Sherburn Boghoppers

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Messages from John Penrose

Sent: 2^nd October 2024

I need to know soon if there was interest in having a Lakes Weekend again in 2025 in order to reserve the accommodation.

I think that on the whole people have found that the Derwentwater Hotel has been a good venue and unless there is a suggestion of an alternative that would meet with general approval I would propose that we went there again.

The Derwentwater Hotel can currently offer us any of the 4 weekends in June –

A Friday 6^th June to Sunday/Monday

B Friday 13^th June to Sunday/Monday

C Friday 20^th June to Sunday/Monday

D Friday 27^th June to Sunday/Monday

Doubles, twins and singles are available and you can choose to stay 2 of 3 nights.

Prices for dinner bed and Breakfast will be £90 per person per night with an additional £30 supplement per night for single rooms (and £50 per night for single occupancy in a double or twin room).

** If you are interested please let me know as soon as you can and indicate which of the weekends you could manage A/B/C/D, plus a preferred weekend if you have one.

** Please also indicate the number of nights and room type.

Best wishes, John

Sent: 1^st October 2024

Following our next coach trip on Sunday 20^th October to Pateley Bridge (B walk leader still needed!) we are planning ..

to walk at Sutton Bank on 10^th November (A walk to be led by John Penrose) and at Pocklington on 1^st December (A walk to be led by Alan Yeaman).

	We will need B walk leaders for Sutton Bank and Pocklington (or nearby Millington, we will probably send the coach on to Millington after the A walkers disembark at Pocklington).
	We did not have a Boxing Day walk last year, if anyone is interested in offering a combined A/B/C walk on Boxing day please let me know.
	Our first coach trip in 2025 will probably be on the 23^rd February, walk leader offers please.
	Our AGM will be on Monday 3^rd March (details to follow) and our later coach supported walks on 16^th March and 6^th April.
	I am hoping to offer a A/B walk at Hebden Bridge on the 12^th January using the train (or car if you prefer) and we would hope to have another non-coach walk on 2^nd February (offers please).

Please make sure that you book your coach places at least a week before the trip. Numbers have been a matter of concern, two recent walks had fewer than 21 passengers and we made a loss of over £300. Numbers booked for our Skipton walk were even fewer and we were obliged to cancel to avoid a more serious loss. I hope the situation will not arise again but if it does we will try to give more notice and try to offer an alternative cars only venue, probably at Temple Newsam.

Best wishes John

Coach Pickups 20 March 2023

At the AGM a resolution was passed that we reduced the number of coach pickups to a maximum of one after Sherburn. The result would be that the coach would pick up at Tadcaster, Wetherby or Garforth depending on our destination. The reason for this was to reduce the journey time and to reduce the mileage/coach hire. It was probably brought up because the route via Micklefield and Aberford to Tadcaster was felt to be particularly onerous. NB. We originally travelled straight from Sherburn to Tadcaster but introduced the pickups in Micklefield & Aberford when we resumed having the coach after covid to try and encourage people back to the walks.

We have now looked in more detail at the implications to costs and mileage.

Sherburn to Tadcaster direct would appear to save £10 on the coach hire and more than halve the travel time and mileage between those points. However, the journey to Wetherby from Sherburn can only be reduced by 5 minutes or so on a 26 minute journey by taking the most direct route, and apparently would not attract any saving on the coach hire.

We would, therefore, propose that we maintain the pickups at Micklefield and Aberford when travelling via Wetherby but on other routes just pick up at Tadcaster or Garforth.

We are conscious that this does not exactly match the terms of our AGM resolution but we are confident that it implements the intention and spirit of it.

Please let us know of your opinion on the matter and if this is not acceptable to a number of you we will review the situation again. For the time being we will maintain pickups at Micklefield and Aberford when we travel via Wetherby as the case for our next walk at Leyburn on the 16^th April.