Category: Walk Reports
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The Historic Halls of Holmesfield (15th April 2023)
This walk is always popular and has become a regular feature in our walks’ programme. Here’s what Graham had to say about it. Today’s walk was slightly delayed in starting as could not use the car park due to the annual Holmesfield Market. After we had all parked on nearby streets, Steve Sadler led 14…
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Moss Valley Circular (11th April 2023)
The walk today was the last of eight Tea and Toast walks on the winter programme which started from Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform Church. A party of 21 led by Graham Gill set out on a 4 1/2 mile circular walk around the upper Moss Valley. The weather was sunny with a cool breeze as…
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Old Whittington – West Handley – Hundall and Unstone Green (8th April 2023)
Yet another glorious Spring day attracted nineteen walkers who gathered opposite the old Riverside garden centre (now Markovitz kitchen and bathrooms). After crossing the railway line we carried on across fields, eventually reaching St Bartholomew’s church at Old Whittington. The next part of the walk followed the Drone Valley Way up to Grasscroft Wood where…
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Totley Moss – Totley Bents – Holmesfield (4th April 2023)
Seventeen of us gathered at Holmesfield Village Hall on a crisp but sunny spring day. The walk initially took us through Holmesfield woods and onto Fanshaw Gate Lane. After dropping down onto Moorwood Lane we passed Storth Lodge, home of walkers’ rights campaigner and founder of the Clarion Ramblers, GHB Ward. The climb onto the…
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Plumbley, Ridgeway, Carterhall, Ryalls Wood and Geer Lane (26th March 2023)
We had a great 6 mile walk starting from the Bridge Inn at Ford on Sunday. Here’s what our walk leader Angela had to say about it.There were just ten of us and the weather was a lot better than was forecast. The first part was all uphill, from Ford up to High Lane, then…
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Monk Wood and Barlow Lees circular (21st March 2023)
Fourteen of us plus two dogs enjoyed a lovely 6 mile walk on Tuesday. Here’s what our walk leader Paula had to say about it. There were a few unexpected surprises enroute. We discovered that Nine Fields had largely been recently ploughed and what hadn’t been ploughed had been sprayed to kill off the grass…
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Coal Aston – Unstone circular (7th March 2023)
Walkers enjoyed an excellent walk led by Adrian on a bright, crisp morning.
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Ford, Marsh Lane and Eckington circular (11th February 2023)
Nineteen intrepid walkers enjoyed a lovely walk in good weather, led by Phil. The walk included some paths that the group had not used before. If viewing on the homepage, click on the title to see more pictures.
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Hundall and Grasscroft Wood Circular (24th January 2023)
We had an excellent turnout of thirty walkers who enjoyed David’s walk on a crisp, bright, winter’s day
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Moss Valley Circular (10th January 2023)
Six hardy souls enjoyed Peter’s walk around the Moss Valley on Tuesday. In summer there is barely a trickle of water in the stream, not so now.