Category: Walk Reports
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Barlow Lees and Cowley (5th April 2022)
Tuesday 5th April: There were 23 of us on this morning’s walk from Dronfield Woodhouse and round by Monk Wood, Barlow Lees and Cowley – about 5 miles. A dull but fine day and none of the forecast showers. We are all still getting use to the wide open spaces in the wood since so
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Halls of Holmesfield (12th February 2022)
Halls of Holmesfield Walk Report / Saturday 12th February 2022 Thanks to Steve Sadley for this report, and to Po Goddard for the photos: Walk Leader: Steve Sadler / Backmarker: Peter Carr There are now 8 Historic Halls in the Parish of Holmesfield and this walk visited 6 of the Halls over a distance of
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Summerley and Troway (7th December 2021)
Tuesday 7th December a Peter Thornber walk……18 intrepid walkers set out on 7 December from Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform Chapel. The weather was typical for the time of year – cold and windy with an imminent threat of rain or worse. However, all rose to the challenge, completing 5 miles, up to Summerley, on to
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The start of the Moss (30th September 2021)
THURSDAY 30th SEPTEMER 2021 This was the first of our Winter walks starting with hot drinks and toast. These are normally held on Tuesdays but on this occasion Muriel at the Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform Church couldn’t accommodate us as it was her birthday on the 28th. Starting out at 10.00am, Graham Gill led
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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,