Year: 2018
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Last walk in 2018! (29th December 2018)
Last walk in 2018!Walk from Holmesfield Village Hall Car Park.Very mild weather brought the crowds out and we had 32 on the walk.The walk was a bit of a work out with 12 stiles and very up and down, just what we needed after indulging over Christmas! It was muddy in places but pretty good…
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Post-Christmas gallop (28th December 2017)
Post-Christmas Gallop, Thursday 28th December. Superb walk led by the Sadlers…. lots took part… other photos have been facebooked, the ones here are by Graham Gill….words by Steve Sadler: On a crisp but clear morning 31 members & 2 dogs set off from Holmesfield for the final walk of the year. After all the festivities…
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I received this: Please help if you can
Richard I dont normally bother with petitions, which overall are ineffective. But I am making an exception in this case. I know the family of the young man concerned,have met him on a few occasions and would like to encourage him. His aim of trying to reduce litter is , I am sure , one…
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Frith Wood and Apperknowle (11th December 2018)
Tuesday 11th December: a David Blackburn walk, from Coal Aston, Frith Wood, up a hill we didn’t know the name of, but in the winter, it is ‘Sledging Hill’, Summerley, Apperknowle International Airfield, muddy bridlepath to Apperknowle, along the old tramway track, across the Unstone Line, along the boardwalk that is going to be replaced…
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One of Richard’s jolly jaunts (17th November 2018)
Saturday 17th November: billed as ‘One of Richard’s now famous Jolly Jaunts’ And indeed it was. 19, could be 20 of us set off from the Big Lay By, and headed straight for Drone Valley Brewery. After an introduction by Bernard, who told us all about the Community Benefit Society of the brewery, Dave MacLaren…
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Fanshaw Gate and Cartledge (13th November 2018)
Tuesday 13th November, a Barry Jex walk, via Birchin Lea, Fanshaw Gate and Cartledge: report and pics Richard S Our Leader It was a lovely sunny day, the light was superb for photos, and we had some great views. 19 of us started out….and finished! Nice 5 mile walk, and on my way home, caught…
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Unstone and Monk Wood (3rd November 2018)
Archie and I lead the walk on the 3rd November. (Angela Land) We started from the long lay-by on Chesterfield road. We had the thrilling sight of a traction engine, in steam, being loaded onto the back of a lorry to be taken to its new home. It couldn’t get up the ramp under its…
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Lower Moss Valley (20th October 2018)
SATURDAY 20th OCTOBER 2018 Today’s walk saw a party of 24 walkers, including our Town Council leader Angelique Foster, complete a five and a half mile figure of eight walk around the Lower Moss Valley. Led by Graham Gill, the walk started at 10.00am from The Swan Inn at Ridgeway, the route headed towards Eckington…
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Moss Valley circular (16th October 2018)
The first walk of the 2018/9 Winter Warmers season, on 16th October, welcomed some new walkers to the group. It started from Coal Aston, where some had called in early to the Weslyan Reform Church for a second breakfast, prior to the almost 5 mile walk around the Moss Valley. There were 17 of us…
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Frith Wood and Summerley (10th September 2018)
Tuesday 10th September, 6 intrepids set off from the big layby at 10am, via Half Acre Lane, Metapic Woods, Callywhite Lane, Frith, or Firth Wood, up to Summerley, along to Apperknowle, over to Unstone, and back along the boardwalk to the big layby. Another group had set off half an hour earlier, a similar size,…