Walking Group

Walking Group  For the first walk of 2015 we decided to go eco-friendly by starting and finishing our walk at Church, instead of driving to the starting point. The weather was dry and frosty as we met outside Church before going into the Parish Room to eat our sandwiches before starting our walk. Seven of […]

Walking Group For the last walk of the year we managed to get all the years weather in one day!!  Six of us left a sunny Newbold, only to reach our starting point at Calver as it started to rain. After munching our sandwiches, the rain cleared away sufficiently for us to start. We followed […]

Walking Group   On a mild sunny November day six of us set off on our 4 ½ mile walk. Parking on the Grindleford Station approach road we walked past the popular station café and over the railway bridge. On our right the gaping opening of the Totley tunnel could be seen, at 3 ½ […]

WALKING GROUP Our planned walk was cancelled as when we arrived at Monsal Head, a cycle race was taking place and the road we needed to drive down was closed, so a quick change of plan was needed. We parked opposite The Crispin at Great Longstone (St. Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers, once […]

WALKING GROUP  September’s walk was through two of Derbyshire’s prettiest villages.  Starting from the plague village of Eyam (pronounced ‘eem’), we followed a country lane to the charming village of Foolow. As we approached the Bulls Head we noticed that all available seating outside had been taken so we sat on the memorial steps beside […]