NDWG - Nottingham and Derby Walking Group

Welcome to the Notts Derby Walking Group (NDWG). We are a group of sociable young walkers in our 20s & 30s. We walk every week, have many socials and regularly go all over the UK on weekends away.

Your Walking Group Needs You. Wanted: A Bakers Dozen

It’s that time of year again; as the NDWG Committee year draws to a close and thoughts turn towards the AGM in early October and who will or won’t be on next years Committee.Several of us are leaving the NDWG Committee this year and others will be seeking re-election, possibly to different roles though!

Anyone interested in joining the NDWG Committee next year – you can take your pick re the thirteen roles of:
Chair
Secretary ( also Vice Chair and Area Rep )
Treasurer
Web Editor
Communications Officer ( including Publicity )
Walks Organisers x 2
Weekends Organiser
Membership Secretary
Social Secretary – Derby
Social Secretary – Nottingham
Conservation Officer ( including Footpaths )
Footprint Editor

Further details of what being on the NDWG Committee entails will be in a one off special edition of Footprint to be published shortly. Standing for election is a simple process; just get down the AGM and shout your name out at the appropriate time! In the event of a vote being needed; the candidates standing for election are asked to leave the room and a show of hands is taken; it’s that simple!! Andy

From The Chair – August 2010

A warm welcome to the August edition of Footprint. As this is my last Footprint intro as Chair; I would like to thank all those of you, who on the whole have made it so enjoyable; you know who you are!

After the success of recent weekends away to Brecon and Kettlewell; both the Bara and Borrowdale weekends are now sold out.Weekends away to the Chilterns and New Year in Caernarfon will open for bookings soon. Whilst further weekends up to the middle of next year have also been booked.

Finally a big thank you to Heather and Jenny for organising the recent “Wild West” summer social.

That’s it from me folks! Happy Walking, Andy ( soon to be ex-chair )

17th April: Summer & Autumn 2010 Walks programme now completed!

The Summer Walks Programme is now finished - a big thank you to all of you that have volunteered as leaders for walks, socials and weekends. The new programme and can be downloaded below - if anyone needs a printed copy let us know and we'll give you one.
2010 Summer Walks Programme
2010 Summer Walks Programme Cover
There is also an A4 landscape version if it suits your printer better. The cover contains further information on walks, plus the committee contact details.

Note that on four Sundays where the walks are not far away, the start times are earlier than usual (10am not 10:30am) to avoid waiting around if travelling from the meet points. These are Carsington (27th June), Belvoir (11th July), Rufford (8th August) and Cropwell Bishop (19th September). Please remember this if driving straight to the walk start.Also, for the three 'Broad Horizons' walks, we will be leaving the meet points in Nottingham and Derby one hour earlier, at 8am. These walks are Ruabon (6th June), Malverns (4th July) and Brimham Rocks (26th September).

Anyone with ideas for walks or new routes they'd like to see on the winter walks programme (Oct 2010 - May 2011), please let us know by the start of August so we can fit them in. Greg & Luke (Walks Organisers)