Year: 2023
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Barbrook Reservoir and Stone Circles (29th June 2023)
Fourteen walkers met at Shillito Wood car park on a pleasantly warm and bright Thursday evening. Richard and Phoebe were a.re walk leaders. Our first stop was the Stone Cross which was only a short distance from the car park. Joe told us about the history of the cross and mentioned that it was much…
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Frith Wood, Unstone and Summerley (22nd June 2023)
Around twenty walkers gathered at Coal Aston Village Hall for Adrian’s walk on a warm and humid Thursday evening. We set off through the Holmesdale estate to reach the Firthwood Road entrance to Frith Wood. After a pleasant walk through the wood we joined Callywhite Lane and on to our first stop Metapic Wood. This…
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Tour of old Dronfield (20th June 2023)
Twenty of us met up at the public car park next to Sainsbury’s for what has become an annual fixture in our walks programme. John gave us a tour of the old part of Dronfield, starting on High Street, moving down to Chesterfield Road via Soaper Lane and then on to Mill Lane. The route…
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Big Moor Circular (17th June 2023)
A small but select group of walkers met at Shillito Woods car park in readiness for a 5 mile walk on the Eastern Moors. Our first port of call was an ancient stone cross in Shillito Woods. Joe pointed out that the cross is unusual in that it is set in a square socket hole.…
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Barlborough Circular (15th June 20230
David led sixteen of us on a circular walk through the fields around Barlborough. The conditions were warm but slightly cooler than it had been earlier in the day. We initially walked through Barlborough village but were soon into open countryside. A feature of the walk was how flat it was but that did not…
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Apperknowle Circular (8th June 2023)
Twenty walkers gathered at the entrance to Cliffe Park on a pleasant Thursday evening. The walk leader, Phil told us about the plaque showing that the park had been donated to the town of Dronfield by Alderman J.G Graves, who was a well known businessman and entrepreneur in the Sheffield area. We left the park…
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Derwent Circular (6th June 2023)
Nine walkers met up at the Derwent Overlook car park for a walk that Paula had picked out. Unfortunately Paula was unable to come on the walk but she had provided us with details of the route which was straightforward to follow. After passing through Fairholmes and crossing to the other side of the reservoir…
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Unthank, Moorhall and Rumbling Street (1st June 2023)
Eleven walkers gathered in the parking area at the bottom of Millthorpe Lane. Although a little cool and cloudy the conditions were perfectly fine for walking. Our first port of call was the hamlet of Unthank. Durning a brief catch-up we debated the origin of the place name “Unthank” and luckily Peter Carr was able…
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Tidying up our section of the Barn Rotary Walk
On the 30th May, fourteen of us gathered on Barnes Lane to tidy the section of the Barn Rotary Walk that our group maintains. It runs from Rod Moor Road through to Bowshaw. This was an opportunity to use the hedge trimmers and strimmers that our group was able to buy using money from a…
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The Unstone Line and Peak Resort (25th May 2023)
Eighteen of us met at the start of Half Acre Lane for a 4.25 mile walk lead by Joe. The first part of the walk took us along a permissive path known as the Unstone Line. The Unstone Line was a mineral line, used to carry coal from the Unstone mines and although nature has…