Whitwick & District U3A - SWANS
We have a programme called SWANS - short walks and no stiles. This will be an easy walk of 2 to 3 miles taken at a leisurely pace. It will be mainly on pathways and tracks with no muddy fields, or stiles or hills to climb. The walk will be followed by refreshments at a nearby pub. Suggestions for walk locations are always welcome. We regret that we are unable to allow dogs to come along on these walks.
You may also be intersted in the 5 milers Group which is a small friendly group who go for a leisurely local walk of up to 5 miles, or the Strollers group who go for 3 to 4 mile walks taking under 2 hrs.
Venue
Various
Timing
The 4th Thursday of the month at 11 am.
Calendar
2022
Leaders are still required for a couple of dates this year (see below). Please contact the Group Leader.Thu Jan 27th Our walk this month will be in the Ticknall area and Helena and I will lead this one
Thu Feb 24th Bosworth Battlefield, led by Bill
Thu Mar 24th Bradgate Park, led by Lynda
Thu Apr 28th Market Bosworth, led by Fran
Thu May 26th Beacon Hill, led by Linda and Lynda
Thu Jun 23rd Whitwick Lake, led by Jenny and Janet
Thu Jul 28th Bagworth Heath Wood, led by Steve and Chris
Thu Aug 25th Walk leader required
Thu Sep 22nd Staunton Harold, led by Mark & Mell
Thu Oct 27th Walk leader required
Thu Nov 24th Thornton Reservoir, led by Fran
Contact
David on 
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Pictures
Below are pictures from recent SWANS walks. More pictures are in the gallery.
2022
SWANS - April's Walk - 2022A 2.5 mile walk round Market Bosworth Country Park, organised by Fran and led by David. A pleasant day for walking with lunch at Ye Olde Red Lion in Market Bosworth. |
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SWANS - February's Walk - 2022A 2.5 mile walk from Bosworth Battlefield, led by David. Although the weather stayed dry and bright for the walk the recent rain had created quite a challenge with the mud. However, the 20 walkers survived and enjoyed a lunch at the Gate Inn. |
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2021
SWANS - November's Walk - 2021A walk round Thornton Reservoir led by Mell and Mark, on a wonderfully bright November day, with lunch at the Bricklayer's Arms. |
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SWANS - October's Walk - 2021A walk round Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood led by Christine and Steve, with lunch at the Sunnyside Garden Centre Cafe. |
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SWANS - September's Walk - 2021A walk round Albert Village Lake led by Garry with lunch afterwards at the Greyhound, Boundary. |
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SWANS - August's Walk - 2021A walk round Hicks Lodge led by David with lunch at the Halfway House in Donisthorpe. |
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SWANS - July's Walk - 2021A quickly re-arranged walk due to road re-surfacing preventing access to Hough Mill. Bis took us on a short walk down Swannington Incline, giving us the interesting history of the Incline, on a very hot day. Lunch was as arranged at the Robin Hood pub. |
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SWANS - June's Walk - 2021Here we are again - where we left off pre-pandemic. You will see below that in February 2020 our last walk prior to the lockdowns was from Donisthorpe. Here in June 2021 we are doing the same walk, but in the opposite direction. It is also led by David and Helena and we also ate at the Halfway House. Let's pretend the lockdowns never happened!! Here's a couple of pictures - 19 SWANS at Moira Furnace and 18 along the Ashby Canal (one was taking the picture). |
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SWANS - February's Walk - 2020A 2.7 mile walk from Donisthorpe led by David and Helena, along the Ashby Canal to the Moira Furnace, and back along the Ashby Wolds Heritage Trail. We were very lucky with a perfect day for walking. Lunch was at the Halfway House. |
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