Walking Group

Chris and Hilary Barnes joined Julie and me for our walk in the area of Calver. We had parked near the Derwent Arms Inn, now closed, perhaps another example of the downhill slope many hospitality businesses are facing. We arrived at an old-fashioned, cast-iron lamp erected in the middle of the village on a stone […]

The village of Winster lies within the Peak District National Park and was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry. Winster Market House is a prominent, listed building jutting into the main road of the village and acquired by the National Trust in 1906. Winster was mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086 when […]

We parked on Church Lane and were delighted to see a field with many lambs, two of which were prancing all over the grass. We walked along the road away from the A623 noticing an old water pump on our left before turning onto Old Dam Lane. The hills rose in front of us as […]

Seven of us, including our new member Pat, Julie’s friend Mary and Victoria, set off for Linacre Woods. We parked in a lay-by in Old Brampton and walked owards Chesterfield, turned left on a tarmacked road and left again onto a narrow, stony road with green fields stretching away on each side. We soon entered […]

We welcomed Pat Mason to our team and drove to Hope, enjoying wonderful views along the way. We parked outside St. Peter’s Church on a cloudy day and walked past Cafe Adventure which seemed to be a meeting place for a group of men sitting outside with their muddy mountain bikes arranged around them. A […]