Year: 2025
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Cowley and Cartledge (15th May 2025)
Twenty two walkers met outside The Hyde Park Inn on a surprisingly fresh Thursday evening. We started out by crossing the bridge over the by-pass and walking down Cowley Lane until we reached a footpath heading off on to the right. This took us on a narrow path running behind Gainsborough Road, bringing us to…
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Dawn Chorus Walk (11th May 2025)
One of our best ever attendances for a Dawn Chorus walk, sixteen, met at Stony Ridge car park, a little bleary eyed but full of anticipation for what was to come. The Robin is often the first bird we hear but on this occasion a Chiffchaff got in first. As we walked through woodlands several…
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Unstone Line and Station (8th May 2025)
Joe led our second Thursday evening walk of the summer programme. Twenty people and three dogs came along to enjoy this lovely walk. The route included Halfacre Lane, The Unstone Line, Unstone War Memorial, Woodsmithies Farm. Unstone Viaduct and Cunnery Tunnel. Just one photo, a bunch of very inquisitive cows.
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Calver Circular (6th May 2025)
Chris led a walk in countryside around Calver in glorious weather. Thirteen people came on the walk. I hope you enjoy looking a the superb pictures from the walk that were taken by Graham.
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Old Brampton and Linacre (1st May 2025)
Starting at Holmebrook Valley Park, David led us on a lovely walk to Old Brampton and Linacre reservoirs. We left the park and initially walked through a housing estate before picking up a track through fields that took us all the way to Old Brampton. We walked a short distance up to the church with…
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Dronfield Round Walk (Part 2) (29th April 2025)
Fourteen walkers met at Coal Aston Village Hall on a glorious morning. We all got lifts to Cowley Mission in 4 cars and walked along Cowley Lane to the turning where we left the first part of the round walk on Saturday. We walked across fields to Cartledge Hall. This section of the walk included…
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Dronfield Round Walk (Part 1) (26th April 2025)
Eleven walkers decided to take up the challenge of an eight mile walk that formed the first half of the Dronfield Hall Barn Round Walk. It was difficult to split the walk into two parts of an equal distance but we made a pretty good job, this one being 8 miles and the other half…
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Summer Programme 2025
Our summer walks programme has arrived! Just click on the Walks menu item and then Walks Calendar on the sub-menu. Alternatively, click on the View Full Calendar button on the homepage. If you prefer to see the programme as a printable PDF file, again select the Walks menu item but then select Walk Calendars as…
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(Part of) The Drone Valley Way (22nd April 2025)
Eighteen of us caught the No. 44 bus to Stonegravels on this bright April morning. We got off the bus at the Lockoford Lane stop and made the ten minute walk to Tapton Lock Visitors Centre on the Chesterfield Canal. We were only on the canal for around half an hour but that was enough…
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Old Whittington and Hundall (April 19th 2025)
Twenty two walkers met for Clive and Judy’s Easter walk. We crossed the railway bridge and across fields to reach a pond and an area known as “Four Acres”. Across a few more fields and we arrived at St Bartholomew’s church in Old Whittington. After following paths around the church we emerged into a series…