Walking Group

Rain started to fall as we drove to Bolsover for our September walk which we started from St. Mary and St. Laurence Church and enjoyed the sight of a long line (at least thirty one baskets), of orange, red and yellow begonias, hanging along a stretch of green railings. Someone has done a lot of […]

On leaving the car park we were pleased to see four alpacas/lamas sharing a field with ten rooks before our leader Bob, indicated we should turn right towards Sheldon. Our way took us onto a grassy path boarded by nettles and purple thistles with green fields all around us. Steve stopped to stroke a honey-coloured […]

At the start of the walk we were greeted by four ponies and two even smaller ones in a nearby field. There were lots of bulrushes on the water’s edge and the bright yellow, cupshaped flowers of the water lily, floating on the slow moving water of the canal. On the canal path we passed […]

Bob was the leader for our 4 ½ mile walk along the Chaffinch Trail from the Royal Oak in Barlborough. Five walkers set off along Westfield Lane as it started to rain and crossed the dual carriageway onto a farm track. It soon stopped raining, and it was sunny and warm for most of the […]

We were joined on this walk by Emily, Julie’s niece and Maisie, a delightful corgi-cross with a particularly wobbly bottom. We parked near Ashford church and at 4.30pm began our walk, passing The Ashford Arms and noticing a lovely display of wisteria hanging over the porch of a stone cottage, before crossing the A6020. We […]