If you were planning to attend the ITI Style Workshop on 11th June and were afraid that you would not be able to join the walking party as well, fear not! We have taken account of that event and chosen the following weekend for the annual outdoor gathering.
This time we shall be returning to South Shropshire , ten years after our last visit to this attractive area when opportunities for off-road walking were severely curtailed by the foot & mouth outbreak.
Bridges Youth Hostel, in the hamlet of Ratlinghope (pronounced “Ratchup”), 12 miles southwest of Shrewsbury , will be our base. It is situated on the western flank of the Long Mynd, a complex of rounded hills rising to 500 metres and extending over some ten miles north-to-south and five miles east-to-west. To the east of Ratlinghope is a further range of hills, called the Stiperstones, a line of craggy quartz outcrops. Both can be explored on foot from the hostel.
The hostel itself is a converted Victorian country school. The accommodation comprises a twelve-bed dormitory, a ten-bed dormitory, and eight-bed dormitory and two four-bedded rooms. In addition the Horseshoe Inn, just behind the hostel, has three double rooms and one single room in a recently converted barn. Please book either hostel or inn accommodation through the organisers.
Recommended map: Ordnance Survey Landranger 137 scale 1:50,000
Grid reference of the hostel: SO 393965
Booking forms will shortly be available from
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