Rambling ROSY 2011
Rambling ROSY 2011
Two options:
1/ The full monty - 33 miles round Oxford – a day’s walk you’ll remember for ever!
2/ The semi-circle – 18 miles from the Thames at Wolvercote to the Thames at Sandford Lock
Both walks starting from the car park at the north end of Port Meadow (Wolvercote) at 06.30am
What is it?
A day’s walking in the spring. Two different length walks along the same route around Oxford. We start at the car park by the Thames in Wolvercote at the top of Port Meadow and walk clockwise round Oxford. We meet at 06.15, and set off at 06.30. If you want to do 18 miles, that’ll get you back to the Thames, at Sandford Lock (at around lunch-time) having walked all the villages on the eastern side of Oxford.
If you want to do the full 33 miles all the way around Oxford then you go on from Sandford Lock, up Boars Hill, across to Cumnor and round Farmoor Reservoir before a weary return to Wolvercote at c. 7pm-8pm. (There is a short cut possible on this route which will get you around Oxford in 28 miles – back through Botley and up the Thames footpath)
How long does it take?
Both the Round Oxford walks (33 miles and 18 miles) start at 06.30 at the car park at the north end of Port Meadow in Wolvercote.
Estimated times:
18mapprox 6hrs 30 mins with breaks, finish c. 13.00
28mapprox 11hrs with breaks, finish c. 17.00
33mapprox. 14hrs with breaks finish c. 8pm
The route goes from Wolvercote over to the Banbury Road and then to Woodeaton, Noke, Beckley, Stanton St John, Forest Hill, Sandhills, Horspath, (Blenheim)/Garsington, Sandford Lock, Boars Hill, Cumnor, Farmoor and back to Wolvercote. (or Boars Hill, Harcourt Hill, North Hinksey, Binsey to Whytham if you take the 28m route).
An outline map will be provided when you register but you will need the Ordnance Survey 164 (1:50,000) or best the 180 (1:25,000).
Who can do it?
Anyone can enter, but to do the 28m or 33m routes you must be 15 or over. You must commit to raise £250 per person for ROSY (whichever length of walk you do), or £50 per person if you are a student or Under 18.
How to enter
To apply or if you need any further info. please contact tania@rosy.org.uk There is no entry fee (other than the commitment to raise a minimum amount for ROSY). School and college teams are especially welcome. In 2009 we had our first school team – three sixth form girls from Cheney School who walked over 90 miles between them.
Making payments:
Set up a page at Just Giving for you or your team (very easy to do) and then get all your sponsors to support you through that page, or use the Round Oxford Walk page at Just Giving http://www.justgiving.com/ramblingrosyaroundoxford
Remember to tick the Gift Aid option if you can. This can bring ROSY an additional 28% on top of your payment.
Why?
It’s a fabulous walk, through some beautiful villages and wonderful country. Over the hills surrounding Oxford, along the Thames footpath, all the while setting this great city in its natural context. Plus it’s a challenge. Don’t underestimate how tough it is to complete the full 33 miles. You will need to be fit and well equipped. Finally, its for an important local cause – raising much needed funds for the charity Respite Nursing for Oxfordshire’s Sick Youngsters. In 2008 and 2009 we raised enough to pay for about 10% of the charity’s full annual budget.
