Year: 2025
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Edensor and Calton Lees (10th July 2025)
With temperatures touching 26 degrees, the slightest of breezes was most welcome as twelve walkers gathered outside St Peter’s church in Edensor. Before we started Phoebe gave us a brief history of the village and the long list of Dukes who had occupied Chatsworth. We started with a bit of a climb up to the…
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Old Brampton and Cutthorpe (1st July 2025)
Fourteen walkers went on Steve and Ros’ lovely walk on this warm Tuesday morning. The route was via Holme Brook, Linacre Brook, Woodnook Farm and Old Brampton Road to a coffee stop at Brampton Church. Then up to Hemming Green, down to the top Linacre Reservoir and up again to Pratthall. After a brief stop…
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Summerley and Frith Wood (26th June 2025)
Nineteen walkers enjoyed a lovely walk in warm summer weather. The route was via Firthwood bank, Summerley, Halfacre Lane, Metapic Wood, Calleywhite Lane and Firth Wood. Many thanks to Adrian for organising and leading the walk. The pictures below were kindly provided by Graham.
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Moss Valley Circular (19th June 2025)
Due to the high temperatures during the day, our leader Graham decided to do a slightly shorter route than intended for tonight’s walk. Eleven walkers set off from the bottom car park at Coal Aston Village Hall on a 3 1/2 mile stroll around the Moss Valley. There was a welcome breeze as we crossed…
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Hundall Circular (17th June 2025)
Twenty walkers joined Adrian for his walk (Halfacre Lane, Unstone Line, up to Hundall, Stubbing Wood, Grasscroft Wood and Ramshaw Wood). Here are a couple of snaps that were kindly provided by Graham. Many thanks to the walk leader Adrian for organising and leading the walk.
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The Three Golf Courses Walk (14th June 2025)
Ten walkers gathered outside the Family Shopper on Barnes Lane in readiness for Julie and Nicola’s six mile walk. The weather forecast predicted that we might get showers or even thunderstorms but neither of these materialised. The first golf course was Dore and Totley which we navigated via a sheltered path running down the side…
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Old Whittington and the Peak Resort (12th June 2025)
Sixteen walkers and two dogs met outside the Revolution House in Old Whittington. The forecast for the evening had threatened thunderstorms but they didn’t seem likely as we set off towards Grasscroft Wood. The walk took us past the masts at Hundall and down into Ramshaw Wood. Passing under the impressive viaduct is always a…
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Lower Moss Valley Circular (10th June 2025)
Twenty walkers met outside the Swan Inn at Ridgeway. The weather was sunny with a gentle breeze. This is a walk that Graham, our leader, has been asked to repeat by many of our members. In addition to the lovely scenery in this area the walk includes points of interest such as the Seldom Seen…
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The Source of the Moss (5th June 2025)
Ten walkers and one dog met in the public car park below Coal Aston Village Hall. We expected some showers followed by dryer conditions but almost on the stroke of 7pm there was a torrential downpour. We sheltered for a few minutes and then started our walk as the intensity of the rain fell. We…
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Hathersage Circular (3rd June 2025)
As we drove to our start location the driving rain we came across as we approached Owler Bar didn’t fill us with confidence but the forecast was for the weather to improve before lunch and remain dry for most of the afternoon. As the twelve of us gathered at the start point on The Dale…