WMG winter walk details – Sat 1 February 2014
This year’s WMG winter walk
will be based on the picturesque village of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire
(between Redditch and Solihull). The distance will be around 5 or 6 miles,
partly on-road but mostly on footpaths and a green lane across undulating
countryside.
There is plenty of street
parking in the village, including around the village green, and also an
upmarket pub where people might like to meet from 12.30 onwards and have a quick
drink before we set off. It is however too smart for a group of muddy ramblers
returning from a winter walk, and we shall dine elsewhere afterwards [venue yet
to be decided – I am sampling one recommended pub on 17 Jan]. As it’s likely
to be wet underfoot, it may be a good idea to bring a change of trousers (and
definitely to wear boots or wellies).
We’ll set off at 1pm from
the village green and should be back around 4-4.30.
Bad weather has interfered
with our winter walk over the last couple of years and this complicates the
booking for a dining venue. To give me an idea of numbers, it would be helpful
if people could say whether they would still plan to come and eat if the weather
was wet (i.e. treat it as a social event even if the walk had to be cancelled).
In the event of snow, it would of course have to be cancelled altogether.
To reach Tanworth, leave the
M42 at J3 and head south on the A435 Evesham road, turning off left where the
village is signposted. Alternatively postcode B94 5AL should get you there.
Please let me know if you
intend to come (via the WMG e-group if you are a member of this, otherwise email me directly),
also how many of you there will be and your dining plans (see above).
NOTE: Everyone is welcome
but participants should consider themselves to be on a private excursion –
neither the organiser nor the ITI West Midlands Group can accept any liability
for accidents or injuries sustained by anyone involved.
Please contact me if you
have any particular queries or concerns.
Mike Hanson
07941-389990
mike@mikehansontranslations.co.uk
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