Category: Walk Reports
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Cowley circular (10th September 2019)
Final walk of the Summer Walks Programme on Tuesday 10th September led by Steve & Ros Sadler. 18 folk set off from the Farwater Lane Car Park behind Dronfield Civic Centre shops for a 5 mile walk on a fine sunny morning. Our route took us along part of the Lea Brook Valley before stopping
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Part of the round walk (24th August 2019)
Saturday 24th August A merry band of 19 walkers left the Farwater Lane carpark at 10am on Saturday 24th August for a circular walk incorporating a large section of our adopted section of the round Dronfield walk. The weather was grand if a little too warm towards the end. After some urban walking up to
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Pies at the Travs (15th August 2019)
Thursday 15th August: The last Evening walk of the Summer season, and a record 44 walkers took part in the short(ish) walk before our social evening at the Travs at Apperknowle. Bridlepath near the Travs, along towards Troway, turning left alongside Apperknowle International Airport, Summerley Back lane, returning to the Travs for a rehydration session.
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Peak resort (8th August 2019)
Thursday 8th August, our penultimate Thursday evening walk ( where does time go !) 32 people set out from Sheepbridge to walk the Peak Resort, led by Jane( this was her first time as a walk leader )We walked the route in a clockwise direction, getting the most strenuous section done first, through beautiful woodlands
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Barlow circular (6th August 2019)
Tuesday 6th August: a Peter Carr walk, starting from Barlow Village Hall. great walk,6 miles, 21 walkers, inc new members and visitors, through beer and bread fields, tater fields, by reservoirs, saw cows, sheep, a huge buzzard, and nearly a woodpecker!
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Hundall and West Handley (18th July 2019)
Thursday 18th July: an Angela Land walk. Report and pics by Angela.. This is what we got up to on our Thursday evening walk on 18th July 2019. I had a quick check to see if the forbidden footbridge of footpath seventeen was safe to use, then went over to the Fred Hopkinson Memorial Hall
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Not really a pub crawl walk (13th July 2019)
Saturday 13th July: a ‘Not Really a Pub Crawl’ walk Led by Richard S. He leads these walks because it gets him to the pub(s) first, and by the time the rest of the group get there, he is halfway down his first pint! 15 started from the Big Lay by, to stop fairly soon
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Ridgeway walk (June 29th 2019)
Saturday 29th walk: from Ridgeway A Graham Gill walk, with slight variations. Starting from near The Swan, we wandered through the churchyard only to find the exit gate firmly shut. Wandering back out the way we came, and further down the road, turned right, on a footpath that would take us to the ford at
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Unstone circular (27th June 2019)
Thursday 27th walk: ‘Joe’s Walk’ And it seemed, the height of summer, a nice sunny evening to take part in a Graham Gill 4 miler, nicknamed ‘Joe’s Walk’ Starting out at the Big Layby, a short stroll before crossing the road to wander past Unstone Hall, when we spotted the White Horse of Unstone, and
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Summerley circular (20th June 2019)
Thursday 20 June walk 18 members enjoyed a lovely sunny evening walk. About 4.5 miles from Coal Aston village hall via Firth Wood, Metapic Wood and Summerly. Lead by Jeannie and Adrian * Hmmm, Firth Wood! Chatting to my (Welsh) brother in law, he told me the Welsh word ‘Ffridd’ means ‘Open Space’. RLS