Welcome to DONCASTER HF RAMBLING CLUB, an independent, non-profit-making walking club founded in 1948 under the auspices of Holiday Fellowship, now known as HF Holidays to whom we have been affiliated ever since. Our Club strives to provide its members with opportunities for the healthy enjoyment of the countryside, in a spirit of friendship and fun.
With many members from Doncaster and beyond, we organise walks to take place once a month on a Sunday, visiting a wide range of locations in the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors and coast, Yorkshire Wolds, Lincolnshire Wolds, South Pennines and Staffordshire too. A pictorial record of our walks can be accessed from the drop-down menu under 'Recent Walks' and 'Where We Go'. At each location we offer a choice of three guided walks of varying degrees of distance and difficulty, an example of which can be found in the menu under 'Next Walk'. For social events, we organise residential visits to more distant areas such as the Lake District, South Derbyshire and Northumberland, a record of which can also be accessed from the menu under 'Weekend Away', whilst in December members are invited to attend a Christmas lunch following our walk. 'Walk Leader Training' also gives a glimpse of how members can become involved.
We provide transport to all our walk locations by private coach, with members boarding and being dropped off at a number of points around Doncaster - as listed in the drop-down menu under 'Booking Walks'. The link on the menu to 'Walks Programme' shows where and when we go for the current year ahead, while a map of where we go year by year, location by location, can also be accessed by clicking on 'Map of Walks Programme' and selecting the appropriate year in question.
We welcome prospective new members by encouraging them to participate in a couple of walks before asking them to pay our annual membership subscription. However, we do ask that they pay the coach fare which is currently set at £15 for the entire journey.
To make further enquiries please first contact our Membership Secretary, Colin Head on 07590 257673 and then to book a place on a walk telephone our Booking Secretary, Alan Taylor on 07735 296380.
Accessing the drop-down menu will reveal more about us.
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Angela Nagel
It is always very sad to hear that one of our members has passed away but it is perhaps particularly so when this occurs unexpectedly.
Angela has walked regularly with our group for many years, rarely missing a walk. Until fairly recently she always preferred to join the 'B' group on the more challenging walks, some covering distances up to 10 miles long. Only in the last year or so has she reluctantly joined the 'C' group to do shorter less demanding walks. However, she sometimes had difficulty walking at the 'steadier' pace and as a consequence would often be well in front of the group, keeping the leader of the day on their toes!!
Often quiet and unassuming, she had nevertheless, strong opinions on various issues. Some of you may recall an occasion several years ago when one of our leaders took a wrong turn which created some undeserved comments from certain members of the group. Angela was quick to point out that leading a group involves many responsibilities and that it is quite remarkable that so few problems arise.
Not only did she like to be at the front of the group when walking, she also preferred to sit in the front seat of the coach, which over the years she made her own. It will be very strange boarding the coach not to see her in her usual 'spot'.
Walking clearly meant a great deal to Angela and her determination to push herself to the limit, when often she was far from well, tells you a lot about her strength of character.
Angela will be fondly reme
mbered by all who walked with her.
November 2025