It’s July! Join STF as we celebrate our local area and traditions with a custom dating back to the Anglo Saxon ages - BEATING THE BOUNDS - the practice of getting together to walk the boundary of the parish or village. This was an important way of ensuring local folks had an accurate shared mental map of their area, preventing disputes around entitlement to shared land and resources, and making sure boundaries were not encroached on by neighbouring settlements! We will be retracing the steps of the 1872 St James Moorside parish boundary walk with maps, explanations, and historical interest materials provided along the way. 🤸♂️🌲🗺📍🍃🐝🌳🌻🚶🏽♀️🚶🏻♂️🌼
As the bounds are quite large, spanning between Grains Bar, Fullwood, Derker and Watersheddings, we will be completing the Beat over two of our monthly strolls. This month we will head out along the East half of the boundary, before completing the loop with the West half at the end of August.
We’re also delighted to announce the return of our popular FREE POST-STROLL LUNCH, now provided by lovely local and new STF member Sy-Frys! Sy will be serving up his delicious burgers and sausage and bacon butties, and will have an extra veggie/halal option just for us, so make sure not to miss out! RSVP and send us a message to pre-order your lunch now!!
We will be meeting outside the Community Centre entrance at 1pm as usual, but as the route is long you’re also welcome to meet at St Thomas’ church car park where the group will merge, or at Grains Bar where we will commence along the East Boundary route at around 1:30pm. You can also join on or drop off along the way if you’d prefer a shorter walk - join our Sunday Stroll Whatsapp group and message there to find out our exact location on the day.
Dogs on leads are welcome. We are a warm and friendly group and members support each other along Sunday Stroll routes, but we cannot take liability for walkers’ wellbeing - please ensure you have appropriate clothing and footwear, and are confident the route is suited to your abilities 😊
Bring along any drinks or snacks you’d like, and don’t forget your camera 📸
RSVP here or email us at sholvertravelfutures [@] gmail.com to book your place and for more info on how to get involved 📆📩🎟️☑️ we can’t wait to walk with you!
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