We started the walk from Dronfield Hall Barn which had been derelict for several years, but thanks to a lottery grant, had been restored for community use. It has a café, functions rooms, a small courtyard and landscaped gardens. We ate a leisurely sandwich lunch in the garden then set off uphill from the barn, […]
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Walking Group August 2019
Eight members met at the church gates for our intended walk from Great Hucklow and decided that as thunder storms had been forecast for that area we ought to change our destination to somewhere more local, so Linacre Woods was chosen. As Great Hucklow is approximately 13 miles from Whaley Bridge we had been made […]
Walking Group July 2019
THE WALKING GROUP We parked at Peak Village on a hot day, booted up and walked towards the traffic lights, crossing the road as seven motorbikes, engines revving, were obliged to wait for us. Only one was a ‘hairy biker’ having a distinctive beard showing way below his helmet strap. We turned right at the […]
Walking Group June 2019
We started our walk from the cenotaph in Bolsover under cloudy skies and strolled down a steep road, following our leaders, Steve and Julie, to turn onto a track bordered by a wild flower meadow on the right and wonderful views around us. Behind us stood Bolsover Castle and before us, in the distance we […]
Walking Group May 2019
The walk started at the picturesque village of Ault Hucknall. We walked along a quiet lane with fragrant May blossom and clematis flowering in the hedgerow; we were close to Crosswood and Oxclose plantation. We walked steeply downhill (Broadoak Hill) to a road where traffic was flowing steadily towards Hardwick Hall where a Food Fair […]