EVENTS WITH PONT VALLEY NETWORK
Our next meeting will be held Monday 28th April, 7.15 pm at Dipton Working Mens Club , everybody is welcome to join us. Minutes and update will be added to our site within 72hrs.
Keep watching this space for our local events and walks as the weather clears and spring arrives
Keep watching this space for our local events and walks as the weather clears and spring arrives
Walks in The Pont Valley
Our next walk is Sunday 27th April, 1pm from Dipton Community Centre, everybody is welcome to join us and as always David will be giving up his time to guide and talk about the amazing hidden treasures of our valley. The walk will take approximately 3hrs and cover 5 miles of moderate terrain. We will cross the pontop pike and the proposed Bradley opencast site, then continue down to the valley and visit the site of the boundary stones along the burn before returning to the community centre for traditional home cooked food!
Our first walk of the year was held 13/1/14 and we had a great turnout even with the weather being a little nippy and very wet. The heavens managed to hold off while we enjoyed our 3hour/6mile walk around the Pike and Billingside areas of the valley. The views were as always amazing and the hearty broth and cakes were very much enjoyed afterwards by the 39 walkers who came to join us.
Here is a map of the walk and a few pictures of the happy hikers on the route. David walked as our guide with lots of interesting facts and information at various rest/catch up points and also introduced the group to our very own TUFA Mineral.
Here is a map of the walk and a few pictures of the happy hikers on the route. David walked as our guide with lots of interesting facts and information at various rest/catch up points and also introduced the group to our very own TUFA Mineral.
EVENTS HELD IN DIPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
22nd March - Table Top sale in Dipton Community Centre - we will be there with lots of information and products made from the valley for you to purchase, if you would like to donate or bring along your own items then please let us know
13th April - Craft Fair in Dipton Community Centre - we will again be present with our information and products from the valley, if you would like to come along to these events and volunteer please let us know.
13th April - Craft Fair in Dipton Community Centre - we will again be present with our information and products from the valley, if you would like to come along to these events and volunteer please let us know.
EVENTS HELD WITHIN THE VALLEY
27th April - Valley Walk - everybody is welcome to join us on a walk of the valley, we will meet at Dipton Community Centre at 1pm and the walk normally takes around 3 hours and is 3-5miles of varying difficulty depending on conditions. Refreshments, information and talks are always available afterwards in the centre.
10th May - Quiz Night - more information to follow as venue etc are confirmed
10th May - Quiz Night - more information to follow as venue etc are confirmed
EVENTS WITH LEADGATE CARETAKERS
Gibside Hall Farmers Market 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month - We have a stall in conjunction with Leadgate Caretakers showing and selling products made from the valley