Category: Walk Reports
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Linear Walk to Graves Park (14th December 2025)
Twenty two walkers and one dog gathered in the long lay-by on a bright December morning. After our leader, Richard, had given us an overview of the walk we set off down Half Acre Lane heading for Frith Wood. I’m coming round to calling it Frith Wood rather than Firth Wood. After passing through the…
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Moss Valley Circular (10th December 2024)
Twenty one walkers and one canine friend met at Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform Church. Most of the group had taken advantage of the hot drinks and toasted tea cakes that were available in the church. Before starting, our walk leader Peter, gave us an overview of the walk. Our first destination was Owler Car Lane…
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Barlow Lees Circular (3rd December 2024)
Twenty five walkers and one dog gathered at St Andrews Church School on a bright but cool December morning. Around half of the group took advantage of a hot drink and toasted tea cake before starting the walk. We made our way across Sindelfingen Park to one of the tracks off Gosforth Drive that leads…
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Fanshawe Gate and Cowley Bar (19th November 2024)
Overnight snow had left Dronfield with a covering of around 3 inches of snow so it was surprising that nine walkers made the journey to our start point at St Andrews church. It’s a nice spot to enjoy a pre-walk drink and biscuit or tea cake. Because of the underfoot conditions, our walk leader Steve…
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Poolsbrook Country Park (12th November 2024)
Twenty walkers gathered in the Hollingwood Hub car park ready to explore the Chesterfield canal and countryside around Staveley. After a short section of road walking we paid a visit to the large pond behind the Ringwood hotel. This was a really nice spot with plenty of wildfowl on the pond. Continuing on, we soon…
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Holmebrook Valley Park and Cutthorpe Circular (9th November 2024)
Here’s what Graham had to say about Ted’s walk in Holmebrook Valley and Cutthorpe Today’s walk saw Ted Bennett lead a party of twenty DFBS members, five new faces and two dogs on a 5 mile walk around Cutthorpe and Holmebrook Valley Park. Starting out from the HVP top car park we walked down the…
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Grasscroft Wood Circular (26th October 2024)
Another great turnout of twenty six walkers (and two dogs) met on Carlisle Close, just over the border in Chesterfield. Today’s walk was led by Graham who was standing in for David. We started out by walking along one of the paths created for the Peak Resort project that runs parallel to the main road.…
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Thorpe Salvin and the Chesterfield Canal (22nd October 2024)
Twenty eight walkers and one dog made the ten mile journey from Dronfield to the free car park in Harthill. Many of us hadn’t walked in this area which was one of the reasons for the great turnout. We started out from the lovely village of Hartill across fields and skirting Loscar Wood on our…
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Moss Valley Circular (15th October 2024)
Twenty two walkers gathered at the Wesleyan Reform Church in Coal Aston in readiness for Adrian’s walk. Adrian had decided not to walk in the Moss Valley owing to the predicted mud and tricky underfoot conditions. Instead we walked mainly in the Unstone and Summerley areas. Starting out in light drizzle we took an urban…
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Not Really a Pub Crawl (12th October 2024)
It’s time that I answered the question that has been on everyones minds for a long time, Is Richard’s annual walk a walk where we just happen to visit a couple of pubs or more of a crawl between pubs where we have to do a bit of walking to get from one pub to…