Archive for the 'Past Events' Category

Well Dave you asked for it – here goes! A different perspective on the Tanners experience. Seven intrepid explorers left Leicester in two cars – but this time one car (ours) left about 3pm and the other Chris, Sonia, Judith and Alice left considerably later, well after 5pm. Funny thing is – we still managed to meet up at the usual pub for dinner in Dorking. We were just leaving – their meals were just arriving. We debated the benefits and losses of our early start!

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Eleven of us went in 3 cars and Dave Anne and I went the cross country route from Droitwich via Leominster which is to be much recommended as an alternative to the M5/50 route. There was little traffic and the countryside was beautiful. We stopped in a US style diner on the edge of Leominster, expecting James Dean to come leaping out of the skirting but he didn’t appear (The staff’s Herefordshire accent rather spoiled the illusion.)

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Flicking through the pages of the shiny new YHA Accommodation Guide, Clyffe Pypard YH looked like a place that would appeal to our group. A 14-bed bunkhouse, interesting part of the country, attached to a pub! Three months later it was time to see if it would meet those expectations.

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Oh well, so you’ve missed another one. But, that doesn’t mean that I am going to stop putting these events on the Group Programme! It is not only because Chris and I enjoy playing our part in these gatherings, there are other reasons why Leicester Group should do its best to support this fading facet of YHA’s traditions. Read the rest of this entry »

A very few stalwart group members supported the first weekend in 2007. This time of year the weather can be cold and frosty, wet and windy with snow flurries, grey skies overhead, and early darkness. Bearing this in mind the January weekend is usually a city break. This year Bristol YH was the destination.

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Grin Low cottage is two former quarry worker’s cottages merged into one large cottage, now owned by Derbyshire County Council. The original Grin Low quarry is now a caravan park, though at this time of year the site is absent of caravans. So it was on a rain soaked windy afternoon we arrived on what was our 5th visit to Grin Low in 7 years and our 4th as a new year weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2006 Christmas weekend at Eyam was much anticipated, and 27 members arrived at the Hostel on Friday night – soon acclimatising to the surroundings, including the members kitchen, which due to its position outside the hostel and its small size, quickly became known as ‘the servant’s quarters’!

However, there was a good selection of drinks on offer, including bottled ales, nice cider and pleasant wines – and lots of news to catch up on. Kathy and Angela bravely arrived with injuries from previous sporting events, so planned a trip to Chatsworth House for the following day.

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