Hikes & camps
2008 saw the 40th anniversary of the first ‘Avenue House’ hike and as a celebration Peter Cox collated details of all the hikes that had taken place over the years. Reports, maps and photographs were published in a souvenir booklet entitled ‘Forty Years on Foot’.
Enough copies were printed for everyone who had participated in at least one hike and an effort was made to track down the numerous people with whom we had lost contact. Although these efforts were reasonably successful some hikers have still not been located - their copy of the booklet still awaits them.
The contents of the booklet are now being made available to everyone through this web site. This medium also allows for the publication of additional material (mainly photographs) relating to each of the hikes. It also allows for the inclusion of hikes that have taken place since the booklet was produced.
Listed below are the dates and locations of the hikes – each date links to the individual report. There are separately league tables that show the names of all hikers and in which events they participated. All appeals for extra fractions of point should be addressed to Graham Beevor, who will probably not allow them.
For a map showing the approximate location of each hike please click here.
Definitions:
Modern era - hikes since the Great Hiatus of 1978/1979
Post modern era - hikes from 1996 for which we have stayed in a Bed and Breakfast and have had the freedom to take on more challenging walks in areas that we had not previously been to. And walked further. And eaten in restaurants. And not gone soft at all.
Please note that the various maps used on this site are latest versions, and therefore do not show exactly how an area looked when some of the hikes took place. In several instances, for example, motorways are shown that simply did not exist 20 - 40 years ago.
The routes shown on the maps are indicative. They are not supposed to show the exact footpaths or roads that were used.