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For information regarding payment of subs please email Anne here giving your name, address and telephone number

Club Photograph Album and Log Books

Tom Gomersall is custodian of the club's photograph album and log books.  He would like leaders of walks to try and do a brief log of the walk, mentioning particularly any amusing/interesting incidents and also, if possible, a photograph. Don't forget there is a club trophy for the best log of the year.

Morley Walking Club - Book Group

Please contact Margaret Copley if you are interested via email here.

Walking

Make sure you have suitable clothing and footwear, and carry plenty of refreshments.  The club’s insurance policy only covers public liability.  Arrange your own cover if you want personal accident insurance. 

If you are leading a walk make sure that it is not longer or more difficult than you have stated on the published programme.  Have a shorter version in mind in case the weather deteriorates.   

Take all litter home and leave the picnic area tidy.  Do not throw stones down hills or into open shafts – you never know who might be below!  Keep dogs on leads and don’t let them hold up the group when negotiating stiles.  Check with the walk leader for suitability. 

Travel Costs (when car sharing)

Lyme Disease (Walkers please be aware) 

Lyme disease is an infection that derives from a tick bite. A tick is a small, blood-sucking mite. Normally it lives on blood from larger animals, like deer, but it may also attach itself to humans. The tick sits on tall grass and trees, waiting for a possible 'host' to walk by. If a tick attaches itself to someone, it will typically find its way to a warm, moist and dark place on the body.  Tweezers are the best way to remove it.  Further information can be found on the internet www.baba-uk.org

Volunteer Leaders for Walks 

We are always keen to have volunteers to lead walks.  Please contact Pam Ashton via email here.  She will fit your walk into the programme and can let you have maps and other details if necessary.  Please note that Margaret  Froggatt keeps the club’s logbook and photograph album.  All reports of club walks and events should go to Margaret via email here.

If you have never led a walk and would like to try, an information sheet is available from the Secretary.  Also don’t be afraid to approach one of the experienced leaders for advice.  It may be possible for you to ‘buddy up’ with them when they are planning a walk of their own, picking up some useful advice and confidence.

Morley Walking Club Badges

If you want to brighten your rucksack, Peter Latarche has some MWC sew-on badges at 50p each.

Right of Way

Barbed wire wrapped round any part of a stile is an obstruction to that definitive footpath, as is vegetation overgrowing the stile.  I have recently visited a stile with my Local Access Forum with barbed wire wrapped round one of the posts of the stile in such a way that it would tear clothing.  This can be reported using forms which can be downloaded from the website of Department of Environment Foods and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) which is at www.defra.gov.uk.  The forms can be found by going to “Wildlife and Countryside”, “Access to Countryside” and “Public Rights of Way”.  The appropriate highway authority can secure the removal of the obstruction by serving notice on the person responsible, usually the landowner or manager, but in the case of the surface of the right of way (if it is so rough or damaged it is not possible to walk it), then it is the responsibility of the highway authority.  In either case the completed form is sent to the highway authority department or section.  Usually the person responsible removes the obstruction without being required to go to the courts.  If they do not, the case can be taken to the local Magistrates Court and pursued there.  I am happy to try and help with any obstruction bad enough to serve such a notice. Pam Ashton