Category: News Articles
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The Winter programme
The Winter Programme, first walk Tuesday October 16th, has been posted on all (?) the local notice boards….it’s bright orange. If you know of a notice board that still has a Summer (green) prog, and not an orange Winter one, please let me know. I will get one pinned up.
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Replacing a broken seat at Barlow ponds
As part of our aims, a couple of years back, Graham Gill, Peter Carr and I ventured to Barlow Ponds to replace the broken seat top, placed a dozen years ago in memory of Roy Kitson. The seat now has a nice new top, and overlooks the top pond… a regular stop on our walks out
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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