It was overcast, but not cold, for our last walk of 2019
However most of us came well wrapped up, just in case
This used to be one of our favourite walls, but
we have not done it much recently
This was mostly because it is a relatively short walk and
a long drive
However we have now added an extension which
makes it more suitable
We usually have a smaller group at this time of year
Many regulars have returned to the UK for Christmas
But today we had 15 in the group
This included four new members
Jim was a newcomer last week, and brought his wife Nicky
today
The sun almost made an appearance for our lunch at the
settlement
David and Sandra also joined us for their first walk with
the group
Fiona was the fourth new member
We are very pleased with how quickly the new Monday group
has developed
Our aim was to fill a gap between the other two U3A
walking groups
We expected that it would take about a year to build up
the membership
But in just three months we have 11 resident and 16
non-resident members
Despite so many new members today, everyone got on together
really well
And we are really looking forward to seeing them all
again in January
We wish all of our walking
friends a very Happy Christmas
Stats
Time taken 5 hours
Distance 9 km
Total ascent 430
metres
