2026 AUTUMN MEETING & Annual General Meeting

 

The Imperial Hotel, Barnstaple

 

2–4 October 2026

 

 

Friday 2 October 2026

 

From 6.00 p.m.

Assemble in the bar  

   

7.00 p.m.

Dinner in the main restaurant (all dining together)

   

9.00 p.m.

Marking the centenary of The Old Stag

   Illustrated talk by Robert Walker

 

   

Saturday 3 October 2026

 

9.45 a.m.               

Asemble outside Imperial Hotel for coach to Exmoor

 

11.00 a.m. 

Dunkery Beacon

  • Walk up to the Beacon, where Stumberleap begins
   
12.00 noon

Coach to The Hunter's Inn in Heddon Valley

 

12.45 - 2.00 p.m.

Lunch at The Hunter's Inn

 

2.00 p.m.

Walk from The Hunter's Inn to Heddon's Mouth, where Stumberleap ends

 

3.30 p.m.

Coach back to Barnstaple, arriving back by 4.30 p.m. at the latest

 

5.45 p.m.

The Red Deer of Exmoor

   Illustrated talk by Andrew Turner of Red Stag Safaris

 

7.00 p.m.

Dinner in the main restaurant (all dining together)

 

 

Sunday 4 October 2026

 

10.30 a.m. 

 

1.00 p.m.

HWS AGM

 

Wreath laying in Georgeham

 

  

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If attending the meeting, please complete and return the Registration Form (PDF below).

 

 

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PDFs of THE PROGRAMME, REGISTRATION FORM, FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION, and THE RISK ASSESSMENT can be printed from the links below:

 

Programme (as above)

 

Registration Form

 

Hotel and accommodation details

 

Risk Assessment

 

 

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