Robert White/Marianne Page
Hiking in the Lakes District in England
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Hiking in the Lakes District in England
Leader Robert White
Co-leader Marianne Page
United Kingdom
July 4-15, 2015
Total # of days 12 days
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Primary type of trip
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
When should the trip notice be
published in AMC Outdoors?
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Hiking
Minimum 12
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 14
$ 2360
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1200-1400
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month July
Year 2014
Last Appearance: Month June
Year 2015
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. ASAP
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2
leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader? Yes
No
If yes, why is a small group proposed?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
Form Revised Arpil 2013
Robert White
128 White Birch Dr. Guilford, CT 06437
robertswhite@comcast.net
Home 203-453-3727
Work 203-624-8503
Cell 203-214-8768
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Will renew before trip
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Will renew before trip
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must be present at the AMCATC meeting at which the trip proposal is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Feel free to list additional
trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you are
proposing.
Utah 2013 leader
Kauai 2013 co-leader
Mexico Sea-kayaking 2012 leader
Utah, Algonquin (Ontario)
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Hiking in the Lakes District in England
Robert White/Marianne Page
experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Scouting
Have either of you led this trip
before or traveled to this area?
Languages
Does either the co-leader or
leader speak the local language?
Couples
Do the leader and co-leader
have a significant personal
relationship?
Private trips Do either of you
lead trips that are private - not
sponsored by the AMC?
Marianne Page
29 Bedard Ave - Derry - NH 03038
marianne4nh@yahoo.com
Home 603-432-9249
Work
Cell
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 11/15
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be an Adventure Travel
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. Also, it is strongly
recommended that you be present at the AMC-ATC meeting at which the trip proposal
is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Please indicate if you were
the leader or co-leader.
Morocco
Glacier NP
Sawtooth Mountains
Big Bend, Tetons/Yellowstone
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Bob has traveled and hiked in this area on a private trip
Co-leader: Yes
No
Leader: Yes
No
Not applicable:
Yes
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
If yes, please note that you cannot advertise AMC and private
trips together unless there is a clear distinction between the two in any materials
you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Summary
Please provide a description
of the trip and the activities
planned. If available, please
include or attach an itinerary.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals: Please describe your
plans for providing meals. If
the budget includes any funds
for leader meals not shared
Form Revised Arpil 2013
Trip will be based in Ambleside and Wasdale Head and feature day hiking, 6-12 miles
per day, a combination of fell walking and peaks. We will use public bus transportation
to reach trail heads.
Day 1 - Lv US on overnight flight to Manchester or London, UK
Day 2 - Arrive Windermere train station, bus to Ambleside
Day 3-8 - day hikes and overnight in Ambleside. We will set aside one day for
sightseeing or an easy walk
Day 9 - bus to Wasdale head
Day 10-11 chance to climb Scafell, tallest in England and surrounding peaks.
Day 12 - taxi to Seascale train station to airport and home
Some participants may want to stay on in Ambleside for sightseeing and we can assist
with this.
Stay in B&B's in Ambleside and either B&B or hotel in Wasdale Head. Likely will
have to split between 2 B&Bs in Ambleside.
Hearty English breakfast every morning. Lunches can either be in local pubs or
purchased at the B&B for a picnic on the trail. Dinners at local pubs or restaurants. The
trip fee will include all breakfasts and evening meals.. Lunches paid separately by
participants.
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Hiking in the Lakes District in England
with the group please justify.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Will leaders or participants be
drivers of motor vehicles?
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Robert White/Marianne Page
Train from the airport to the Lakes District and return. London, Manchester and
Glascow are all possible airports. Manchester is closest and has a direct rail link to
Windermere. We will organize a meeting spot at Manchester for those flying into
Manchester. Participants will buy their train tickets individually and we will assist with
schedules and ticket suggestions. We will buy a 7 day bus pass for each participant.
Ambleside is 5 miles from Windermere and is a central location with direct bus service
to a number of mountain valleys
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Web site and tour operator
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
Does the trip require special
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
skills on the part of the
Use of map and compass essential in the high peaks. Each participant will get their own
participant?
set of maps and be required to have a compass.
Pre-trip activities
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
In the area are the residences of Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin and William
Conservation, education and
Wordsworth. We will suggest pre-trip readings and talk about their lives on the
recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
trip. We will review use of map and compass and practice these skills on the
mission of the AMC?
hikes.
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
Will this trip require a tour
operator or guide service
during part, or the entire
trip?
Name of tour operator/guide
service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Form Revised Arpil 2013
Yes
No
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
They will book the individual lodgings in Wasdale and arrange for transportation
between Ambleside and Wasdale. They will provide detailed maps and route directions
for hikes. Leaders will book lodging in Ambleside. Their usual tours are inn to inn.
This is a unique service they are providing us.
The Discerning Traveller Ltd.,
38 Canal Street,
Oxford OX2 6BP
Telephone: 00 44 (0)1865 515618
email: discerning.traveller@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.discerningtraveller.co.uk/
"We have been operating every year since 1996 and have had no reports of accidents or
injuries on our tours. I suspect there may have been minor injuries that we haven't heard
about."
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $ f10,000,000
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Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
additional insured?
A staff membe r is on call 24 hours available through their main number. First response
is the Mountain Rescue teams.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
Devise a plan to prevent each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary. Please be very specific for each section
if applicable.
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Rain, fog, cloud cover in the high peaks
Response
Weather forcast each day, no climbing high peaks in cloud cover or rain. Use of map
and compass for navigation. Each participant will have a map and compass. Carry first
aid gear. Use gps but do not rely on it. Each participant will carry full rain gear and
extra warm clothes. Leaders will get up to date training on map and compass. Ask each
participant to improve map and compass skills.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Friendly country, no anticipated problems.
Response
None
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Use of public transport or private bus/taxi transport
Response
None
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
For peaks, 8-12 miles with up to 3000 ft. total elevation gain. Lower level fell walking
6-8 miles.
Response
Careful screening
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Response
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Give as much detail as possible and list any special
communications equipment you may need to ensure the safety of your participants. DO NOT LEAVE THIS BLANK
Cell phones (in UK called 'mobile phone' or simply 'mobile') do work in the towns and
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
villages but cannot be relied on when out on the hills as there are few signal masts. A
documentation, distance from
useful phone number is *44 844 846 2444 (recorded daily weather forecast for walkers
emergency services
in the LakeDistrict).
None
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
The Lake District has several experienced and well-equipped local Mountain Rescue
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
teams who can be called out in case of incapacitating accident or injury on the hills, or in
evacuation from the
the event that a walker goes missing. They should not be contacted direct but by via the
backcountry location if
police emergency phone number 999.
applicable?
The nearest local hospitals with 24 hour Accident and Emergency Departments are (a)
Medical care
Please describe the medical
Furness General Hospital at Barrow-in-Furness (Tel 01229 870870) and Royal Lancaster
care available in the area(s)
Infirmary at Lancaster (01524 65944). Barrow is about 40km from Ambleside (central
where you will be traveling
point of our tour) and Lancaster about 55km.
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and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
1f=$1.67 (4/18/14). The tour agent will be paid in England pounds. We
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
will use a contingency of 8 % to account for currency changes.
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Lodging reservations will be made once the trip reaches its minimun. Many B&B's do
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
require deposits which are partially non-refundable.
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Once the trip is confirmed, a deposit will be made to secure lodging. At that point, a
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
full return of the deposit is not possible unless we find a replacement hiker for the trip.
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$1000 due with application . Balance due 6 months before trip..
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Once trip is confirmed, the initial deposit may not be refunded unless a substitute
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
participant can be found. Refund of any deposit is based on policy that cancellation
policy for the participants?
shall not increase the cost to any other participant or leader.
Minimum numbers
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
Form Revised Arpil 2013
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
nholland@outdoors.org
amcatchair@comcast.net
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