Walking Group

December 1st was forecast to be wet, so a number of our regular walkers decided not to walk. When the remaining three walkers met outside church the rain had stopped so we stuck to our plans, loaded boots and walking poles into our car and drove off. We parked in Eyam and ate our sandwiches, […]

We welcomed Julie, a new recruit to our group and set off to Storrs Road car park. Helen was our leader and had planned a short walk around Somersall Park, so we crossed Chatsworth Road, walked down Linden Avenue and towards  Somersall Park Playing Fields, kicking up fresh, dry autumn leaves as we went. A […]

For our 4 mile walk this month, with Bob as the leader, we parked at Timber Lane car park on the Five Pits Trail to walk over numerous fields to Pilsley and return. We passed a big building completely full of piles of pallets and nearby an old, wooden, butter churn. We spotted various empty […]

Six members set off at 4.30pm on a warm day from Coombs Lane, Bakewell down the tarmacked road towards the Monsal Trail. A family at Adelaide House were holding a barbeque, the smoke wafting over towards us as we passed, and a light aircraft flew above. As residential properties were left behind, we walked a […]

A robin greeted us as we strode towards the broad path leading to the Stockley trail on a tranquil summer’s evening. Sunlight was filtering through the trees and as we moved into a field, we disturbed a pheasant that rose from the long grass with an angry squawk. We walked past “Breaking the Mould”, an […]