Category: Walk Reports
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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.
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Barnes Lane and Beyond (1st January 2023)
Paula lead our first walk of the New Year, here’s what she had to say about it. Good turn out on this mornings walk. 24 of us and 3 dogs set out on a forecasted dry New Year’s day – seems metoffice were having a bank holiday, and we had rain for most of the
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Apperknowle, Troway and Summerley (13th December 2022)
14 brave souls attended todays walk from the long lay by in Unstone on a bitterly cold but dry and bright day. The walk took in Apperknowle, Troway and Summerley and we had beautiful snowy views over the Moss Valley and Drone Valley.Thanks to Hilary and Ann for a very enjoyable walk. Walk report by
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Troway and Summerley circular (6th December 2022)
Several of the party took advantage of the tea and toast at the Wesleyan chapel before the walk started which was particularly welcome on this cold, but dry, December morning. Adrian had modified his planned route to avoid the worst of the mud which is notoriously bad in parts of the Moss valley. As a
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Millthorpe and Barlow Grange (27th September 2022)
Walk Report / Tuesday 27th September 2022 Walk leaders: Steve & Ros Sadler On a bright and sunny morning with blue skies, 9 folk plus a dog set off from Millthorpe on a 4½ mile walk. We crossed the road down Mill Lane and over the ford before heading across the fields to Unthank. Reaching
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Halls of Holmesfield part 2 (16th July 2022)
Halls of Holmesfield Walk Report / Saturday 16th July 2022 Walk Leader: Steve Sadler / Backmarker: Joe Kelsall There are 8 Historic Halls in the Parish of Holmesfield. Earlier in the year we visited 6 of the Halls and this walk covered the remaining 2 over a distance of 5 miles. So on a glorious
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Dawn chorus walk (8th May 2022)
DAWN CHORUS WALK on Sunday 8th MAY 2022 at BLACKAMOOR NATURE RESERVE Seven DFBS members and myself met up with three other Dronfield Natural History Group members at Blackamoor Nature Reserve near Fox House for this year’s Dawn Chorus Walk. We started at the quite unsociable hour of 4.30.am but this was to make sure