Leading walks

By leading a walk you are making a significant contribution to the success and enjoyment of the group.  So, first of all - thank you.  A walk can take on a different perspective when you have got a group of people behind you, and there are lots of resources on the web site to help you lead walks - as well as other members who are experienced leaders and can help you with planning routes, doing recces, and setting up the sign-up page and sending out the email to members.

The essentials of planning and leading walks are covered in a short pdf document, Leading walks.  

If you need ideas for routes, a lot of our previous walks are linked from this page:  Walking routes. 

If you are not sure about map reading, grid references, using a compass etc., here is a package that will help: 2025 navigation v4 (3.47 MB). 

Being aware of potential hazards on the walk will help you minimise them.  Most of this is common sense, but do check through this page before leading a walk:  Safe walking.  

Very occasionally we have had someone feel unwell or injure themselves on a walk.  There is an emergency procedure to help in these situations.  If this happens on your walk you're not on your own - an experienced leader or someone with a medical background will often take the lead.

We're using Framadate to let people register that they are going on a walk, and tick options such as meet points and tea/cake.  Setting up a Framadate poll is easy, provided that you remember to select the right options.  The instructions for setting up the Framadate and sending out the email are now in Leading walks.  There's also a Word copy of the email template here: Template.  Just copy and paste the template into your email, overwriting the blue text with your own details.

Please note that the email address to send out your walk details to members is now footloose@emaildodo.com