Welcome to the Group's New Member Information Page.

New Member Information for 2009

Hello, and thank you for taking time to look at our website, your window to the Lancashire Young Persons Walking Group (LYPWG). LYPWG ('the Group') caters for walkers in their 20's & 30's (though some of our original members are now in their 40's as well!) and we try and produce a varied programme of walks from easy, sociable rambles to harder hill treks and scrambles. If you are interested in finding out about the Group then you are more than welcome to either come along to one of our New Member Nights or just turn up on one of our walks.

Attending a New Member Night

We hold New Member Nights at least once a month in different locations around Lancashire (scroll down for details!). The New Members Night is an informal get together at a pub during a weekday evening, enabling you to meet with a few of our group members and find out more about LYPWG and what we do. On a New Members Night we'll try and answer any questions you have about the group or about walking in general. You'll also have the chance to meet your local New Members Representative who is specifically tasked with ensuring new members get the best out of their membership.  We ask anyone who comes along to a new members night to give us their e-mail address and we’ll send you a welcome e-mail message from us. 

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Our Next New Members Night Is!
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 Date: Wednesday 5th May
 Time: 8pm onwards
 Location: New Inn Pub, 59 Main Road, Galgate, Lancaster. LA2 0JW
 Contact :Helen Smith 

Are you curious about LYPWG and what we get up to? Then you are more than welcome to join Mark who is our Preston New Member Rep at this easily accessible pub just off the M55 motorway, and get the low down on the group and what we'll be up to in the coming months. To help you spot us, as always, we'll have our Group leaflets  on the table for you to take away.

Venue Address :
New Inn Pub,
Main Road,
Galgate,
Lancaster.
LA2 0JW 

Directions:

Leave the M6 at J33. Turn right as you leave the motorway to follow the A6 into Lancaster. You will soon reach a crossroads with traffic lights. Go straight through but turn immediately right into the  car park of the New Inn pub. 

Directions here:

If you want more information then you can contact me via e-mail or phone.  My e-mail is walk@helencsmith.com and my telephone number is 07885366730 (I am a working girl so please only ring weekdays between 6pm and 9pm, thanks)

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Attending your first LYPWG walk

We tend to walk during the weekend, with one walk on a Saturday and another on a Sunday. Our walk programme is quite varied, including walks of different difficulties and distances, from gentle easy grade walks of just a few miles in the Lancashire countryside to full on hard grade walks summiting some of the country's highest fells and mountains. Which kind of walk you will join us on for your first 'taster' is very dependent on your experience. However, for people who are fairly new to walking anywhere other than in their local environment, and want to give it a go for the first time, we recommend that you try one of our New Members Nights first, followed by an easy grade walk as a way of getting started with the group (we do try and stage an easy social walk on the weekend after the new members night for novice walkers, and people who are new to the group).

If you are coming on a walk for the very first time, then we recommend, depending on the difficulty of the walk, the season and the weather, that you wear or bring the following items with you (ask the New Members Secretary or the leader of the walk you are attending if unsure what to include):

* Good comfortable walking boots that provide ankle support
* Good quality waterproof jacket & trousers
* Extra clothing layers (e.g. a fleece top) to put on/take off depending on the temperature
* A hat and gloves
* A packed lunch
* At least a litre of drinking water
* Some clean footwear and clothing to change into for a drink in the pub after the walk.

Becoming a Member of LYPWG

If you enjoy your first walk with us, then you are free to come along to up to two more Group events, either walks or socials, before making a commitment to join. This is done by joining the Ramblers Association and affiliating yourself with the Group. The cost of membership is currently £29.50 for a single person’s membership, and when you affiliate yourself with our Group then a percentage of the membership comes back to the Group to help us pay for running costs. Details on how to join the Group via the Ramblers Association is available here.

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... and there's more!

For walks that are planned in the next few weeks see our walks page.

For pictures of recent Walks/events see our photo albums.

To arrange lift sharing or just general discussions check out our message board.

For details of other local young people's groups click here.

Details of the current committee and discussions can be found on our Committee page.

 If you have any other queries concerning the Lancashire Young Persons Walking Group, then don't hesitate to contact either our Chairman, Chris; email chrissimoncooper@mac.com or phone 07968 598 234 or our Membership Secretary, Helen; e-mail walk@helencsmith.com Thank you.