Swansea University Hiking Club

Welcome to the Hiking Club website, where you can find information on all our activities. On the walking side of the things, we'll hire a suitable sized coach and go off exploring the countryside every weekend during term time. There are also extended trips during the easter and summer vacations to more distant locations. A complete list of the walks planned can be found here.

No club would be complete without the social side, so we also plan additional social gatherings (apart from the hikes!) usually on a tuesday or wednesday. Activities range from meals, bowling to short night hikes in fancy dress on halloween. Running around the hillside dressed as V or a ghoul can be very funny! A complete list of the socials is here. The major event of the social calendar is the christmas dinner. A chance for us to meet each other in our finery instead of shorts or waterproof jackets. Some of us even smarten up quite nicely.

You can Join the Club or Sign Up for Sunday walks in JC's (coffee side) every Wednesday and Friday between 12:30 & 1:30pm.
Alternatively, if you miss a sign up you can always phone or email us.

Dragon!

Next Walk

Offas Dyke

Sunday 12^th February

Grade: C3; Cost: £5

A walk along the English Welsh border following the route of an ancient Dyke built to keep the Welsh out of the ancient kingdom of Mercia

To see photographs from previous walks in this area click here

A full listing of our walks can be found here

Walks Gallery

View photographs
from our walks

Dragon!

Next Social

Three-legged Orienteering Race

Friday 3^rd February

Meet: Singleton Park Gatehouse Entrance (bottom of park, near beach) Time: 6:30

Bring a torch! Afterwards, we'll head to the pub

A full listing of our socials can be found here

Socials Gallery

View photographs
from our socials

News

Welcome to the hiking club!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good holiday.

The committee are working hard to get everything ready for the coming year and the new walks program is now availiable through the walks tab above. For the club veterans who are returning this year we look forward to seeing you at fresher’s fayre, for those of you who have never joined us before here is a quick guide on how to join our hiking group...

    * First you need to join the Athletic Union (AU), they oversee all sports at Swansea university and you cannot participate with any of the student sports clubs before you have joined them, this is beacuse they provide our insurance and also for other legal and financial reasons. To join the AU visist their website (www.suau.co.uk), click the ’membership’ tab on the navigation bar and then follow the instructions.

    * After filling out the AU’s forms you get a confirmation page, print this and take it to the AU stand fresher’s fayre where you will be given an AU card! This is your ticket to join more than 40 sports clubs!!

    * Next come and find the HIKING CLUB stand!!! We can sign you up to the club there and then and you can book your place on one of our first walks.

We look forward to meeting you!

Not sure if hiking is for you? Our walks are of varying lengths from 6 to 14miles and guided by a committee member or competent walk leader, we won’t rush you or force you to walk faster than you feel comfortable. We visit some awesome locations including local areas like the Gower peninsula and the Brecon beacons as well as longer trips to areas like Exmoor and the Peak district. Checkout our photos in the gallery!

New committee

Following the AGM on Tuesday the new committee are

Chairman - Sam Wizard
Vice Chair - Joe Savage
Treasurer - Sam Phillipps
Secretary - Hannah Lee
Social Secretary - Hannah Awre
Publicity Secretary - Charlotte Graves
Webmaster - Chris Laidler

They will be running the club from now until around the end of February 2012.

Facebook

The Club has a Facebook Group which any budding Swansea Hiker can join! See you there! Click here to link to the page.

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