Category: Walk Reports
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One of Richard’s jolly jaunts (17th November 2018)
Saturday 17th November: billed as ‘One of Richard’s now famous Jolly Jaunts’ And indeed it was. 19, could be 20 of us set off from the Big Lay By, and headed straight for Drone Valley Brewery. After an introduction by Bernard, who told us all about the Community Benefit Society of the brewery, Dave MacLaren
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Fanshaw Gate and Cartledge (13th November 2018)
Tuesday 13th November, a Barry Jex walk, via Birchin Lea, Fanshaw Gate and Cartledge: report and pics Richard S Our Leader It was a lovely sunny day, the light was superb for photos, and we had some great views. 19 of us started out….and finished! Nice 5 mile walk, and on my way home, caught
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Unstone and Monk Wood (3rd November 2018)
Archie and I lead the walk on the 3rd November. (Angela Land) We started from the long lay-by on Chesterfield road. We had the thrilling sight of a traction engine, in steam, being loaded onto the back of a lorry to be taken to its new home. It couldn’t get up the ramp under its
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Lower Moss Valley (20th October 2018)
SATURDAY 20th OCTOBER 2018 Today’s walk saw a party of 24 walkers, including our Town Council leader Angelique Foster, complete a five and a half mile figure of eight walk around the Lower Moss Valley. Led by Graham Gill, the walk started at 10.00am from The Swan Inn at Ridgeway, the route headed towards Eckington
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Moss Valley circular (16th October 2018)
The first walk of the 2018/9 Winter Warmers season, on 16th October, welcomed some new walkers to the group. It started from Coal Aston, where some had called in early to the Weslyan Reform Church for a second breakfast, prior to the almost 5 mile walk around the Moss Valley. There were 17 of us
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Frith Wood and Summerley (10th September 2018)
Tuesday 10th September, 6 intrepids set off from the big layby at 10am, via Half Acre Lane, Metapic Woods, Callywhite Lane, Frith, or Firth Wood, up to Summerley, along to Apperknowle, over to Unstone, and back along the boardwalk to the big layby. Another group had set off half an hour earlier, a similar size,
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Ramsley Moor and Big Moor (18th August 2018)
On Saturday 18 August 2018 twelve of us plus Treacle, a well behaved black labrador met at Shillito Woods for a walk across the moorlands of Ramsley Moor and Big Moor. Managed by the Eastern Moors partnership this moorland is a delight for those that enjoy open space, wildlife and a step back to the
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Peas and pies (16th August 2018)
The final evening walk of the season traditionally ends with a Pea and Pie supper. So, on Thursday 16th August, 34 walkers set off from Unstone’s Horse and Jockey, to amble around the bridle path/footpath around the Peak Resort. The weather held off, or rather the foul weather held off, and we got back to
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Unthank and Rumbling Street (19th July 2018)
Thursday 19th July: a P and K Brightmore walk: Great weather for our evening walk from Millthorpe through Unthank,past Moorhall, along Rumbling Street and back to Millthorpe. We crossed Pingle Dyke in Meekfield Wood, passed Crowhole Reservoir and then through Jonnygate and finally back over the Ford. All sounds like we went to Hobbit land
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Monk Wood and Cowley (12th July 2018)
Thursday 12th July A nice start to the Richard Armstrong walk from the Hyde Park: spotting……. a Holly Blue butterfly. Onwards and downwards, warning us we would have to go upwards before the end of the walk…past Bull Close Farm, over the bypass, Monk Wood (lots of forestry work going on here), over to Cowley,