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Moss Valley Circular (15th April 2025)
Despite an unspectacular weather forecast, there was a good turnout of 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 entered…
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Renishaw Spinkhill and Barlborough (12th April 2025)
Seventeen ish 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.…
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Dronfield 2gether
Dronfield 2gether holds two events annually, promoting social groups, organisations, charities and clubs that operate in Dronfield, with the aim to make Dronfield a better, happier and healthier town. The next event is on Thursday 10th April and our group will have a stall in the Sports Centre between 10am and 2pm. A selection of maps and…
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Moss Valley Circular (18th March 2025)
The number of walkers taking part in our walks has averaged 15 to 20 during the winter months but on this occasion 36 people met in the Coal Aston Village Hall lower car park! This is the joint highest attendance that I have known in recent years. It was lovely to see a few new…