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The Club was founded in 2003. How long it will last will
depend upon the longevity of it's members.
Membership is open to all who are middle aged or elderly.
The only qualification is that the member can walk from
his or her car to the car park exit. Walk leaders may require
proof before allowing anyone to go on the walk.
Dogs are not allowed on walks. The only exception will be
guide dogs for blind members.
We regret that there is no provision for those who are
hard of hearing due to the unfortunate incident with the
bull. The farmer is still refusing to return the megaphone.

There will be no walks on days when it is too cold, too hot,
too windy, or too wet.
Leaders are chosen for their undoubted skills for finding
toilets or suitable walls and bushes. One of our leaders,
(who has an unfortunate problem), has designed a very
long walk of 5 miles with a suitable place at roughly 100 yard intervals. We find that most members can manage
100 yards.
Members are asked to be considerate to local inhabitants.
In particular, we ask those with zimmer frames to make
sure that the rubber feet are in place. The clattering of 30
zimmer frames makes a lot of noise and disturbs both
inhabitants and horses.
People who are certifiably insane are not barred from
membership, indeed it might well be useful.

The Club is in the forefront of those organisations trying
to help the elderly. For example, we have been pressing
the authorities to get a Stanah stairlift from the centre of

Middleton in Teesdale to the top of the local hill, Kirk Carrion. So far all we have received is insensitive comments.

We have now applied for a Lottery Grant for this project.
With the reputation that the Lottery Commission has for
awarding large sums of money to unusual projects, we feel
that we have a very good chance of success this time.