We began our March walk from the Rugby Ground Car Park in Cromford and along the canal which was last used as a working waterway in 1944. William Jessop and Benjamin Outram, partners in the Butterley Company, constructed the canal which was completed in 1794. It is 14 ½ miles long and joined Cromford with […]
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Walking Group February 2022
On Sunday 6th February, as we drove to the start of our walk in Baslow, we wondered if we were idiots, as the wind and rain battered the car windscreens and at one stage there was a rush of snowflakes, but by the time we had eaten our sandwiches the weather had calmed, and we […]
Walking Group January 2022
Seven people met up at Eastwood Park, Hasland for the first walk of 2022. Eastwood Park, once part of the Hasland House estate, was given to the local community in 1913 by Alderman Eastwood. 100 years later it was renovated using a grant of over £1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big […]
Walking Group December 2021
Six members braved the showers and arrived at Somersall Park for our monthly walk from the car park towards Holymoorside. We walked over the nearby bridge, across the road and through three fields, the paths of which were very muddy. At one mature oak tree, Mary ran up and threw her arms around it causing […]
Walking Group November 2021
Steve Franks was born in Chesterfield but brought up in the village of Clowne and was happy to lead five of us in this area for our November walk. We settled down to eat our sandwiches on the old platform of the Clowne & Barlborough Station, only 40 yards from Clowne South Station. We set […]