Category: Walk Reports
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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
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Monk Wood and Barlow ponds (10th February 2020)
Tuesday 10th February: a Steve & Ros Sadler walk It was a cold but bright morning as 16 hardy souls gathered at Cowley Mission for a Winter Warmer Walk. Not knowing what to expect after Storm Ciara the previous weekend, we set off on a five mile walk fuelled by tea or coffee and toast
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Barlow circular (1st February 2020)
Saturday 1st February: an Angela Land walk She writes: 26 walkers set off from the big lay-by between Dronfield and Unstone on a beautiful sunny morning, we could have done with a bit less wind but otherwise the weather was perfect. Our route took us across the road past Unstone Hall and uphill to Ouzle
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Holmesfield and the Spitfire (14th January 2020)
Tuesday 14th January: I was pleasantly surprised that there were 12 of us out on today’s 4.5 mile walk, as it was very gloomy and storms forecast for later in the morning. In the event , it remained dry for about half of the walk and then rained steadily for our return leg. We were
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Totley Brook and Holmesfield (4th January 2020)
Saturday 4th January 2020: The first walk of the new year saw Graham Gill lead a party of 26 walkers on a five and a quarter mile circular walk from the Pentland Road Shops Car Park. Starting out at 10.00am the route took us out on Barnes Lane and over the Dore & Totley Golf
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Unthank and Rumbling Street (27th December 2019)
Friday 27th December: Steve and Ros Sadler For the last walk of 2019 we started from a Millthorpe – a change from previous years. The weather was dry and mild as 24 of us set off on a 4 mile walk mainly on footpaths via Unthank, Moorhall, Rumbling Street and back to Millthorpe. Conditions underfoot
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Cartledge and Holmesfield (10th December 2019)
Tuesday 10th December: A Richard Armstrong walk. Richard arrived at St Andrews, and by the sounds of him, was hoping that the assembed group of booted folks was going to chicken out, and head back home to watch Homes under the Hammer, or other such televised nonsense. Not the case: we , the 9 of