Year: 2025
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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…
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Moss Valley Circular (15th April 2025)
Despite an unspectacular weather forecast, there was a good turnout of 22 members waiting outside the Wesleyan Reform Church. The first part of the walk followed the route of the Dronfield Hall Barn Round Walk across fields and into Cook Spring Wood. We took the steps up the bank just before entering Dowey Lumb and…
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Renishaw Spinkhill and Barlborough (12th April 2025)
Twenty one walkers and one dog met on Smithy Brook Road in Renishaw. This was a hastily arranged change to our meeting point owing to resurfacing of the Trans Pennine Trail car park. We set off across the fields to Spinkhill. Jacqui, our leader, had told us that the name ‘Spink’ in the Derbyshire dialect…
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Chesterfield Canal Restoration Work (8th April 2025)
Twenty walkers met in Morrisons’ car park at Staveley ready for David’s walk. We walked up to the canal towpath known as Cuckoo Way and made our first stop at Staveley canal basin where work is nearly complete on the Waterside Building that will house business units, workshops and cafes. After leaving the towpath we…
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Cutthorpe and Linacre Reservoirs (Saturday 5th April)
Sixteen walkers and one dog met outside the old methodist chapel on Millcross Lane in Barlow. In keeping with recent days it was chilly but bright with the prospect of temperatures rising later in the day. We started out walking up Commonside Road and then talking the footpath on the left just after the road…
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Holmesfield and Kitchen Wood (1st April 2025)
Twenty seven walkers and three dogs met outside St Andrews church before the walk. Some of us had already indulged in toasted tea cakes and coffee and with fine weather predicted we were all set for a great walk. The first part of the walk took us along Barnes Lane, a section of the Dronfield…
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Five Ponds Walk (29th March 2025)
Twenty four walkers and two dogs gathered in the Broombank Park car park in readiness for Richard’s popular Five Ponds walk. Owing to some footpath improvements we were able to take more of the woodland paths on this occasion. Our first pond, located close to Broombank Park, is used by Severn Trent for water treatment.…
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Horsleygate and Woodthorpe Hall (22nd March 2025)
Seventeen walkers and three dogs gathered in Holmesfield Village Hall car park in readiness for the walk. We started by crossing the main road that passes through Holmesfield and took the track down the fields by the George and Dragon pub. At the five ways signpost we took a right turn across fields to Horsleygate.…
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Chesterfield Area Walking Festival 2025
The booking website is now available for this year’s Chesterfield Area Walking Festival. As usual online bookings are done through the Chesterfield Theatres website https://chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/chesterfield-area-walking-festival-2025/ Here’s an extract from the website. Step into Wellness with the Chesterfield Area Walking Festival! Get ready to refresh your body and mind as the Chesterfield Area Walking Festival returns.…