- Get fit and stay fit
- Live longer
- Get stronger
- Feel better
- Control your weight
- Improve your general health
- Make new friends
FYLDE COAST RAMBLERS
"a brilliant walking club"
- WALKS OF THREE GRADES
- LED WALKS
- WALKS EVERY WEEK
- TRANSPORT BY COACH
- TRANSPORT BY CARS
- SOCIAL EVENTS
- WEEKENDS AWAY
You could have been with us enjoying the fresh air and countryside.
Here we are on one of our many led walks, heading towards Bowness on Windermere, in the beautiful Lake District.
So why not join our rambling club to go walking, get fit, get some fresh air, make new friends, and have a great day out.
Welcome to the Official Website of the Fylde Coast Ramblers
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We are based on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. With coach collection points in Lytham St.Annes, Blackpool, Cleveleys, Thornton Cleveleys and Poulton le Fylde. Popular destinations can be the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Derbyshire's Peak District and Lancashire.
All walks have experienced leaders and are graded to suit different levels of fitness
Are you interested in friendship through walking?
Do you want to get fit?
Then take a look at what we do, and how you can join us. [more]
Previously known as The Fylde CHA/HF Rambling and FellWalking Club.
Latest News
Loss of our longest serving club member
We have recently learned the sad news that Cyril Brown has died. He will be missed by all. Cyril has been an active member of the club for fifty years. He and his late wife (Joan) led walks (A, B and C), sat on the committee and volunteered time and effort as a coach booking secretary. Cyril who was always coy about saying his age became ill during the cold spell late last year and passed away in a Blackpool nursing home.
If you [click here] and scroll down the page you will see an Evening Gazette photograph of Cyril.
New Photographs
More Photographs: this time some photos during an "A" walk onto Fairfield Horseshoe. Please look here.
Ann Drayson has returned to the Fylde Coast Ramblers and has contributed these excellent photographs for you to view here.
Walking Weekend - Anglesey (Sept. 2008)
Janette Kooter organised another great weekend of walking in and around the Island of Anglesey, North Wales. The weather was excellent and everyone had a good time. Photos can be found [here] and [here] for 2008 and [here] for 2007.
Janette is taking names and deposits for the next Walking Weekend. Planned for the 25th to 27th September 2009. Information is being shown to members on the coaches or you could use this email form and request further details. Don't miss out - book now!
Try this walk around Scorton
A walk provided by the Fylde Coast Ramblers features in a Lancashire Evening Gazette newspaper pull-out supplement entitled "Fylde and Wyre Rural Life - Autumn 2005". This shows a favourite walk around Scorton, Lancashire. It is has a detailed map and description, and is made available here for all to try out.
Menorca Walking Guides
Two members of Fylde Coast Ramblers have had a love affair with the island of Menorca for some time. Each year Vivien and Jeff Hopcroft have been busy exploring new and old routes, preparing maps and walk descriptions. Gradually three "pocket sized" walks guides have been published.
[Click here] or [click here] for guides containing maps, holiday walks, routes and walk descriptions for the Spanish Island of Menorca.
[Click here] or [click here] for guides containing maps, holiday walks, routes and walk descriptions for the Spanish Island of Menorca.
Alfred Wainwright is an important influence in the minds of all those who seek to escape to the Lake District hills or take on the Coast to Coast walk. His handwritten, minutely illustrated Pictorial Guides are a modern classic. Many of the walks the Fylde Coast Ramblers go on are in these wonderful guides. At the moment Fred Talbot takes us on some Wainright Walks on ITV1.
To learn more here is a good starting point (www.wainwright.org.uk).
Cyril Brown's Scrapbook - well worth a look!
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Cyril Brown was an active member of the club for many years. During that time he built up an interesting collection of newspaper cuttings and photographs. A chance remark during a recent walk caused me to wonder if these old documents would be of interest to visitors of the website and club members.
So [click here] or [click here] to look at a selection of club history taken from Cyril's scrapbook.
Photos from Doreen and Derek Hill
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Doreen and Derek have found some forgotten photographs taken on CHA/HF holidays and walks. They are published here so that our members can have a trip down "memory lane".
So [click here] to look these photographs.
HEALTH MATTERS
Walking is the most natural form of movement, and an excellent all-round mode of exercise. Yet as a nation we are walking less and less. Walking can help you to:
* Improve your general health
* Get fit and stay fit
* Control your weight
* Live longer!
Walking helps protect the body from many illnesses and conditions: heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, obesity, depression, some types of diabetes and colon cancer.
Health experts agree that 30 minutes brisk walking on most days of the week is sufficient to improve fitness. However like a lot of things in life that we are supposed to do, daily exercise can become a chore. A much more enjoyable way is to join us every weekend and walk in the beautiful countryside, with good company.
All you need is some sensible clothing/footwear and the price of the coach fare.
This gradual start to walking can help people who feel they are not active enough to change their day to day habits through the simple activity of walking more.
If your main aim is to lose weight, you need to use more calories through physical activity than you take in as food. This means doing as much as possible: short walks, longer walks, climbing stairs – every bit of physical activity counts toward the total number of calories burned off.
If you recovering from an illness/operation and your main aim is to increase your fitness, it is important to gradually increase the intensity of your exercise. This can be achieved by coming on a short walk or part of the C walk. Then as you improve your level of fitness you can take on a B walk and eventually an A walk. For most people, walking is a safe and effective form of exercise. However, if you have any concerns or are at all worried about your health, discuss this with your doctor.
Changing lifelong habits requires determination and courage. We can make it much easier for the next generation by introducing them to walking early in life. Families and children are most welcome.
Hope to see you on the walks.
Fylde Coast Ramblers is affiliated to the Ramblers Association.
Affiliation number is 591570
