WALKING GROUP (and history lesson) Mary, our newcomer of last month turned up again, and nine of us began our walk from Ashover Village Hall, past the Old Poets Corner (once The Red Lion), down Hollow Lane and over the swollen River Amber. We arrived at Overton Hall, the date stone showing 1702. This […]
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Walking Group January 2014
WALKING GROUP “If you pick ‘em up, O Lord, I’ll put ‘em down.” (Prayer of the Tired Walker). Our usual group showed up for the first walk of 2014 with the addition of Mary, a friend of Julie Franks and we hope she will join us again. We parked outside the school in […]
Walking Group December 2013
WALKING GROUP Warm sunshine and a mild, calm day suggested a pleasant walk in store for us, as we set off for Peak Village, Rowsley. We ate our lunches at a picnic bench then, after waiting for one of the party to apply her lipstick (under the close supervision of the rest of […]
Walking Group November 2013
WALKING GROUP Heavy rain and a cold wind didn’t put our small group off and on the November walk, after eating our sandwiches in the cars, we began our trek towards Holmewood. As we passed between woodland on our right and the cricket and football pitches on the left, we spotted a kestrel hovering […]
Walking Group October 2013
WALKING GROUP With many regulars missing, only 4 of us set off from Calver on the October walk. With the Indian summer continuing into October there was certainly no need for our coats on this walk! After a lunch stop where we sat around the tree outside Stoney Middleton’s St. Martin’s Church […]