path 2 – Wallingford to Abingdon 21¾ 10
82 Nov 2 Limestone Link 3 – West Harptree to Shipham 20½ 580
83 Nov 23 Petty France, Hawkesbury Upton – –
1997
84 Jan 1 Lansdown 16¼ 420
85 Jan 25 “To Hill and Wick – and Back” 19 350
86 Feb 15 Wardens’ & Windrush Ways east 21¼ 280
87 Mar 8 Thames Path 3 – Abingdon to Thrupp 26 20
88 April 12 East Mendip Way – Frome to Wells 29½ 430
89.1 May 2 Mid Craig 6½ 500
89.2 May 3 Hart Fell 17¾ 1,130
89.3 May 4 Hunt Law 12½ 500
90 May 17 Sidmouth 22 730
91 June 28 Avebury & Pewsey 20¼ 280
92.1 Sept 19 Offa’s Dyke Path 12 – Clwyd Gate to Llangwyfan Forest 12½ 560
92.2 Sept 20 Offa’s Dyke Path 13 – … to Prestatyn 26¾ 840
92.3 Sept 21 Moel Famau 5 210
93 Oct 11 Oxfordshire Way 1 – Thrupp to Chadlington 27½ 190
94 Oct 25 Quantock Hills 17¼ 580
95 Nov 8 Calcot Manor, near Tetbury – –
96 Dec 7 Wye Valley 13¾ 350
1998
97 Jan 1 West of Englishcombe 14½ 310
98 Jan 24 Woodchester Park 14 240
99 Feb 21 Oxfordshire Way 2 – Chadlington to Bourton-on-the-Water 21¾ 160
100 Mar 28 Stourhead 19¼ 360
101.1 May 1 Mynydd Cwmcelli 10½ 390
101.2 May 2 Rhinog Fawr 12¼ 830
101.3 May 3 Cader Idris 12½ 940
101.4 May 4 Drosgol 10¼ 530
102 July 4 Heart of England Way: Bourton-on-the-Water to Chipping Campden 25¼ 330
103 July 25 Black Mountains 27 1,040
104.1 Sept 19 Two Moors Way 1 – Ivybridge to New Bridge 22½ 670
104.2 Sept 20 Two Moors Way 2 – … to Bennett’s Cross 15¾ 650
105 Oct 10 Monarch’s Way 1 – Leigh Woods to Breach Hill 17¼ 360
106 Nov 7 The Sign of the Angel, Lacock – –
107 Nov 21 Forest of Dean 13½ 330
1999
108 Jan 1 “Bath Skyline Walk” 13¼ 420
109 Feb 20 Wardens’ & Windrush Ways west 21½ 400
110 Mar 27 Monarch’s Way 2 – Breach Hill to Wells 21½ 410
111.1 April 30 Claife Heights 7¼ 190
111.2 May 1 Bowfell 17 1,090
111.3 May 2 Hart Crag 12½ 780
111.4 May 3 South-east Lakeland (three walks) 16¾ 650
112 July 3 West of the Malverns 21¼ 400
113.1 Sept 25 Two Moors Way 3 – Bennett’s Cross to Howard Cross 22 400
113.2 Sept 26 Two Moors Way 4 – ... to Morchard Bishop 17½ 360
114 Oct 30 Aldbourne 18 250
115 Nov 13 Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath – –
116 Nov 27 Monarch’s Way 3 – Wells to Huxham 15½ 240
2000
117 Jan 3 Dyrham & Marshfield 13 280
118 Jan 22 Sapperton 23¼ 220
119 Feb 26 Monarch’s Way 4 – Huxham Green to Cadbury Castle 18¾ 180
120 Mar 25 Lacock & Derry Hill 16 250
121.1 April 28 Scaw’d Fell 14½ 480
121.2 April 29 Ettrick Ridge 18½ 910
121.3 April 30 White Coomb 14 920
122 July 1 Offa’s Dyke 3 rpt – Pandy to Hay 25½ 710
123 July 22 Cotswold Way 3 rpt – Ham Hill to Fiddler’s Elbow 25½ 450
124.1 Sept 16 Two Moors Way 5 – Morchard Bishop to Knowstone 20½ 400
124.2 Sept 17 Two Moors Way 6 – … to Tarr Steps 15 470
125 Oct 28 Monarch’s Way 5 – Cadbury Castle to Ilchester 21¼ 170
126 Nov 11 Beechfield House Hotel, Beanacre – –
127 Nov 25 Mendip Hills 12¾ 480
2001
128 Jan 27 Morgan’s Hill 23½ 280
129 Feb 24 Waun Fach 24½ 740
130 Mar 31 Meet cancelled! – –
131.1 May 5 Crosby Garrett 9½ 100
131.2 May 5 Howgill Lane 14¾ 270
131.3 May 6 Galloway Gate 19 420
131.4 May 7 Killington 8¾ 160
131.5 May 7 Crosby Garrett 7½ 90
132 June 30 Meet cancelled! – –
133.1 Sept 15 Two Moors Way 7 – Tarr Steps to Brendon Two Gates 25½ 630
133.2 Sept 16 Two Moors Way 8 – … to Lynmouth 11½ 250
134 Oct 20 Mendip Hills 21 560
135 Nov 10 Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath – –
136 Nov 24 West of the Malverns 16¼ 240
This was the year of the great Foot and Mouth outbreak: hence the number of cancelled Meets.
2002
137 Jan 1 Box & Colerne 9¼ 200
138 Jan 26 Monkton Farleigh 11½ 200
139 Feb 16 Brimpsfield to Bisley 19¾ 430
140 Mar 23 Bath & Wellow 17½ 400
141 April 13 Monarch’s Way 6 –Ilchester to Haselbury Bridge 19 250
142.1 May 3 Baystones 7¾ 550
142.2 May 4 Helvellyn 14½ 1,070
142.3 May 5 Devoke Water 11½ 600
142.4 May 6 Dunnerdale Fells 6¾ 500
143 July 6 Pen y Fan 23¼ 1,160
144.1 Sept 14 SW Coast Path 1 – Lynmouth to Bossington 23 400
144.2 Sept 15 Macmillan Way W 1 – Bossington to Dunster 14¼ 520
145 Nov 9 Tortworth Court Hotel – –
146 Nov 23 Two Rivers Way 1 – Chew to Keynsham 15¾ 60
2003
147 Jan 1 Box & Atworth 13½ 160
148 Feb 15 Bredon Hill 18½ 380
149 Mar 22 Castle Combe 15½ 210
150.1 May 2 Tarrenhendre 10 620
150.2 May 3 Maesglase 14¾ 800
150.3 May 4 Arenig Fawr 15 640
151 June 28 Monarch’s Way 7 – Haselbury Bridge to Hawkchurch 20¼ 370
152 Sept 20 Monarch’s Way 8 – … to Charmouth, and on to Lyme Regis 16½ 370
153 Nov 22 Two Rivers Way 2 – Congresbury to Chew 15½ 190
2004
154 Jan 24 Hawkesbury Upton 9¼ 200
155 Feb 28 Wye Valley 18¼ 310
156 Mar 20 Macmillan Way W 2 – Dunster to Bicknoller 19 440
157.1 April 30 Birk Fell Man 5¼ 510
157.2 May 1 Great Gable 11½ 1,040
157.3 May 2 Crinkle Crags 12 1,030
157.4 May 3 Kitty Crag 5¾ 360
158 July 3 Macmillan Way W 3 – Bicknoller to North Petherton 24 560
159 Sept 18 SW Coast Path 2 – Lyme Regis to Branscombe Mouth 15½ 400
160 Oct 16 Coaley Peak 20 450
161 Nov 13 Ozleworth 17¼ 320
2005
162 Feb 26 Backwell & Felton 15½ 300
163 Mar 12 Mendip Hills 16 530
164 April 9 Samaritans Way 1 – North Petherton to Greinton 22¼ 80
165.1 May 14 Great Shunner Fell 20 500
165.2 May 15 Whernside 12½ 570
166 July 2 Westonbirt & Leighterton 16 120
167 Sept 17 Llanthony & Cwmyoy 14 480
2006
168 Jan 21 Cotswold Water Park 13¾ 20
169 Feb 18 Cherhill 14½ 220
170 Mar 11 Box & Bathampton 15¼ 260
171 April 26 Malvern Hills 13 550
172 July 22 Brecon Beacons 17½ 730
173 Sept 30 SW Coast Path 3 – Beer to Sidmouth 14¼ 700
174 Nov 4 Bradford & Iford 12½ 110
175 Dec 2 Painswick & Cranham 14½ 450
2007
176 Mar 10 Marlborough Downs * 16¼ 330
177 Apr 19 SW Coast Path 4 – Sidmouth to Exmouth 17 330
178.1 May 4 Swirl How 5½ 460
178.2 May 5 High Raise 10½ 900
178.3 May 6 St Sunday Crag 10½ 700
178.4 May 7 Little Langdale 8¾ 120
2008
179 Mar 1 Ystradfellte 14 380
180 Mar 29 Samaritans Way 2 – Greinton to Godney 19½ 200
181.1 May 4 Coleridge Way - 1 Nether Stowey to Sampford Brett 17¼ 380
181.2 May 5 Coleridge Way - 2 … to Lype Hill 21½ 780
181.3 May 6 Coleridge Way - 3 … to Porlock 16 370
182 June 6 SW Coast Path 5 – Starcross to Newton Abbot 19¾ 130
2009
183 March 21 Samaritan's Way South West 3 17 400
184.1 June 28 Templer Way Newton Abbott to Green Lane 14¾ 280
184.2 June 29 Templer Way Green Lane to Hamel Down 10¼ 380
2010
185 May 14 Samaritans Way 4 ‒ Black Rock Gate to Chew Magna 15¼ 210
186 October 4 Samaritans Way 5 – Chew Magna to Bristol (Great Circle final leg) 14¾ 330
2012
187 October 31 25th anniversary walk Llanthony 8½ 100
188 October 31 25th anniversary dinner The Albion, Bristol - -
* This was a ‘National Trail’ walk led by a qualified leader.