Category: Walk Reports
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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
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Habberjam Farm, Ford and Troway Circular (10th October 2023)
There were 30 walkers on Elaine Marsh’s walk on Tuesday from the Fox and Hounds at Marsh Lane. A lovely walk on a lovely sunny day. The route took in Habberjam Farm and Never Fear Dam to Ford where we had our coffee stop. We then passed through the Bridge Inn car park and on
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Gillfield Wood and Totley (30th September 2023)
Thirteen people and one dog gathered in Holmesfield Village Hall car park in readiness for a 5.5 mile walk led by Nicola and Julie. The first stage of the walk followed the route of the GHB Ward memorial walk, through Holmesfield Park Wood and along Fanshawe Gate Lane, but unlike Ward’s memorial walk we took
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Linear Walk to Graves Park (26th September 2023)
Twenty Two of us gathered in the long lay-by between Dronfield and Unstone. This was a great turn-out because it had started to rain and the forecast for the rest of the morning was unpromising. Richard and Phoebe were our walk leaders and after they had given us a brief description of the walk we