Category: News Articles
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Cheque for Dronfield Hall Barn
Representatives from DFBS presented a cheque for £100 towards the maintenance of the Dronfield Round Walk, formerly the Dronfield Rotary Round Walk, which is now under the auspices of Dronfield Hall Barn. DFBS Secretary Karen Brightmore handed over the cheque to Maureen Taylor, the Lead Trustee from The Barn. DFBS has also adopted a section…
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Group to maintain a section of the Dronfield Round Walk
The Round Dronfield Walk As most of you may be aware there is a push to get the round walk back up to scratch, replacing broken styles and signs and clearing annual growth from the path.It has been split into 10 sections with a person or persons agreeing to maintain their section. I have agreed…
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Round walk clean up
The Round Dronfield Walk As most of you may be aware there is a push to get the round walk back up to scratch, replacing broken styles and signs and clearing annual growth from the path.It has been split into 10 sections with a person or persons agreeing to maintain their section. I have agreed…
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Where should we have one of these on our footpaths?
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Caring for the community
Most walks leaders recce the walks they are organising a day or two before, then we are prepared to face various obstacles that may have cropped up. For instance, this stile was trimmed extensively the day before a walk I had planned. Imagine what it was like before! DRONFIELD ROUND WALK…….. It has been brought…
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George Stephenson walk
We have been involved with the Chesterfield Walking Week, indeed two of our members, Peter Carr and Graham Gill led today’s walk (8th May) on the George Stephenson walk, where we learned so much about this man, where he lived….worked, and finally, where he is buried.
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Stay safe walking in the countryside [10th April 2017]
10 April 2017 As spring gets underway, we’re reminding residents to take extra care when out exploring the countryside in fields where there are farm animals. Local residents and visitors to the area need to be aware of their surroundings especially when a path enters a field or they are crossing open access land. Our…
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Spotted
If you notice anything a bit out of the ordinary, and want to share it with us, let me know! richard266@me.com. This is the Coal Aston to Castleton Turnpike Milepost, in Holmesfield: Meanwhile, spotted near Grassington: a Double Kisser! I have never before seen one like this, and I saw two in the space of a…
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Cleaning up Footpath 33
Some of the members have ‘adopted’ footpaths. Here, Adrian Slome and Jeannie Thorpe show us about Footpath 33: Before and after photos:
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New Facebook group
Are you a Facebooker? I have been playing with a new facebook page, so next time you go to FB, please will you look for it, and maybe join? It could be a useful addition to this website. if you have anything you think might be nice to have on this site, please email me…..richard266@me.com…