2023 - 2024 TRAILS

***The donation for this trail, per person, is mentioned below. Please read more. ***Please do not pay Go Fund Me anything extra, as they take their cut. SET THE BAR ON THE DONATION SCREEN TO ZERO.

MORTIMER FOREST - LUDLOW - 9 MILE TRAIL

SUNDAY 5 MAY

DONATION PRICES FOR TRAIL ONLY:

IF YOU'RE DRIVING -

£7 each if you’re bringing two or more other people

£8 each if you’re bringing one person

£10 if you’re coming on your own.

IF OFFERING A LIFT (to our regular members) PRE-AGREED by US @walkWBNGCW: THE DRIVER DONATES £5 and WE pay for your main SUNDAY LUNCH.

*** If you’re NOT eating and offering a lift, to our regular members (agreed by us), let us know before you donate.

***IF YOU ARE A REGULAR MEMBER AND ITS BEEN AGREED WITH US, YOU ARE GETTING A LIFT, YOU PAY £12 DONATION FOR THE WALK PLUS YOUR SUNDAY LUNCH MAIN COURSE £19 SO TOTAL WOULD £31 FOR THE DAY to include a LIFT there and back. You pay for the meal at the pub.

EVERYONE PAYS THE VENUE DIRECTLY for any food and drink they have. Having a meal or food at the eatery is optional.

MEET LUDLOW 09:15 ready to start the hike at 09:30 (see booking link email for postcode etc) if you’re meeting us at the walk start.

MEET Coventry 07:30 for those who have pre-agreed a lift with us. See email for pick-up point details.

***PLEASE NOTE THIS TRAIL HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED BY US so you will need to sign the requested DISCLAIMER in the email regarding this, before you can walk with us on this trail. Please also see Walks General T and C below. The latter is contained in a link in your email.

Please refer to your Booking Link EMAIL for the full details about this walk.

We will walk unless heavy rain is forecast for quite a bit of the trail. Please refer to the WALKS GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS…

We’re off to the ancient MORTIMER FOREST (Ludlow) a week on this #bankholiday Sunday (5 May) for a beautiful 9 hike, followed by a lovely meal in the foodie capital of #Shropshire.

Mortimer Forest was originally made up of ancient royal chases and deer parks, was named after the Mortimer Family, Norman Lords who held power over the region for some 300 years. It is now managed by Forestry England.

The Trail climbs through this vast ancient hunting forest in stages, sometimes up steep woodland paths, sometimes on gentle forest tracks and sometimes across high terrain ablaze with bluebells in May and June.

We take a lovely long rest (for a bring your own picnic) at the summit of High Vinnalls for views in all directions, taking in the Malverns, the Black Mountains, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) and, on a fine day, the mountains of Snowdonia.

***We really hope a few people are able to

join us (as recently the numbers have been low and this makes it difficult for us to keep the walks going).

A relaxed pace to enjoy the beautiful surroundings (it’s worth noting a small group of members, with a range of skills levels and abilities, have expressed an interest in joining us on this trail). We hope you might be as interested in tackling this, longer than we usually do trail, which will be a challenge for us as well.

This promises to be the best trail we have done so far and a wonderful day out for everyone (the meal after is optional as always).

You will need to be able to drive to the meet point.

From Cov the drive to the meet point is 1hr 48 mins approx and 75 miles.

Train is a hefty £35+ return and takes 2hrs 45 mins very approx. So we suggest driving would be the best option.

This is a circular trail with a short drive to the meal after we have completed the walk.

Allow 4-5 hours very apprpx for the trail and extra time for the (optional) meal on top after…

***Given the distance, steep sections, exposed rocks and roots, along with areas being muddy after wet weather this walk is designed for serious walkers with appropriate footwear and equipment.’

MEET LUDLOW. Please refer to your Booking Link Email for all the details you need.

Everyone welcome!

PLEASE bring warm, waterproof layers and wear sturdy, non-slip, waterproof, high ankle walking boots.

The pace will be moderate to enjoy the views and experience…take photos etc…

IN YOUR BOOKING LINK EMAIL YOU WILL HAVE:

FULL DETAILS AND SPECIFIC TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE WALK YOU WISH TO MAKE A DONATION PAYMENT FOR, ALONG WITH THE WALKS GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS.

***PLEASE DON’T PAY GO FUND ME MORE THAN THE STATED AMOUNT PER PERSON, PER WALK AS THEY TAKE THEIR CUT FROM WHAT WE CHARGE.

***These walks will help us raise money to cover things like our travel, food on walks, insurance, trail planning app subscriptions, domain renewal and other costs…

We don’t charge for the many hours it takes us to put on each walk….

*Drinks/Food menus are available via email, as appropriate.

*Let us know if you have any dietary requirements.

*You must sign a disclaimer each quarter, as a minimum.

*You must read the Walks General Terms & Conditions prior to each walk.

Walking for Well-being Coventry and Warwickshire WALKS GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS, 2024:

Our trails are physically risk assessed, in full, prior to the walk-day, unless we state otherwise.

The walk leader(s) are not Lowland Walk Leader or First Aid trained.

Please don’t pay Go Fund Me anything extra as they take their cut.

Your payment secures your own place on a walk.

The price stated for each walk, is per person, unless we state otherwise.

***Prices stated are per person per walk only. You pay, at the venue, separately for food. Unless we state otherwise.

***By making your payment or joining a walk(s) with us, you are agreeing that you have the required level of fitness to participate.

***By making a payment for a walk or walks, you are agreeing with the walk(s) general terms and conditions.

If you are paying for someone else you must provide their name and email address in advance of the walk, so we can send them the full details including the walk(s) general terms and conditions, which they also need to sign, the same as you.

Each participant only needs to sign the Walks General Terms and Conditions once, not each time you walk with us. Unless they change, then we may ask you to sign them again.

If someone else has paid for a walk for you, you must agree, in advance, to the walk(s) general terms and conditions by emailing us.

You pay at the pub/eatery for your food, if a food option is offered. We don’t have food on every walk and it’s always optional.

Please let us know asap via email if you want food after for any walk.

Menus will be available via email if food is offered on a trail.

It’s each person’s responsibility to ensure they have checked all the ingredients in a menu before eating or drinking anything at a venue. Please contact the food venue directly to ask any questions.

Each person makes direct payments to a venue when purchasing food, unless we state otherwise.

***We will provide an equivalent walk and food experience (if food is offered), on an alternative date, in consultation with you, if we are forced to cancel.

If you cancel, we cannot refund. But we would always try to accommodate you on another trail, if we have space and if we feel this is appropriate. However, the trail may not be exactly the same.

If you turn up late or are not at the meet point and miss the walk, we cannot provide a refund.

Some of our walks include walking near and through crop, plants and other potential allergen(s) related terrain.

***Some trails include some lanes with fast-moving traffic and no paths and they could be extremely muddy or and flooded in parts, due to rain fall.

We may need to take a diversion if some places on public rights of way are not navigable. This could add extra time or we may have to turn back.

We take photos and occasional videos including of the walks and those engaging on the walks, to help us promote what we do. If you do not wish to participate in any photos or videos please let us know.

You must always seek permission, every time, from any individual, before taking a photo that may include any part of them or their pets. 

You must always get the permission of anyone, who may be in a photo which you have taken, of them and or of their pets, if you wish to distribute/upload/share a photo containing anyone or their pets before sharing/posting/uploading on social media platforms or online 

We don’t currently keep your information. So for each walk you want to join, you will need to email us again.

We never share your information with anyone else, unless you agree to us doing this. However, if it might harm you or anyone else, if we did not share your details, then we might consider doing this. This might be if you have an ‘accident’ for example.

If you would like us to communicate with you, before or when we are out on a trail, relating to any issues which may crop up (on or during the walk day) such as the buses being late or something else…, please provide the walk leader with, in advance, a way for them to contact you.

We can be contacted via the Walking for Well-being Facebook Group Page Messenger. Please note emails can take a few hours to arrive when outside.

If you arrive at a walk without appropriate clothing or suitable footwear we may ask you to leave and you could loose your payment/donation (if it’s not a free trail).

***Please always check the specific rules/terms and conditions/information in your email regarding each scheduled walk you plan to join. This will include things like what to wear, what to bring and where to meet, and so on…

Any unacceptable behaviour won’t be tolerated and you may be asked to leave a trail and have to find your way back; if this happens.

It’s not acceptable to race ahead or stay behind on a trail. You must keep with the group.

You must keep to ‘public rights of way’ at all times.

If you need to stop, please let the walk leader know, otherwise you could be left behind.

If the walk pace is too slow, too fast or you need a break, please let the walk leader know.

If you want to leave the trail please let the walk leader know. If you don’t, you could be considered missing and the authorities might need to be alerted.

Our walks are smoke and drug free. However, if we stop at a pub, cafe or other food or drink venue this will usually be at the end of the trail; once the walk has been declared CLOSED; so you are free to do what you like at this point.

You must ask permission from the walk leader, well in advance of a walk and before making a payment, or coming on a free trail, if you want to bring a child, or children under 18 with you or someone with learning difficulties or a pet.

If it’s been agreed by the walk leader, that you can bring a child, pet, children or someone with learning difficulties to participate in a walk. It is your responsibility to ensure they agree to, understand and have read the specific information and walk(s) general terms and conditions about a walk they are attending and want to participate in.

If we walk on any lanes, roads, cross any type of bridge, by water, navigate obstacles or potential hazards, each participant must follow the reasonable verbal instructions given by the walk leader.

Always take all LITTER with you and close gates behind you.

If you or your pet, or someone you are responsible for, needs to go to the toilet on a walk, please let us know so we can wait.

If you are offered a lift in a walk participant’s car, it is your responsibility to check you are safe. We do not risk assess vehicles and potential drivers and take no responsibility for any driver offering a lift or any participant accepting a lift. Both parties travel together at their own risk.

We would not agree to: a participant having a lift if they had not walked with us at least one or more times prior or a new participant offering a lift to someone they don’t know.

Some of our walks are pet and child friendly. You must ask permission via email, well in advance of the walk date, to receive the walk leader’s consent in writing so that you vanish bring a child or dog.

We may walk through live stock fields or they could be grazing on some trail paths.

Travel to and from trails and walks is your responsibility.

Parking is always at your own risk.

Please enquire about pets on walks well in advance of a walk date, and before making a payment. Some walks are dog friendly and some are not. Bringing a pet needs to be agreed with us, before you donate or participate.

THANK YOU.

WALKING FOR WELL-BEING COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE APRIL, 2024.

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