Coach Trips
The next Coach Trip, 12th April, will be to Staffordshire
The Spring coach trip will take place on Sunday 12th April and the coach will take us from Wellingborough to start the walk from the National Memorial Arbretum in Staffordshire, finishing at the cathedral city of Lichfield. The shorter route will be a 10km or thereabouts circular walk in and around the Arboretum where the coach will remain until 14.00 when it will transport you to Lichfield where you can spend a few hours eating, drinking and generally taking in the City. The longer route will start at the arboretum as above but after about three quarters of the route will leave it and continue by foot to Lichfield making a total walk distance of around 17km. We will all join the coach late afternoon for our return journey to Wellingborough. Seats for this trip are available and are £25 per person and we politely request a £10 deposit at the time of booking (with the balance payable on the coach).
London 2025
The previous coach trip was to London, 7th December 2025, where we experienced a walk of contrasts: lots of water birds, nice canal boats, abandoned boats, lovely canal scenes, disgustingly littered canal and path, lovely buildings, abused buildings with grafity, lovely cemetry, the hustle and bussle of the city centre with amazing Christmas lights, good weather, bad weather, some great pubs and great ales. All in all a good day out, thanks to Pete and Andy. Look on the Facebook group for all the comments, smiles and great photographs.
We request a £10 per person deposit at the time of booking in person or for on line bookings the payment can be made by bank transfer or cheque. Until your deposit is received your booking will be considered provisional. The balance of £15 will be payable on boarding the coach by cash, cheque or card payment.
Club Magazine
The next edition of the club magazine “The Waendeller” will be published by mid-April and members are invited to submit articles for this which can loosely relate to walking within or outside of the club. If you can submit an article, please send it to by email to any of the committee members by the end of March.
Meetings
As mentioned elsewhere our committee meetings are now open to members and the next of these meetings will take place at the Old Grammarians Headquarters on Thursday 16th April 20.00. Meetings usually finish by around 21.30 and should you wish to attend or submit topics for discussion please contact Peter by Friday 10th April. You will be very welcome.
Future committee meeting dates are:
16th April 2026
28th May 2026
9th July 2026
3rd September 2026
15th October 2026
26th November 2026
Special note AGM:
Our AGM will take place on Thursday 14th May at the Old Grammarians HQ in Oxford Street Wellingborough and members are invited to attend. One of the matters raised at the AGM is the selection by the membership of this year’s supported Charity. The committee arrives at a shortlist of two charities by member nomination and at the AGM members select one of these by vote. Our charities try to be local rather than national, and of such a size that a donation, usually around £400, would make a significant impact. Whether or not you attend the AGM if you have any thoughts as to a worthy charity please let me know with details and we will consider these for the shortlist. Nominations by 13th April please.
Social Events
2026 Christmas Social - Due to popularity it's already booked for Friday 11th December 2026, so put that in your calendar to avoid missing out.
2025 Christmas Social - Friday 5th December 2025 - At The Old Grammarians (OG's) Oxford St, Wellingborough.
The Christmas Social was supported by 34 members in good spirits and members catching up with one another. This year we had a beetle drive which was great fun with Andrew and co-winning the overall game. The buffet was a new menu that was enjoyed by all. As in past years the raffle was well supported enabling us to have 4 hampers and a various assortment of other prizes.