Welcome to DUHWS

Who are we?

We are the Durham University Hill Walking Society, a group of undergraduates, post-grads and a few members of staff. We lead trips every weekend in term time to some of the most spectacular parts of the UK, including the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, Snowdonia and the Highlands of Scotland.

What do we do?

Whatever we want to. Of course, it's mostly walking in the hills, but there are also opportunities do things like climbing, scrambling, fell running and even fishing!

How can you get involved?

Details of how to join the society are given in the 'Society' section of the website. We welcome anyone for as many walks as they want to come on, be it one a year or every week.

News

• Week Away Sign up - Sign up for the week away in Glen Shiel (Sunday 3rd - Saturday 9th June) open Wednesday 2nd May at 8am. This promises to be a great week and is always the highlight of the DUHWS year, so get those sign ups in quick because places will fill up fast! The sign up form and more information can be found can be found on our Weeks Away page.


• Welcome Back - The term kicked off to a great start with our visit to Braithwaite in the Lake District on Saturday. Hope everyone who came enjoyed being out of Durham and appreciated the stunning scenery and the dry weather to see it in! There'll be another two Saturday walks in the next few weeks to give you all a break from revision, then 2 local walks during exams. After exams is the week away in Glen Shiel, Scotland - sign up opens on Wednesday 2nd May at 8am!


• New Exec - Vist our exec page to find out more about the 2012/13 Exec!
  • President - Sarah Acheson
  • Vice-President - Joe Williams
  • Treasurer - Ben Crofts
  • Trip Officer - Simon Smith
  • Secretary - Ben Robertson
  • Social Secretary - Laura Heintz
  • IT Officer - Laura Glover & Emily Woodhouse (joint)


• Photos - If you have good photos from any of our trips and would like to share them with the society, please email Laura here (or Emily here) and we'll explain how you can upload them.