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On a bright, sunny, slightly nippy Saturday in late March, 12 Ibexers (including a couple of newbies) met at Erith station to tackle Sections 2, 3 and 5 (in reverse) of the Green Chain Walk, which meanders through South East London linking green 'bit' to green 'bit' - parks, woodlands and commons. The author (a country bumpkin from West Sussex, ha ha!!) doesn't know this area of London at all and it proved to be a really interesting outing. Our approx 12 mile route, which was

Mags managed to find an absolutely fantastic bunkhouse in the beautiful Howgills, perhaps Yorkshire’s best kept secret, for Ibex’s March meet. The bunkhouse Sadly Natalia was unable to join us due to a cold though she had organised the weekend well, including our Friday night meal out at the Fat Lamb where all 11 of us enjoyed excellent food and company. All bar Susan, still nursing an ankle injury, joined Jim for his walk direct from the bunkhouse to The Calf which at 676m i

A team of hardy winter walkers assembled on the Friday at the very comfortable Kildonan House in Ullapool. Anja and Heather enjoyed excellent accommodation for the week at Judith’s lovely new house, which was just round the corner. Once everything had been unloaded – including food for the week – a priority was to check out the hot tub. It passed muster! We enjoyed expertly flipped venison burgers for dinner, fresh from the House of Bruar. The forecast for the week looked poo

Ten Ibexers journeyed to Nant Ddu in the Brecon Beacons (or Bannau Brycheiniog) on Friday 13 th  with the only bad luck being the very wet underfoot conditions experienced by early arrivals Gusta, Rod, Lucy and Elizabeth on their afternoon walk. By the Friday early evening the rain had turned to snow as we walked down from the bunkhouse to the Nant Ddu Lodge for a very tasty meal. We awoke to a clear, dry, cold and sunny Saturday with a dusting of snow on the hills. David, le