NG8 July/August 2021

Wollaton Dovecote Ladies Probus - meet at 10 for
10.30am on 3rd Mon monthly at St Leonard’s Community
Centre. Tea/coffee, speakers, outings. New members very
welcome. For more info call Daryle on 0115 928 5780.
Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society -
meet 7.30pm, 4th Wed monthly at St Leonard’s Community
Centre, Bramcote Lane, Wollaton Village. Bus no.30/parking
at rear. For more info call Angela Gilbert 0115 928 3414 or
see website www.spanglefish.com/WollatonHistorical
Walking - are you interested in doing “self lead” walks?
Up to 5-6 miles. Local or other. Choose a walk from book or
web, turn up & follow together. Car owner/driver preferable
to share transport/driving. Kindness, honesty & respect
essential. No fees other than fuel cost contribution to driver.
Please contact: happywalking9560@yahoo.com for info.
Wollaton Natural History Society - meet on the
third Wed monthly at 7.30pm at St Leonard’s Community
Centre, Bramcote Lane, Wollaton Village (opposite the
library). Guest speakers & guided walks. See website www.
spanglefish.com/wollatonnaturalhistory or call Nigel
Downes on 0115 944 4671. Visitors very welcome.
Wollaton Line Dancing - Mondays: 12.15pm - 1.30pm at
St Leonards Centre, Bramcote Lane, Wollaton. £4 per class.
For more info call Linda Davies on 07907 711282.
Notts Guided Walks Update...
With group walking not allowed under
Covid-19 restrictions, the Notts Guided
Walks programme and website have been
unavailable for several months. However,
some groups are now venturing out and
have submitted their walks to us, just in
time for sunny weather.
The booklets will not be available at all this
year, but our website:
nottsguidedwalks.co.uk
is now up and running with more
walks arriving weekly, throughout
Nottinghamshire.
For the time being, walk leaders are taking
great care to prevent Covid-19 infections. If
you want to try a walk, you can find it easily
on our website, with a brief description. Please
contact the leader first to book in, and then
follow instructions when you assemble.
Keep safe, and happy walking!
Fancy a walk?
by Broxtowe Ramblers
In the past few
months, many of us
have discovered - or
rediscovered - the
benefits to health and
mental well-being of
walking. Now, local
ramblers are encouraging
people to join them as
they start their regular
group walks again.
Broxtowe Ramblers are part of the Ramblers UK
national walking charity. As such, they are ‘Covid
secure’ and can walk in slightly larger groups than
are generally permitted. Each walk is led by an
experienced ‘rambler’ who will have previously walked
and ‘risk-assessed’ the route; details of everyone who
joins a walk are securely recorded for track and trace
purposes, so you can feel safe when walking with
them.
You don’t have to be a member to join a Broxtowe
Ramblers walk - so why not visit their website and
see what is on offer? Almost all walks are circular,
bringing you back to your starting point, and walkers
bring lunch for a refreshment stop. In current
circumstances, everyone needs to ‘book ahead’ with
the walk leader as places on each walk are limited
to 15 or fewer (check website/Walks Programme for
details).
Broxtowe Ramblers are a friendly bunch and walks
are as much (socially-distanced) socialising as
healthy exercise. Over the coming months we will
be trying to find out what kinds of walk - and at what
times - others would like, leading perhaps to shorter
walks and more weekend - or even evening - walks.
We’d love to hear from you, so please email your
thoughts to enquiries@broxtoweramblers.org.
uk; visit the website for details of the current walks
programme - www.broxtoweramblers.org.uk
We are also on Facebook (search ‘Broxtowe
Ramblers’) and Instagram.
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