Category: Walk Reports
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Monk Wood Circular (31st December 2023)
Twenty walkers and 3 dogs gathered outside Pentland Road Shops on New Year’s Eve for Paula’s 6.5 mile figure of eight walk. The first part of the walk took us through Kitchen Wood and then on to Cowley Lane. After a short stretch on the road we turned right towards Peakley Hill and on to…
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Holmesfield Circular (27th December 2023)
Despite the poor weather forecast for the day, six eager members of the group and two fairly eager collies, met at Pentland Road Shops for Paula’s walk. With possible wet weather in mind, Paula had selected a walk on pavements, quiet lanes and tarmac tracks, the only muddy section being the first section of the…
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Monk Wood, Barlow and Peakley Hill Circular (12th December 2023)
Eleven walkers met at Cowley Mission on a grey Tuesday morning. The leaders, Steve and Ros had warned us to expect water and mud so we were fully geared up with poles, gaiters and over-trousers. In the first part of the hike we walked mainly through fields and quiet country lanes towards Barlow fishing ponds.…
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Cutthorpe and Linacre Reservoirs (9th December 2023)
Four hardy members of our group turned out for the walk which started in Barlow. Although the weather was very inhospitable the group decided they wanted to go ahead with the walk. The initial part of the walk through fields to Linacre Woods confirmed suspicions that the going would be very wet and muddy, so…
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Poolsbrook Country Park loop (5th December 2023)
With light rain falling from gloomy skies, 8 of us set off from Hollingwood Hub to walk alongside the Chesterfield Canal to Staveley Basin. After recent heavy and consistent rainfall the canal was full to the brim and there was flooding in some parts of the adjacent river Rother. The most extreme example of the…
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Moss Valley Circular (14th November 2023)
I was unable to lead this walk so Graham kindly stepped in to take my place. Here’s what he had to say about the walk With Pete Hubbard not able to lead his “Wood I Lie to You” walk, I stepped in as replacement leader and led a party of 21 members on a 4.75…
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Cuckoo Way and Trans Pennine Trail Circular (7th November 2023)
There was an impressive turnout for Ted’s walk on Tuesday. Here’s what Graham had to say about it. Todays walk saw Ted Bennett lead a group of 23 walkers on a 4.2 mile walk in the Renishaw and Eckington area. Ted had originally intended to use some paths around Spinkhill and Westhorpe but these proved…
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Holmesfield and Horseleygate Circular (24th October 2023)
Here’s Paula’s report on her walk on the 24th October. Six of us and two dogs set out this morning. I’d altered the intended return route due to the amount of rain we’d had over the last few days. We walked through the fields from “telly tubby hill” up to Horsleygate, surprisingly dry under foot…
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Linacre and Old Brampton (17th October 2023)
Twenty two walkers and a puppy met in the rear car park at the Peacock Inn at Cutthorpe for a walk to Linacre reservoirs and on to Old Brampton. The first part of the walk took us through the woods to Linacre reservoirs where we walked alongside the middle reservoir and circled the upper reservoir.…
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Re-launch of the North Chesterfield Way
This walk marked the re-launch of the 9 mile way marked walk linking Chesterfield and Dronfield, know as the North Chesterfield Way. A total of 28 walkers from Dronfield and Chesterfield took part. We were met at the starting point of Chesterfield Town Hall by the Mayoress of Chesterfield, Councillor Suzie Perkins who welcomed us…