Monday, May 14, 2007

Upcoming trips (as of May 2007)...

Heck. Not a lot to add this month. One thing myself and Mint mulled over the other night (while drunk admitadly) was having a crack at the Lyke Wake Walk from Osmotherley to Ravenscar. So I will put this down on the list for later in the year should anyone maybe fancy it. Apart from that already running out of weekends to do anything due to the Cleveland Way and Hull rugby games at home.

Trip: Cleveland Way
Date: Various throughout the year. Have now started.
Confirmed characters: Jarv, Mint (other characters en route)
Purpose of visit: See Cleveland Way section below for full details
Bonkers -, Booze *, Birds -

Trip: Poker Night
Date: A Saturday night (let me know your possible dates!). Not sure who's turn to host.
Confirmed characters: None as yet
Purpose of visit: Next poker night. Need volunteer to host the event. Optional Driff/Tooters after.
Bonkers *, Booze **, Birds *

Trip: Xscape Castleford
Date: June?
Confirmed characters: Cherry and Pipkin?
Purpose of visit: Snowboard lessons
Bonkers *, Booze *, Birds *

Trip: Hudson Way from Beverley to Market Weighton on Mountain Bike
Date: Possibly 9th/10th of June?
Confirmed characters: Jarv, Mint and Sir
Purpose of visit: Mountain bike to M.W. The one planned for 5 years!!
Bonkers *, Booze *, Birds -

Trip: "Cranswick Walking Club" Camping Weekend
Date: June??Confirmed characters: None
Purpose of visit: Another trip to do a bit of walking an a bit of the famous "Apres hike"! Lake District? Maybe even the same place?
Bonkers *, Booze **, Birds **

Trip: Moors to Sea mountain biking
Date: June/July?
Confirmed characters: None
Purpose of visit: Mountain biking round the Scarborough area using the Moors to Sea route. See web link for info.
http://www.moortoseacycle.net/
Bonkers *, Booze *, Birds *

Trip: Hull FC away game, South of France
Date: July 21st 2007
Confirmed characters: Jarv, Mint and Fishcake
Purpose of visit: Hull FC away game. As we stand the 3 of us are flying into Toulouse the Monday before the game and flying back from Perpignan the following
Monday.
Bonkers *, Booze ***, Birds *

Trip: Whitby night
Date: Saturday August the 4th
Confirmed characters: Jarv, Mint, SuperSub and Sir.
Purpose of visit: As part of the C.Way we pass Whitby. One night in Whitby. Ladies for Sir.
Bonkers *, Booze **, Birds **

Trip: South West of England?? Croyde area
Date: August 25th - September 9th 2007
Confirmed characters: None yet
Purpose of visit: To do some of the South West coast path. Also surfing, fishing, boozing.
Bonkers *, Booze ***, Birds **

Trip: Lyke Wake Walk
Date: September (if/when Cleveland Way completed anyway)
Confirmed characters: None yet
Purpose of visit: To do the walk. Could kill someone!
Bonkers *, Booze ***, Birds **

Trip: GB v NZ @ the K.C.
Date: 3rd of NovemberConfirmed characters: None yet
Purpose of visit: Great Britain V New Zealand at the K.C.
Bonkers *, Booze **, Birds *

Trip: New Years Eve!!!
Date: NYE 2007/2008
Confirmed characters: ????
Purpose of visit: ??? Austria maybe this year??
Bonkers *, Booze ***, Birds *

Trip: Snowboard/Ski
Date: Feb/March 2007???
Confirmed characters: ????
Purpose of visit: Ski, board, drink!!
Bonkers *, Booze ***, Birds *

Cleveland Way (Updated)

So myself and Mint have finally started the Cleveland Way. To get to the start we have already walked around 130 miles from Hull to Filey on the Wolds Way and then onto Helmsley via the Tabular Hills Walk. Listed below is how we are doing so far and what we have still got to do. Due to logistical/trasport problems and running a couple of weeks late we had to do day 2 before 1 - trust us!

Helmsley to Sutton Bank
Date : COMPLETED 13/5/2007
Transport : Car to Sutton Bank. Bus to Helmsley
Accommodation : Osmotherley Youth Hostel

Sutton Bank to Osmotherley
Date : COMPLETED 12/5/2007
Transport : Bus to Northalerton. Bus to Thirsk. Taxi to Sutton Bank!
Accommodation : Osmotherley Youth Hostel

Osmotherley to Clay Bank
Date : Sunday the 27th of May? Sunday the 17th of June?
Transport : Linked by Moorsbus somehow. Hopefully.
Accommodation : None - drive up on the Sunday.

Clay Bank to Kildale
Date : Sunday the 17th of June? Sunday the 24th of June?
Transport : Moorsbus linking the two?? Train - will update
Accommodation : None - drive up on the Sunday.

Kildale to Saltburn
Date : Looking into.
Transport : Car to Saltburn. Then train to 'boro and and train to Kildale!
Accommodation : One night in Saltburn - maybe the Saturday? Need to confirm

Saltburn to Sandsend
Date : Looking into.
Transport : via 2 buses to Sandsend!
Accommodation : Possibly stay in Saltburn for this or the above. Or even use the Whitby booking for this.

Sandsend to Robin Hoods Bay
Date : August
Transport : 2 buses!
Accommodation : Whitby Youth hostel booked for Saturday the 4/8. Use for this or below.

Robin Hoods Bay to Scarborough
Date : August
Transport : Bus 93
Accommodation : Whitby Youth hostel booked for Saturday the 4/8. Use for this or above.

Scarborough to Filey
Date : Some of the above to sort first
Transport : Train or bus between the two
Accommodation : Not required

(The above is official. Also looking at how it would be possible to do maybe Saltburn to somewhere like Staithes. Then Staithes to Whitby as this makes things possible easier). Watch this space!