1957 to 1959 (and photos from 1960)
Extracted from exercise books I & II these reports run from 7th December 1957 until 19th May 1959, when the account stops, literally mid-word. The rambles clearly continued as photographs were still being taken in 1960 but there have been no written records found. Photographs from other walks are used to break up the text where none can be identified for a specific walk.
Goyt Valley
Twenty boys and girls met at Marple Station, and a further eight joined the group at Buxton for an exploration of the Goyt Valley.
Robin Lambert succeeded in losing the party before Buxton was left behind. It was later discovered that he reported himself to the police station and then travelled back to Marple by train. He was seen in the police station at Mellor by Mr Mason in the evening on completion of the ramble.
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- Hits: 1738
Kinder, William Clough & Snake Pass
A ramble was arranged only two days before the start of the school holiday at the request of the boys and girls themselves. Twenty six lads and lasses gathered at Marple Station to catch the 9.26am train to Hayfield. Miss Wood, Gwen Williams and another friend, in addition to Mr Mason, arrived to shepherd the flock.
This walk, in addition to the normal pleasure, was expected to give final training to those members of the holiday group who had not attended many of the earlier walks, and also supplied an opportunity for ‘wearing in' new walking boots or shoes.
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- Hits: 1737
Millers Dale & Monsal Dale
This, the last ramble before the long summer holiday, was not so well attended as usual. The poor attendance was mainly due to bad weather and, to a lesser extent, to the fact that a number of children were on holiday with their parents.
The weather in the morning was very poor, with continuous drizzle, and it was intended to cancel the expedition on account of this. However, despite the poor conditions, ten children arrived at Marple Station and showed great keenness to carry out the plan - hence, against better judgement, it was decided to carry on. An extra two or three heroes boarded the train at New Mills.
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- Hits: 1698
Edale & the 'Four Dales'
For the first ramble after the arrival of the new entry at school a fairly easy route was chosen, from Edale over Mam Tor, across the hills to Peak Forest and then, via the ‘Four Dales' to Millers Dale.
A short briefing was given to all prospective ramblers on Wednesday afternoon - stress was given to wearing apparel and shoes (or boots); also a brief description of the route, train times, etc. It was later discovered that insufficient guidance was given to the new entry regarding general behaviour and the country code.
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- Hits: 1755
Mount Famine to Kinder Downfall
The weather forecast for the day was not favourable but, despite this, a party of twenty-six gathered at Marple and New Mills stations and caught the train for the start of the ramble from Hayfield. The leaders of the group were Mr and Mrs Mason and Miss Macquillan.
The route was from Hayfield, over Mount Famine to skirt the north side of South Head, then round the wide sweep of moor to pass Brown Knoll on the 1,750 ft contour, to pass a little to the north of Jacob's Ladder, where a lunch stop was made.
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- Hits: 1623
Grindsbrook
In order to give a chance for those youngsters who are normally employed on other duties on a Saturday, it was decided to arrange a ramble for a Sunday.
Between twenty and thirty children assembled to join the train for Edale. The weather forecast had been rather unpromising, threatening low cloud, rain, and mist on high ground, and certainly this seemed correct as the party headed up Grindsbrook, with a slight drizzle falling and a cloud base at about 1,500 - 1,800 ft.
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- Hits: 1615
