Year: 2024
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Holmebrook Valley Park Circular (15th June 2024)
Twelve walkers met in the main car park at Holmebrook Valley Park on a grey Saturday morning. The forecast was for heavy showers after lunch so after our leader, Ted had given us an introduction to the walk we headed off. In the first part of the walk we did almost a complete circuit of…
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Moss Valley Circular (13th June 2024)
Here’s Graham’s report on his Moss Valley walk. Due to the heavy rain that was forecast this particular evening, I wasn’t expecting a big turnout for my walk around the upper Moss Valley. And so it proved when only six other members arrived at the car park in the rain, but still wanting to do…
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Ford and Troway Circular (11th June 2024)
Today’s walk saw Elaine Marsh lead a party of 19 members from the Fox and Hounds pub at Marsh Lane on a four and a half mile walk in the Moss Valley. It was cool and cloudy as we set off down Ford Lane and turned right and passed Habberjam Farm before descending to the…
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Moss Valley Circular (6th June 2024)
Eighteen members of our group met up on a bright Thursday evening, ready for a walk starting at Coal Aston Community Centre. We set off across the fields heading for Cross Lane. There are lots of Cross Lanes in this area, this is the one that starts halfway down Dyche Lane, running eastwards. After crossing…
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Ouzle Bank and Ramshaw woods (4th June 2024)
Sixteen walkers and two dogs gathered in the long lay-by between Dronfield and Unstone. It was nice to see two new people join us on the walk. The first part of the walk was quite a steep climb up to Ouzle Bank Cottage. We stopped there briefly to view the information board which is perfectly…
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Hedgerow flowers, hops and a quiz (30th May 2024)
Twenty one walkers met in The Hyde Park Inn car park on a blustery Thursday evening. Peter, our walk leader gave us an overview of the route and told us about any hazards that we might come across. We crossed over the By-Pass and turned right down Cowley Lane but after a short distance, took…
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Round Walk Tidy Up (28th May 2024)
Despite some rain and a poor forecast, ten hardy souls armed with all manner of gardening tools met on Barnes Lane ready for the annual tidy up of our section of the Dronfield Barn Rotary Walk. With rain predicted for late morning we decided to restrict our efforts to the stretch of the track that…
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Dronfield Woodhouse and the Lea Brook Valley (23rd May 2024)
On a cool and cloudy evening, six of our members gathered in the Dronfield Woodhouse Sports and Social Club car park. Our leader, Joe is very familiar with all the green spaces and cut-throughs in this area, so he had put together an urban walk that linked many of the green spaces including the Lea…
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Holmesfield Circular (16th May 2024)
Owing to a heavy downpour just before the walk was due to start, only a small group of six walkers met outside the co-op for the second of our Thursday evening walks. To begin the walk we took the path that runs alongside Gosforth Fields all the way to Carr Lane. We then joined Barnes…
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Barnes Lane Loop (9th May 2024)
Twenty three walkers and a four legged friend met at the Dronfield Woodhouse Sports and Social club in readiness for our first Thursday evening walk of the year. The weather was ideal for walking and there wasn’t a waterproof in sight. We headed off across the playing field and worked our way through the estate…