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+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
-tQEstabIished June 1931
-fAiLe ocK
+Established June 1931.
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every
-Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
-Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). Prospective members and
-visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
+----
-EDITOR Patrick James, PO Box 170 KOgarah 2217
-Telephone 588 2614
+|**Editor**|Patrick James, PO Box 170, Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2614.|
-BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crest, Hornsby Heights 2077
+|**Business Manager**|Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres., Hornsby Heights, 2077. Telephone 476 6531.|
-PRODUCTION MANAGER TYPIST
+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray - telephone 86 8263.|
-ILLUSTRATOR PRINTERS
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-Telephone 476 6531
+|**Illustrators**|Morag Ryder.|
-Helen Gray - telephone 86 6263
+|**Printers**|Kenn Clacher, Morag Ryder, Barrie Murdoch, Deborah Shapira & Les Powell.|
-Kath Brown
-Morag Ryder
+=== December 1988 ===
-Kenn Clacher, Morag Ryder, Barrie Murdoch,
-Deborah Shapira & Les Powell
+===== In This Issue: =====
-DECEMBER 1988
-Editorial
+| | |Page|
-The Minister Explains
+|Editorial| | 2|
-Breezing Through the Budawangs with Bill (Capon)
+|The Minister Explains|Alex Colley| 3|
-"Once Again the Wollangambe"
+|Breezing Through the Budawangs with Bill (Capon)|Morag Ryder| 4|
-Walking in England & Wales - Part 3
+|"Once Again the Wollangambe"|Oliver Crawford| 6|
-The Dales Way & the Pennine Way SBW in the Marquesas Islands - Part 4 Is This a Footnote?
+|Walking in England & Wales - Part 3. The Dales Way & the Pennine Way|Ainslie Morris & Mike Reynolds| 7|
-The November General Meeting
+|SBW in the Marquesas Islands - Part 4|Frank Rigby|11|
-Fedn.B.W. Clubs NSW - November meeting The SBW Dingo (?) Story
+|Is This a Footnote?|Jim Brown|14|
-Footnotes
+|The November General Meeting|Barry Wallace|15|
-Page
+|Fedn. B.W. Clubs NSW - November meeting|Spiro Hajinakitas|17|
-by Alex Colley 3
+|The SBW Dingo (?) Story|Kath Brown|17|
-Morag Ryder 4
+|Footnotes| |18|
-Oliver Crawford 6
-(Ainslie Morris
+===== Advertisements: =====
-'& Mike Reynolds 7
-Frank Rigby 11
+| |Page|
-Jim Brown 14
+|Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay|10|
-Barry Wallace 15
+|Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath|14|
-Spiro Hajinakitas 17
+|Eastwood Camping Centre|16|
-Kath Brown 17
+Deadline for Febuary Issue - Articles 25 January '89, Notes 1 February.
-Advertisements
-Canoe & Camping, Gladesville & Kogarah Bay 10
+----
-Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath 14
-Eastwood CAmping Centre 16
+===== Editorial - December 1988. =====
-Deadline for February Issue - Articles 25 January '89, Notes 1 February
-############
+Another successful year for the Sydney Bushwalker. Twelve months and twelve editions all on time and in the total absence of anything to the contrary they must have been received with joy and aclaim by you, dear reader.
-Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker December, I9BB
-EDITORIAL DECEMBER 1988
-Another successful year for the Sydney Bushwalker. Twelve months and
-twelve editions all on time and in the total absence of anything to the contrary they must have been received with joy and aclaim by you, dear readeir.
 We at the Sydney Bushwalker wish all in SBW a merry Christmas. We also extend to all associated with the Sydney Bushwalker our thanks for your efforts in producing twelve issues of Sydney's leading bush walking magazine.
 The Sydney Bushwalker is a team effort from authors to wrappers, some teams being bigger than others but all combine to bring you your monthly burst of sunshine to lighten your day and cheer your heart.
-To our authors without whom the magazine would have been many pages of
-blank spaces, many thanks. Perhaps some of you will go on and write other
+To our authors without whom the magazine would have been many pages of blank spaces, many thanks. Perhaps some of you will go on and write other articles or, once having found your creative writing urge, write a best seller. We are proud that you got your start with us.
-articles or, once having found your creative writing urge, write a best
-seller. We are proud that you got your start with us.
+Throughout the year the magazine has been illuminated with various drawings. To our illustrator Morag Ryder our thanks.
-Throughout the year the magazine has been illuminated with various drawings. To our illustrator Mtrag Ryder our thanks.
-SBW Printing is still located in Alex's garage and our thanks go to Morag Ryder and Kenn Clacher for bearing the main printing load this year. Staff
+SBW Printing is still located in Alex's garage and our thanks go to Morag Ryder and Kenn Clacher for bearing the main printing load this year. Staff numbers at SBW Printing have expanded with the hiring of four devils; Barrie Murdoch, Margaret Niven, Les Powell and Debbie Shapira. These four imps have joined the team, spread the work and deserve our thanks. Thanks.
-numbers at SBW Printing have expanded with the hiring of four devils; Barrie
-Murdoch, Margaret Niven, Les Powell and Debbie Shapira. These four imps
+Next in line is the joint venture of SBW Operations and SBW Distribution led by Helen and George Gray. SBW Operations collate, staple and wrap the magazine. SBW Distribution addresses, sorts and posts the magazines. Our thanks to the large team who pick and pack the pieces of printed paper. An excellent example of gray power in action.
-have joined the team, spread the work and deserve our thanks. Thanks.
-Next in line is the joint venture of SBW Operations and SBW Distribution led by Helen and George Gray. SBW Operations collate, staple and wrap the
-magazine. SBW Distribution addresses, sorts and posts the magazines. Our thanks to the large team who pick and pack the pieces of printed paper. An excellent example of gray power in action.
 SBW Labelling is the team which produces the address labels for the magazine. Thanks to Dot Matrix, Barry Wallace and Dee Base too, for without the labels the magazine would never get to your door.
-And finally Kath Brotn, with the unassuming title of typist, who types the magazine, prepares t e layout and reminds the Editor of all the things he has forgotten, pleas accept the Editor's special thanks.
-So 1988 finishes, Au.tralia's 200th year and SBW's 61st year. A happy and wonderful New Ye ,r to you all.
+And finally Kath Brown, with the unassuming title of typist, who types the magazine, prepares the layout and reminds the Editor of all the things he has forgotten, please accept the Editor's special thanks.
-#.****#######
-Decemb-et 19-8.8 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3
+So 1988 finishes, Australia's 200th year and SBW's 61st year. A happy and wonderful New Year to you all.
-THE MINISTER EXPLAINS
+----
+===== The Minister Explains. =====
 by Alex Colley
-It is quite a tribute to the conservation role of the SBW that busy Ministers find time to attend our dinners and meet us in the clubroom. The clubroom was packed with interested and attentive 'members when the Hon. Tim Moore, Minister for Conservation, addressed us and answered our many questions on 30th November.
+It is quite a tribute to the conservation role of the SBW that busy Ministers find time to attend our dinners and meet us in the clubroom. The clubroom was packed with interested and attentive members when the Hon. Tim Moore, Minister for Conservation, addressed us and answered our many questions on 30th November.
 After a formal welcome - we stood up when he arrived - which impressed him no end, his lucid descriptions and ready humour had everybody at ease. He gave a short talk, explaining his role in the Government, then invited questions.
-The former Planning and Environment Ministry was separated into two Ministries by the new Government, which appointed a Minister for the Environment and a Minister for Planning, but one department - Planning and Environment - serves both, and the more important decisions are taken after discussion in Cabinet. His responsibility ranged from the green and of the
-spectrum, nature conservation, to the dirty end, pollution control.
+The former Planning and Environment Ministry was separated into two Ministries by the new Government, which appointed a Minister for the Environment and a Minister for Planning, but one department - Planning and Environment - serves both, and the more important decisions are taken after discussion in Cabinet. His responsibility ranged from the green end of the spectrum, nature conservation, to the dirty end, pollution control.
-One of his first acts was to bring Lord Howe Island under the supervision of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Under the former Board there
-had been considerable environmental deterioration, particularly the pollution
+One of his first acts was to bring Lord Howe Island under the supervision of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Under the former Board there had been considerable environmental deterioration, particularly the pollution of the underground water supply, no longer fit for even the cattle. The 180 inhabitants of the island were divided into many factions (one candidate for election received just one vote), and after a two-day visit his ear lobes were pulverised.
-of the underground water supply, no longer fit for even the cattle. The
-inhabitants of the island were divided into many factions (one candidate for election received just one vote), and after a two-day visit his ear lobes were pulverised.
+The questions of club members covered a wide range of relevant topics. Mr. Moore pointed out quite fairly, that many of the present problems were inherited from the previous Government. One such question was on coastal development. One third of the coast line was within National Parks and this was being added to. Sixteen of the eighteen large-scale resort projects had been approved by the previous Government. Similarly the housing development at Friday Flat, Thredbo, was within the area designated for village development under the Kosciusko Plan of Management.
-The questions of club members covered a wide range of relevant topics. Mr. Moore pointed out quite fairly, that many of the present problems were inherited from the previous Government. One such question was on coastal
-development. One third of the coast line was within National Parks and this
-was being added to. Sixteen of the eighteen large-scale resort projects
-had been approved by the previous Government. Similarly the housing devel-
-opment at Friday Flat, Thredbo, was within the area designated for village development under the Kosciusko Plan of Management.
 Additions continued to be made to the national parks system, and he expected some 70,000 ha would be added in the Governmentts first year. It was hoped to nominate Kosciusko alpine areas for World Heritage listing and the Blue Mountains was another possibility (The Colong Foundation is working on this).
 On woodchipping, he said that the Government had made it clear in its election policy that Coolangubra and Tantawanglo parks would not be created, but that the Coolangubra catchment area would be protected and forestry flora reserves created. Only logs unsuitable for sawlogs would be chipped.
 Several other topics were covered, including the preservation of the Pennant Hills redgum bushlands, off-road vehicles in parks (they will be allowed on some tracks) and the greenhouse effect.
 Altogether a most informative hour, much appreciated by Club members.
-* * * * * * * *
-Rage 4 The Sy-dhey BUstvelker Decemter
+----
--JBREEZING THROUGH THE BUDAWANGS WITH BILL (CAPON)
-Newhaven Gap - Quiltys Mtn - Mount Houghton - Mount Tarn - Hidden Valley Mount Sturgiss - Newhaven Gap. 24/25 September 1988
+===== Breezing Through The Budawangs With Bill (Capon). =====
-Ingrid Walker Michelle Morgan John Nagy
-Jim Oxley
+Newhaven Gap - Quiltys Mtn - Mount Houghton - Mount Tarn - Hidden Valley - Mount Sturgiss - Newhaven Gap. 24/25 September 1988.
-Geoff McIntosh
-Peter Ireland Ray Turton
+Ingrid Walker, Michelle Morgan, John Nagy, Jim Oxley, Geoff McIntosh, Peter Ireland, Ray Turton, Madelaine Graf, Morag Ryder, Judy Mahaffey, Debra Shapira, Bob Younger, Bill Capon - leader.
-Madelaine Graf Morag Ryder
-Judy Mahaffey Debra Shapira
+Story by Morag Ryder.
-Bob Younger Bill Capon - leader
-..  and inspected the ceremonial Rota :round From there we went to the very end of Quilty's ..
+[ Comic Book Style ]
- .t.
-Ai. 1-Nw- ...= ,
+In fine, windy weather, we walked through the pretty wildflowers from Newhave Gap to Quiltys Mountain...
- ,,
-(-ATTENTION PLEASE - IS THERE A t-1,
+"That was a pretty wildflower"
-f.
+... to admire the views...
-  NO, THAT'S
-SACRIFICIAL VIRGIN IN THE PARTY ? "I * r--. ., 7.10RAG
+"Far out..." "Out of sight..." "Then wear your glasses..."
- ','.7'44* AWAY WITH
-  THE BIRDS
+... and inspected the ceremonial Bora ground
-ilp,.....4.... ,,..,''',-... ti"-` ,:-...;\
+"Attention please - is there a sacrificial virgin in the party?"
-'sr' AA, e=i--- /=.7.1
-b4;i
+From there we went to the very end of Quilty's...
-e. \ 4:-':, "7', ( x - A t ,1 9
+"Look - a U.F.O." "No, that's Morag - away with the birds again."
-5 4.41' apt (..4. Lo (A ,AGAIN
-r i U.F.O. I N1
+... and found a sheltered spot for lunch...
-,
-:411111L
+"Judy, that's the __fifth__ carrot you've eaten..."
-and found a sheltered spot for lunch  while Bill looked for his : 11, which would take
-  us down to Styles Creek.
+... while Bill looked for his gully, which would take us down to Styles Creek.
-JUDY, THAT!S THE FIFTH CARROT YOU'VE EATEN...)
+"I'm sure I left it here somewhere."
- -71 ,Z1L6,---   I'M SURE I LEFT'*'
-    IT HERE
+The first part of hte jully was a little tricky...
-IL     SOMEWHERE.
--*\
+"Where do I put my feet?"
- Oh 04 )!? ...,1
-:Pil& -- 4)" \ ! 1
+... but the rest was (relatively) easy.
-     ------c7.---=7---.....z
+"Erk!" "Why are you hanging up there?"
-     .--------'
-tAlli1111111"111.111V/Ir. "-----N
+On the way to Mount Houghton we made a slight detour through a swamp.
-tilimm.,Almerk44x!/  il
-Story by Morag Ryder
+"Have you seen Mount Houghton?" "No, but I've seen a wild boar and two black snakes..."
-to admire the views...
-r
+All the overhands on Houghton were inspected for campsites...
-  ; OUT OF SIGHT ..  THEN WEAR YOUR
-t FAR OUT
+"Could you sleep there?" "Not unless i learn to levitate..."
-GLASSES .. I
-`
+The top of Mount Tarn was a little too windy...
-'In fine wtrldv weather, we walked through the pretty  wildflowers rrom Newhaven Gap to Quilcvs Mountain
--
+"Look - there it is again!" "Some people will do anything for attention."
-fire
-,41ok 1
+... so we settled for a more sheltered overhang which Bill had found...
-[ THAT WAS A
-JO,I PRETTY WILD \ FLOWER !
+"How do you peg down a campfire?"
-.r)
-- (32'fi)
+... where we soon made ourselves comfortable.
-C:,433q7;
-'e"LP2'
+"Does a log rate four stars?" "Only if it doesn't roll down hill..."
-Ire
-fe
+Next day Judy decided that old pajamas were ideal for warding off scratchy bushes.
-WHERE DO I PUT MY FEET ?
-,:
+"Does shw often wolk in her sleep?"
- was  a little tricky . .. but the-St was
-QLE4I
+Somewhere around the back of Mount Houghton, Bill's compass ran away and refused to return
-,yel7) easy.
-.  ,   ii.  i 1 , , ,
+"... and to think that I always gave it such a good home."
-IC7(
-rir, , e I ,..11- { ,
+We climbed up throu h a narrow slot to admire the views from the top .
-.,, ( r( W:H ARE YOU HANGING
-AROUND UP THERE?
+"I'll __have__ to give up eating chocolate!"
-oglitev r
-r
+After skirting the swamp this time, we had morning tea at Styles Creek....
-The first  art of the
- n 1
+"This is the life!" "Thought you were giving up chocolate?" "Tomorrow..."
-rK)=)---L- IA- \--(1-
--14m iitiORt% 1r
+... and then struggled on the the next meal, lunch in Hidden Valley.
-.
-.11ilk
+"Judy, that's the __eighth__ piece of celery you've eaten..."
-Wilale.
-Pi&
+Our leader took us the easy way us Mount Sturgiss...
-I
- On the way to Mount Houghton we made a slight detour Al]. the overhangs on Houghtea wece. inspected for
+"Are you __quite__ sure this is the right way?"
-HAVE YOU SEEN
-' MOUNT HOUGHTON
+... where we again admired the views...
-Ii%-
---e% thro h a swam
+"... Zow!" "... Megawow!" "I __beg__ your pardon?"
-r 7 T
-'
+... while Bill and friends did some exploring.
-.414
-;
+"Hup, one..." "... Two..." "... Three..."
-r/iLl
-1  ,
+After that, we wandered back to Newhaven Gap in the warm atternoon sunshine.
-V
-COULD YOU SLEEP THERE?
+"Did you enjoy the walk?" "Apart from the unscheduled flights, it was fine..."
-. campsites....
+----
-NOT UNLESS I LEARN TO LEVITATE..
-NO, BUT I'VE SEEN A WILD BOAR AND TWO BLACK SNAKES
+===== "Once again in the Wollangambe." =====
-The Sydney Bushwalker
-December 1988
+by Oliver Crawford
-Page 5
-The top of Mount Tarn was a little too,windy
+=== Trip to Yarramun/Bungleboori Creek Junction, October '88. ===
-we settled for a more sheltered overhang ""'"17 which Bill had found...  1
-r---;;E PEOPLE WILL DO -\ANYTHING FOR ATTENTION
-moilMalr
-.. where we soon made ourselves comfortable.
-Next da Jud decided that old -'amas were ideal for
-LOOK - THERE IT IS AGAIN !
-Somewhere around the back of Mount Houghton, Bill's  compass ran away and refused to return
-We climbed up throu h a narrow slot to admire the
-views from the top
-z'
-.. AND TO THINK THAT I ALWAYS GAVE IT SUCH
-L A GOOD HOME j
-I'LL HAVE TO GIVE  UP EATING CHOCOLATE!
-After skirting the swamp this time, we had morning tea at Sties Creek....
-THIS IS THE LIFE ! r
-*664 11
-THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING
-lk 4/
-UP CHOCOLATE ?,
--------.,
-ItAiA TOMORROW...z
-IV 0 "
-. and then struggled on the the next meal, lunch
-in Hidden Valle
-JUDY, THAIS THE EIGHTH  PIECE OF CELERY
-YOU'VE
-EATEN..
-Our leader took us the easy way us Mount Sturgiss..
-I BEd YOUR / PARDON ? 4
-HOW DO YOU PEG DOWN A CAMPFIRE ?
-back to Newhaven Can in the I warm atternoon sunshine.  1
-fAPART FROM THE
-U
-NSCHEDULED
-FLIGHTS, IT WAS
-FINE....
-RWOO
-IMO
-where we again admired the views
-Page 6 The Sydney Bushwalker December 1988
-"ONCE AGAIN THE WOLLANGAMBE"
-by Oliver Crawford Trip to Yarramun/Bungleboori Creek Junction, October
 This was basically a repeat of last year's trip on a stinking hot September weekend when we deemed ourselves lucky to find water for our Saturday camp.
 This time the route was more economical, the first half being based on an exploratory of a Wollangambe crossing at MR 596923 earlier this year. It proved to be an excellent route, enabling us to reach camp at MR 608993 above the Bungleboori at 2.00 pm, having started at 7.00 am.
 Noting the low level of the Wollangambe, the party was encouraged to carry extra water, mindful that the evening's camp was by a non-perennial stream which last time had had plenty of water. This time the stream was dry, but pools of water were found only a few metres downstream where the creek began to canyon.
 The wildflowers were at their absolute peak of condition, the yellows, pinks and violets of all those unknown (to me) native shrubs grew about us in profusion. But the most spectacular of all were the blazing red of my favourite, the Waratah, in full bloom, which stood in magnificent isolation shining like beacons against the green background of the general forest.
-The afternoon's exploratory was delayed for a time due to a shower of rain lasting about two hours, but by about 4.00 pm three of us set out and followed our creek down, crossing several times, and finishing up on the true right on a ledge looking over a cliff about
-metres straight down into the Bungleboori. So near and yet so far! So back to camp for the usual pleasant evening lit by a brilliant moon and making plans for tomorrow.
+The afternoon's exploratory was delayed for a time due to a shower of rain lasting about two hours, but by about 4.00 pm three of us set out and followed our creek down, crossing several times, and finishing up on the true right on a ledge looking over a cliff about 60 metres straight down into the Bungleboori. So near and yet so far! So back to camp for the usual pleasant evening lit by a brilliant moon and making plans for tomorrow.
-After a glorious sunrise accompanied by bird song, and breakfast completed by 7.30, flueof us set off for the next attempt to reach the Bungleboori. We clambered over the adjacent
-'hillock, down the other side and edged toward 'our' creek again, but this time on the western side. A sloping rock face greeted us, which was quite easy, leading to a narrow ledge with a large tree growing against the rock face, the drop below being about 6 metres. We swung around the tree, climbed over some rock in front of us and voila! - a slot presented itself leading straight down to the left below the major cliff line. From there it was just a matter of zig-zagging along scrubby slopes, wombat trails and rock ledges, down a couple more minor rock scrambles and we were there - mission accomplished! Oh, what a feeling!
+After a glorious sunrise accompanied by bird song, and breakfast completed by 7.30, five of us set off for the next attempt to reach the Bungleboori. We clambered over the adjacent hillock, down the other side and edged toward 'our' creek again, but this time on the western side. A sloping rock face greeted us, which was quite easy, leading to a narrow ledge with a large tree growing against the rock face, the drop below being about 6 metres. We swung around the tree, climbed over some rock in front of us and voila! - a slot presented itself leading straight down to the left below the major cliff line. From there it was just a matter of zig-zagging along scrubby slopes, wombat trails and rock ledges, down a couple more minor rock scrambles and we were there - mission accomplished! Oh, what a feeling!
 We dallied for perhaps 15-20 minutes, savouring the moment, and the water, before retracing our steps to camp, which was reached about 9.00 am, and struck camp.
-Before leaving the area we went across to the actual Yarramun/Bungleboori junction (at least the lookout over it) where we studied the terrain about us and agreed that yes, the location has a lot to offer for further study. While there a pair of field glasses of 10:1 magnification was produced which aided in observing detail, even to the l metre dragon seen sunning itself on the beach directly below us, where I plan to camp next time.
-Reluctantly we loaded up and turned for home at about 10.00 am, arriving back at the cars at about 5.00 pm with minor variations on the way. One variation was to pin-point a number of possible helicopter landing sites (what for, you may ask - well, someone might just break
+Before leaving the area we went across to the actual Yarramun/Bungleboori junction (at least the lookout over it) where we studied the terrain about us and agreed that yes, the location has a lot to offer for further study. While there a pair of field glasses of 10:1 magnification was produced which aided in observing detail, even to the l½ metre dragon seen sunning itself on the beach directly below us, where I plan to camp next time.
-a leg). One site at elevation point 873, MR 584951 was so large and flat I believe a Caribou could almost-be accommodated.
+Reluctantly we loaded up and turned for home at about 10.00 am, arriving back at the cars at about 5.00 pm with minor variations on the way. One variation was to pin-point a number of possible helicopter landing sites (what for, you may ask - well, someone might just break a leg). One site at elevation point 873, MR 584951 was so large and flat I believe a Caribou could almost be accommodated.
 Another variation was to try a creek down to the Wollangambe. Without putting too fine a point on it, well, it went, but the ridge was easier!
 The third variation was that we returned on Sunday evening as planned, an event which will completely ruin my shining image if it becomes a habit. We even preceded members of Bill Holland's Blue Gum walk into the Do Drop Inn by a healthy margin.
-Party Members: Peter Caldwell, Oliver Crawford (leader), George Mawer, Jim Rivers, Malcolm Steel, Art Stolz (prospective), Neil Tuff ley (prospective)
-#######*#*#*
+__Party Members__: Peter Caldwell, Oliver Crawford (leader), George Mawer, Jim Rivers, Malcolm Steel, Art Stolz (prospective), Neil Tuffley (prospective).
-December 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 7
-WALKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES
+----
-PART 3 by Ainslie Morris & Mike Reynolds THE DALES WAY & THE PENNINE WAY
-Having got into bur stride with a few days on the South Downs Way, we then turned our attention to the North of England, where we again combined the opportunity to go walking with a visit to close relatives.
+===== Walking In England And Wales - Part 3. =====
-About halfway up the map of Britain, east of the summit ridge of the Pennines, lies Yorkshire. Running east from the Pennines, north of the industrial conurbation of Leeds/ Bradford are a series of rivers which, together with the intervening ranges of hills, form that gem of-NOrthern England, the Yorkshire Dales, and it was to this area that we turned for our second walk on a designated long-distance footpath.
-Starting at Ilkley (of Moor baht 'at fame) the Dales Way follows the valley of the River Wharfe northeast through rolling dairy and sheep country almost-to the river's source high on the Pennine Hills. Here the way crosses the watershed, drops down into Dent Dale, and continues northwest to finally reach the shores of Lake Windermere in the Lake District, a total of 73 miles.
+by Ainslie Morris & Mike Reynolds
+=== The Dales & The Pennine Way. ===
+Having got into our stride with a few days on the South Downs Way, we then turned our attention to the North of England, where we again combined the opportunity to go walking with a visit to close relatives.
+About halfway up the map of Britain, east of the summit ridge of the Pennines, lies Yorkshire. Running east from the Pennines, north of the industrial conurbation of Leeds/ Bradford are a series of rivers which, together with the intervening ranges of hills, form that gem of Northern England, the Yorkshire Dales, and it was to this area that we turned for our second walk on a designated long-distance footpath.
+Starting at Ilkley (of Moor baht 'at fame) the Dales Way follows the valley of the River Wharfe northeast through rolling dairy and sheep country almost to the river's source high on the Pennine Hills. Here the way crosses the watershed, drops down into Dent Dale, and continues northwest to finally reach the shores of Lake Windermere in the Lake District, a total of 73 miles.
 At the point where the Dales Way crosses the watershed at the head of Wharfedale, it also crosses the Pennine Way running north/south along the spine of England, and we decided to combine about half of the Dales Way with a bit of the Pennine Way by starting from Ilkley, proceeding northwest up the Dales Way to where it crosses the Pennine Way, and then to turn south on the Pennine Way and follow this through the limestone country around Malham to finish at Gargrave, where a regular bus service would take us back to Leeds.
-Essential literature for the walk was:t
-(1) The Dales Way by Colin Speakman. PUblished by Dalesman Books 3.50 pounds. A 70 page paperback describing the route in detail-, with lots of historical background information.
+Essential literature for the walk was:-
+(1) The Dales Way by Colin Speakman. Published by Dalesman Books 3.50 pounds. A 70 page paperback describing the route in detail, with lots of historical background information.
 (2) Dalesway Route Guide by Arthur Gemmell and Colin Speakman. Published by Stile Publications 2.20 pounds - Detailed sketchmaps of the entire Way, with brief notes on historial features.
 (3) Dalesway Handbook. Published by West Riding area of the Ramblers Association 60 pence. A booklet listing accommodation, campsites, facilities available in each village passed through, public transport, etc.
-(4) There are any number of publications about the Pennine Way. As we were only doing three days on this, we did not want to carry an entire book on it. So we photocopied the appropriate pages from one of them - for reasons of copyright, we had better not tell which one we copie4!
+(4) There are any number of publications about the Pennine Way. As we were only doing three days on this, we did not want to carry an entire book on it. So we photocopied the appropriate pages from one of them - for reasons of copyright, we had better not tell which one we copied!
 (5) The Pennine Way Accommodation and Camping Guide. Published by the Pennine Way Council 60 pence.
-(6) Ordnance Survey Maps. Really one should have 1.25000 or 1.50000 maps of the whole walk, but this would add up to a very bulky library of maps. We therefore relied on the sketch maps in the Dalesway Route guide for the early stages of the walk, where our route lay in the valley of the wharfe,and took the 1.50000 sheet covering the high Pennine area we were to cross. The sketch maps we thought would not be adequate if the weather and visibility deteriorated - how right we were!
--, As is usual when travelling, it is easy to obtain travel and walking guides and maps in the locality itself. During the walk we also bought a pictorial-type of topographic map called "The Yorkshire Dales National Park", which showed the overall layout of moors (hills) and dales (valleys). Britain has ten National Parks, of which five are in the North.
-(The Coast to Coast Walk, east to west, takes in three of these, from the North York Moors N.P. to the Lake District N.P.)
-We set out from Ilkley railway station at 10.45 am on 2gth July, and in ten minutes had found the track by the seventeenth century stone bridge over the River Wharf e. We were to
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-Based on National Trust 1989 Diary Map
-\SHOWING NATIONAL PARKS AND ROUTES OF AINSLIE AND MIKE'S
-WALKS
-follow this beautiful clear swift river upstream to its source over the next four days. It was blowing a gale the whole way, and we had to hold on to our hats; indeed, we found out why he was on Ilkley moor baht tat (without hat) - it had been blown off. Apart from the gale prevailing from the southwest (a good reason to walk northerly in Britain), it was sunny. We greeted another walker with a large overnight pack; little did we realise that he was to be the only-one we would see until we reached the Pennine Way.
-After two miles we came to pretty stone cottages at a weir. The woollen mill workers had lived in them, and they have been restored and bought by the well-off middle-class who either retire to such village cottages, or commute from them long distances to work. We were to see this gentrification and geriatrification in attractive villages in all of the pretty areas of England and Wales. The fine old stone mills themselves are being subdivided into flats or converted to art and craft centres. The Addingham mill escaped destruction by the Luddites in 1829.
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+(6) Ordnance Survey Maps. Really one should have 1.25000 or 1.50000 maps of the whole walk, but this would add up to a very bulky library of maps. We therefore relied on the sketch maps in the Dalesway Route guide for the early stages of the walk, where our route lay in the valley of the Wharfe, and took the 1.50000 sheet covering the high Pennine area we were to cross. The sketch maps we thought would not be adequate if the weather and visibility deteriorated - how right we were!
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+As is usual when travelling, it is easy to obtain travel and walking guides and maps in the locality itself. During the walk we also bought a pictorial-type of topographic map called "The Yorkshire Dales National Park", which showed the overall layout of moors (hills) and dales (valleys). Britain has ten National Parks, of which five are in the North. (The Coast to Coast Walk, east to west, takes in three of these, from the North York Moors N.P. to the Lake District N.P.)
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+We set out from Ilkley railway station at 10.45 am on 25th July, and in ten minutes had found the track by the seventeenth century stone bridge over the River Wharfe. We were to follow this beautiful clear swift river upstream to its source over the next four days. It was blowing a gale the whole way, and we had to hold on to our hats; indeed, we found out why he was on Ilkley Moor baht 'at (without hat) - it had been blown off. Apart from the gale prevailing from the southwest (a good reason to walk northerly in Britain), it was sunny. We greeted another walker with a large overnight pack; little did we realise that he was to be the only one we would see until we reached the Pennine Way.
-Mmichesta
+[ Map - England & Walks. Based on National Trust 1989 Diary Map. Showing National Parks and routes of Ainslie and Mike's walks. ]
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+After two miles we came to pretty stone cottages at a weir. The woollen mill workers had lived in them, and they have been restored and bought by the well-off middle-class who either retire to such village cottages, or commute from them long distances to work. We were to see this gentrification and geriatrification in attractive villages in all of the pretty areas of England and Wales. The fine old stone mills themselves are being subdivided into flats or converted to art and craft centres. The Addingham mill escaped destruction by the Luddites in 1829.
+We picked our way through the crowd turning up for a funeral at a church on the edge of Addingham. Soon we were back in the fields and climbing over stiles (of which we were to cross countless dozens before our two months in Britain were out). Even with climbing stiles a track over pasture or through woods is, however, preferable to the road. This we were forced on to as we approached Bolton Bridge.
+It should be made clear, at this point, that we cannot complain about a few short stretches of narrow dangerous road. The Dales Way did not just happen; it "was originated and developed by the Ramblers' Association in the late 1960's" (Speakman). Negotiation with landowners and cooperation by local councils and National Parks authorities was a long job, for which we have to thank the enthusiastic equivalent of our bushwalkers.
+Next we had to cross the busy Harrogate-Skipton road - perhaps safer than fording the swift river as was done in times past. As we strolled by the river we could glimpse Bolton Abbey across the broad pasture, and in our imagination replace the sheep with Prince Rupert's men who spent the night here before the battle of Marston Moor, won by Cromwell.
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-We picked our way through the crowd turning up for a-funeral at a church on the9edge.of Addingham. Soon we were back in the fields and climbing over stiles (of which we were to cross countless dozens before our two months in Britain were out). Even with climbing stiles a track over pasture or through woods is, however, preferable to the road. This we were forced on to as we approached Bolton Bridge.
-It should be made clear, at this point, that we cannot complain about a few short stretches of narrow dangerous road. The-Dales Way did not just happen; it "was originated and developed by the Ramblers' Association in the late 1960's" (Speakman). Negotiation with landowners and cooperation by local councils and National Parks authorities was a long job, for which we have to thank the enthusiastic equivalent of our bushwalkers.
-Next we had to cross the busy Harrogalb-Skipton road - perhaps safer than fording the swift river as was done in times past. As we strolled by the river we could glimpse Bolton Abbey across the broad pasture, and in our imagination replace the sheep with Prince Rupert's men who spent the night here before the battle of Marston Moor, won by Cromwell.
 You may think that was important, but the sheep before our very eyes have far greater significance. If Australia rides on the sheep's back now, how much more did England ride on it over past centuries. Wherever we walked we saw sheep; sheep with curly grooved horns on the Yorkshire moors, sheep with skinny black legs, with grey woolly legs, with Roman noses - all sorts. Now back to Bolton Abbey; as with so many abbeys, income from the sale of wool was used to build its Priory Church. Half of this is intact and still in use today. The other half is a ruin, like other famous abbeys - Tintern, Fountains, Kirkstall (in Leeds).
 Some people regard Cromwell (or his soldiers) as vandals on a par with the self-righteous Chinese in the recent Cultural Revolution. Others regard King Henry VIII as the greatest vandal; under his orders at the Dissolution in 1529 the lead roof was removed from Bolton Abbey, and so the fine stonework soon began to weather into the ruin we see today.
-As we walked along, the area's history unfolded through the stone buildings: the mill, the abbey, the church, the tower or castle. Wooden buildings have rarely survived to tell a tale, and most of these are the best built medieval houses of hard oak. But before we came to the next man-made - or rather, woman-made , stone structure, we revelled in the more extraordinary glories of nature.
-The River Wharfe had been streaming along on our right, thirty feet wide and only six deep; it strangely turns on its side for a short distance, where it is called The Strid. Anyone who dares to jump the six feet across will be sucked down thirty feet and caught under rocky outcrops, to reappeai three days later. We rested on the mossy rocks, captivated by the spectacle of rushing water, but soon pushed on. Out of Strid Wood we crossed the old aqueduct footbridge and back over lovely old Barden Bridge to climb the hill to Barden Tower. The tower was restored by Lady Anne Pembroke when she was already over 60 years of age; neither her two useless husbands nor Cromwell had managed to destroy her or her castles, but Barden Tower is now a ruin.
-TO BE CONTINUED
-ANYBODY FOR CANOEING?
-On Wednesday 23rd November the Club had a talk about canoeing by Jill Bould, from CANOE & CAMPING. Jill brought along two canoes, several paddles, literature and lots of different sorts of gear needed for canoeing, and also
-for bushwalking. Jill explained the different types of canoes' used for
-different kinds of water, also the variety of paddles available. Safety bouyancy jackets and protective helmets (with holes to let the water out)
-were also shown. Canoeing is a kindred sport to bushwalking, in fact many
-Club members practice both. It was a most interesting eVening - perhaps an
-eye-opener for some. Thank you, Jill. We did enjoy your-demonstration.
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+As we walked along, the area's history unfolded through the stone buildings: the mill, the abbey, the church, the tower or castle. Wooden buildings have rarely survived to tell a tale, and most of these are the best built medieval houses of hard oak. But before we came to the next man-made - or rather, woman-made - stone structure, we revelled in the more extraordinary glories of nature.
+The River Wharfe had been streaming along on our right, thirty feet wide and only six deep; it strangely turns on its side for a short distance, where it is called The Strid. Anyone who dares to jump the six feet across will be sucked down thirty feet and caught under rocky outcrops, to reappear three days later. We rested on the mossy rocks, captivated by the spectacle of rushing water, but soon pushed on. Out of Strid Wood we crossed the old aqueduct footbridge and back over lovely old Barden Bridge to climb the hill to Barden Tower. The tower was restored by Lady Anne Pembroke when she was already over 60 years of age; neither her two useless husbands nor Cromwell had managed to destroy her or her castles, but Barden Tower is now a ruin.
+To be continued.
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+=== Anyone for canoeing? ===
+On Wednesday 23rd November the Club had a talk about canoeing by Jill Bould, from Canoe & Camping. Jill brought along two canoes, several paddles, literature and lots of different sorts of gear needed for canoeing, and also for bushwalking. Jill explained the different types of canoes used for different kinds of water, also the variety of paddles available. Safety bouyancy jackets and protective helmets (with holes to let the water out) were also shown. Canoeing is a kindred sport to bushwalking, in fact many Club members practice both. It was a most interesting evening - perhaps an eye-opener for some. Thank you, Jill. We did enjoy your demonstration.
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+=== Canoe & Camping. ===
+Victoria Road, Gladesville, 2111. Phone (02) 817 5590. Hours: Mon-Fri 9-6, Thurs 9-7, Sat 9-4. (Parking at rear off Pittwater Road).
+Princes Highway, Kogarah Bay, 2217. Phone (02) 546 5455. Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5.30, Thurs 9-7, Sat - 9-4.
+A large range of lightweight, quality, bushwalking & camping gear:
+  * Lightweight food for backpackers and canoeists
+  * Cold weather protection clothing and raingear
+  * Maps, books and leaflets
+  * Information service for canoeists and walkers
+  * Knives
+  * Compasses
+  * Survival gear
+We stock the largest range of canoeing gear in N.S.W.
+Quality touring craft of all types. High quality, performance competition craft.
+  * A huge range of paddles for all types of canoeing
+  * Wetsuits
+  * Surf skis
+  * All types of spray covers
+  * Wide range of jackets & cags
+  * Face masks
+  * Footwear
+  * Many types of buoyancy & life vests
+  * Helmets
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