{"id":"689e7abb93098881c3aa4ef0","title":"A Walk Leaders Lament","path":"media/members-page/a-walk-leaders-lament","contentMarkdown":"# A Walk Leader’s Lament\n\n![](https://www.nwkramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/503ae9d7-d878-4a9f-b2dc-caa86d06289b.jpg)\n\nI like to ramble when I can  \nAnd wander many miles,  \nOf countryside, a fervent fan  \nIn fact a man of styles.\n\nWhen I was seven and twenty  \nEnergy kept flowing,  \nBut nearing two and seventy  \nI struggle to keep going.\n\n  \n\nNow I seem more prone to tripping  \nSo I take a wooden stick,  \nAnd when I sense that I am slipping  \nI jab it down real quick!\n\nI like all the lunchtime pub stops  \nReal Ale’s my refuelling  \nSo when we all set off again  \nIt is no longer gruelling.\n\nWalks are planned out on my recces  \nWith compass, map, I scout,  \nSo leading the walk on the day   \nIt usually works out.\n\n-----\n**Written by Stephen Roberts**  \n_A long standing NWK group member, previously group Chairman and Treasurer\nAlso previously Treasurer of the Kent Areas Ramblers  \nStephen received a rapturous applause after he recited the above at the NWK Ramblers’ 50th\nAnniversary Lunch on 08-09-2013_","contentHtml":"<h1>A Walk Leader’s Lament</h1>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.nwkramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/503ae9d7-d878-4a9f-b2dc-caa86d06289b.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>I like to ramble when I can<br>And wander many miles,<br>Of countryside, a fervent fan<br>In fact a man of styles.</p>\n<p>When I was seven and twenty<br>Energy kept flowing,<br>But nearing two and seventy<br>I struggle to keep going.</p>\n<p>Now I seem more prone to tripping<br>So I take a wooden stick,<br>And when I sense that I am slipping<br>I jab it down real quick!</p>\n<p>I like all the lunchtime pub stops<br>Real Ale’s my refuelling<br>So when we all set off again<br>It is no longer gruelling.</p>\n<p>Walks are planned out on my recces<br>With compass, map, I scout,<br>So leading the walk on the day   \nIt usually works out.</p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Written by Stephen Roberts</strong><br><em>A long standing NWK group member, previously group Chairman and Treasurer\nAlso previously Treasurer of the Kent Areas Ramblers<br>Stephen received a rapturous applause after he recited the above at the NWK Ramblers’ 50th\nAnniversary Lunch on 08-09-2013</em></p>\n"}