Year: 2024
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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.…
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Thorpe Salvin and the Chesterfield Canal (22nd October 2024)
Twenty eight walkers and one dog made the ten mile journey from Dronfield to the free car park in Harthill. Many of us hadn’t walked in this area which was one of the reasons for the great turnout. We started out from the lovely village of Hartill across fields and skirting Loscar Wood on our…
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Moss Valley Circular (15th October 2024)
Twenty two walkers gathered at the Wesleyan Reform Church in Coal Aston in readiness for Adrian’s walk. Adrian had decided not to walk in the Moss Valley owing to the predicted mud and tricky underfoot conditions. Instead we walked mainly in the Unstone and Summerley areas. Starting out in light drizzle we took an urban…
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Not Really a Pub Crawl (12th October 2024)
It’s time that I answered the question that has been on everyones minds for a long time, Is Richard’s annual walk a walk where we just happen to visit a couple of pubs or more of a crawl between pubs where we have to do a bit of walking to get from one pub to…
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DFBS AGM – Wednesday 30th October
Our AGM is scheduled for Wednesday 30th October 2024 at the Civic Hall, Dronfield, 7pm for 7.30pm start. We would like as many of our members as possible to come along. The AGM is an important function of the Society and forms part of our Constitution. It needs to deal with and receive your approval on several…
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Dronfield Community Get2gether – Thursday 31st October
We will be having a stall at the Dronfield Community Get2gether on Thursday 31st October. The event will be held across several locations in and around the Civic Centre. Our stall will be in the Sports Centre. The whole event should be both entertaining and informative. Why not pop in and see us between 10…
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Lower Moss Valley Circular (8th October 2024)
Here’s what the walk leader, Graham had to say about his walk. For today’s walk I did an old favourite that I hadn’t done for a couple of years. Starting out from The Swan pub in Ridgeway, I led a party of 15 members along the footpath alongside the Ridgeway School Garden and across three fields…
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Tinkers Corner and Gillfield Wood (1st October 2024)
The weather on the Monday before the walk was horrendous, with flooding all over the midlands. So it was no surprise that a smaller group comprising seven hardy souls met at St Andrews Church for tea and toast. The walk was 5.5 miles long, round Tinkers Corner & Gillfield Wood, coming back via Kitchen Wood.…
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Charnock Woods and Ridgeway Moor (28th September 2024)
Fifteen walkers met in the recreation ground’s car park on a lovely bright autumn morning. Two people were new to the group which was very pleasing to see. In the first half of the walk we passed through three woods, Stonely Wood, Carterhall Wood and Ryall’s Wood. After this we changed direction, heading eastwards towards…