Year: 2019

  • Update on the Owl pellet

    On the Stone Circle walk, we spotted an owl pellet. It was carefully dissected, and these were found! 

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  • Moss Valley walk (12th March 2019)

    Adrian’s Walk, Tuesday 12th March Photos by Graham Gill

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  • Big Moor (2nd March 2019)

    Joe Kelsall Walk, from Shillito Woods, Saturday 2nd March Our walk Saturday morning 2 March found 26 hardy souls setting off from Shillito Woods car park for a bracing enjoyable walk in the winter sun. Crossing the road we went right along muddy paths through Ramsley Moor crossing the ancient Car Road then crossing the…

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  • Cartledge and Cowley (26th February 2019)

    Richard Armstrong walk Tuesday  26th February. photos from Graham Gill. 16 met at St Andrews in glorious sunny weather  –  the leader and his good lady wife were both wearing shorts  –  somewhat unusual for February. We crossed Carr lane to go up Barnes Lane to meet the round Dronfield track towards Mickley and through…

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  • Poolsbrook country park (12th February 2019)

    Tuesday 12th February: a Joe Kelsall FLAT walk from Hollingwood Hub to Poolsbrook Country Park. He writes: This morning 31 of us set off from Hollingwood Hub to walk alongside the Chesterfield Canal to Staveley Basin in chilly but ideal walking conditions. We saw the progress made from the basin and the direction the Canal…

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  • The Unstone line (2nd February 2019)

    17 intrepid walkers set off this morning, 2nd Feb, for a beautiful snowy walk along the Unstone Line, through FIRTHWOOD, up the ‘sledging field’, through a very picturesque Summerley and down onto another section of the Unstone Line. Almost all returning to our cars. Someone found it too much of a strain to pass the…

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  • Tuesday 12th February walk

    For those of you who are planning on taking part in Joe Kelsall’s canal walk, and may not know where to meet: click on http://www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/…/hollingwood-h…/ This walk is a 10am start.

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  • First Tuesday walk of the year (January 2019)

    The first Tuesday walk of 2019, led by David Blackburn Just  the photos at the mo….

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  • Barlow Ponds circular (5th January 2019)

    5th JANUARY 2019 The midway point in our Winter Warmer Walks programme, and the first walk of the New Year saw Graham Gill lead a party of 34 walkers on a 5¼ mile circular walk to Barlow Fishing Ponds and back. Setting out at 10.00am from Pentland Road Shops it was a nice morning weather…

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