Year: 2024
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Linear Walk to Graves Park (14th December 2025)
Twenty two walkers and one dog gathered in the long lay-by on a bright December morning. After our leader, Richard, had given us an overview of the walk we set off down Half Acre Lane heading for Frith Wood. I’m coming round to calling it Frith Wood rather than Firth Wood. After passing through the…
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Winter & Spring 2025 Walks Have Arrived
Our Winter & Spring 2025 Walks programme has been emailed to all our members. If you haven’t received yours please check your spam/junk folder and if there’s still no sign of it just email admin@dronfieldfootpaths.org.uk and we will re-send it. Our first walk in the new programme is on New Year’s Day and starts from…
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Moss Valley Circular (10th December 2024)
Twenty one walkers and one canine friend met at Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform Church. Most of the group had taken advantage of the hot drinks and toasted tea cakes that were available in the church. Before starting, our walk leader Peter, gave us an overview of the walk. Our first destination was Owler Car Lane…
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Winter & Spring 2025 Walks Coming Soon
There is only one walk left on our current walks programme but the good news is, our Winter & Spring 2025 Walks programme is almost ready for publication. As usual the programme will be emailed to all our members and will be posted on local notice boards. The full programme will also appear on this…
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Barlow Lees Circular (3rd December 2024)
Twenty five walkers and one dog gathered at St Andrews Church School on a bright but cool December morning. Around half of the group took advantage of a hot drink and toasted tea cake before starting the walk. We made our way across Sindelfingen Park to one of the tracks off Gosforth Drive that leads…
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Fanshawe Gate and Cowley Bar (19th November 2024)
Overnight snow had left Dronfield with a covering of around 3 inches of snow so it was surprising that nine walkers made the journey to our start point at St Andrews church. It’s a nice spot to enjoy a pre-walk drink and biscuit or tea cake. Because of the underfoot conditions, our walk leader Steve…
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Christmas Tree Festival (29th November – 8th December)
We have displayed a tree in the Dronfield Parish Church Christmas Tree Festival for the last few years and this year will be no exception. The festival will run from Friday 29th November to Sunday 8th December. Why not pop along and see our tree, installed and decorated by Angela, and all the other trees…
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Poolsbrook Country Park (12th November 2024)
Twenty walkers gathered in the Hollingwood Hub car park ready to explore the Chesterfield canal and countryside around Staveley. After a short section of road walking we paid a visit to the large pond behind the Ringwood hotel. This was a really nice spot with plenty of wildfowl on the pond. Continuing on, we soon…
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Holmebrook Valley Park and Cutthorpe Circular (9th November 2024)
Here’s what Graham had to say about Ted’s walk in Holmebrook Valley and Cutthorpe Today’s walk saw Ted Bennett lead a party of twenty DFBS members, five new faces and two dogs on a 5 mile walk around Cutthorpe and Holmebrook Valley Park. Starting out from the HVP top car park we walked down the…
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Grasscroft Wood Circular (26th October 2024)
Another great turnout of twenty six walkers (and two dogs) met on Carlisle Close, just over the border in Chesterfield. Today’s walk was led by Graham who was standing in for David. We started out by walking along one of the paths created for the Peak Resort project that runs parallel to the main road.…