Category: Walk Reports
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Bluster castle (14th September 2021)
Tuesday 14thSepember Hilary Pike and Ann Flowers led this walk: 7 brave souls turned up for what threatened to be terrible weather, however it was not nearly as bad as the forecast. The walk led by Ann and Hilary started at Millthorpe going through Rose Wood to Moorhall onto Bluster castle and Cutthorpe past Crowhole…
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Lower Moss Valley (11th September 2021)
SATURDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2021 The first walk on our winter programme saw Graham Gill lead a party of 12 on a circular route from The Swan Inn at Ridgeway into the Lower Moss Valley and calling at the Church Farm Tea garden in Eckington. We started out taking the path by the Junior School across the…
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Damp Thursday evening walk!
This from leader Angela: What we did on our walk yesterday evening…( 5th August) Ten people and one dog met outside the community centre at Unstone ready for our evening walk of We nearly lost the dog and it’s walker to the ‘People and Dogs’ training session which was starting inside the community centre at…
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Walk from Callywhite Lane
Karen Brightmore led us on a very pleasant wander, along from Callywhite to Metapic, then along the lower boardwalk (careful here, there are some damaged boards, which DCC knows about) past the back of the Drone Valley Brewery (open Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons) then up to The Unstone Line. A haunted area, because sometimes,…
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First Walk of the New Season!
On a lovely sunny evening 22 members enjoyed a 4 mile walk in the Moss Valley. The walk went down the valley and then up to the Rotary Bench and onto Hazelbarrow Farm. Everyone was smiling as this was the first DFBS walk for over 15 months. Thanks to Adrian Slome for setting this one…
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Lockdown walks (October 2020)
We have had to suspend our organised walks this year…but if you are like us, we have carried on walking as much as we can. OK, we are extra-lucky, as we live at the very edge of the village, we have a plethora of good, safe footpaths and quiet lanes to walk around. For instance,…
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Chesterfield walking festival (May 2019)
This is not meant to be a comprehensive report about the week, but hopefully will contain meanderings and pics from any DFBS member who has taken part. Jane and I went on the New Bolsover walk on Tuesday 14th…and enjoyed a highly informative walk around New Bolsover Model Village, saw all the improvements being made,…
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Metapic and Hundall (11th March 2020)
Tuesday 11th March, an Adrian Slome walk, from Coal Aston. Pics from Graham Gill
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Shillito and Barbrook (7th March 2020)
7th March, a Joe Kelsall walk. Photos from Graham Gill
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Moss Valley circular (25th February 2020)
Tuesday 25th February: David Blackburn (stand-in Leader) With the recent very wet weather and a poor forecast,I was pleasantly surprised when there were14 of us , including our newest member on her first walk, for this morning’s excursion around the Moss Valley.Things started with a hiccup as the planned hot drinks and toast were unavailable…