Karen has had to modify the route of her walk on Dec 6th because of poor conditions underfoot in places, she also advises bringing walking poles if you have them.

We have been asked to look out for 2 missing Cairn terriers near Alderley Farm in the Wotton area. If you see them please contact 07704243812.  

As Peter is unable to lead this walk, Ros and Sally will be leading a version of it. Same starting place, same length 7 miles, slightly different route to avoid very wet fields. Coffee stop and a snack stop. There will be the option to leave the walk after 6 miles to go into Cirencester…

For a few years Ramblers supported a mobile phone app that enabled us to take a photo of a problem on a footpath and send it directly to Ramblers head office and to the Public Rights of Way officer giving the co-ordinates of the location. Occasionally this didn’t work because of signal problems, but generally…

There is an article in the latest Walk magazine about ” Valuing our paths ” and the Stroud local authority is in the top five for public footpath provision.

We’re delighted that we have filled the whole Jan – March programme, so thank you to all our walk leaders. Karen needs you to get your walk details in by 4th December please. You can use the following to sent them in   Submit a walk details If you are a newish leader, there is a…

We have introduced the option for leaders to designate their walk as a Faster Pace walk when they complete their Submit a walk form, as well as the Leisurely (for Monday walks) and Moderate for the majority of our walks. We anticipate that this will be used quite sparingly (probably by only a handful of…

You will have received an email from head office today with a draft ” consultation ” document for walk leaders. You may have glanced at it and discounted it but YOU NEED TO READ IT , this will affect all walk leaders going forward if they adopt it.

Ramblers are proposing to update their 10 year strategy and charitable aims, you can read about it on the link. Click here

Attached is link to a printable table of walks for the rest of the year. Many thanks to Dave I for his help again. Click on Read more to access it. https://www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Walks-programme-for-S.-Cots-Oct-to-Dec-2023-complete.pdf Please check the message board before walking as things can change!

We are very grateful to the new leaders who have come forward for the October – December programme. It is important that we get new leaders to reduce the pressure on our existing leaders who are all doing more than their fair share, with the fear that they will get fed up and give up.…