Walking Group

On a clear, mild October afternoon three walkers met outside church for our walk down the valley of Bretton Clough. After driving through Baslow we took the A623 through Calver and Stoney Middleton before turning off to go through Foolow before taking the narrow road up to the hamlet of Bretton. After parking at the […]

On a mild September afternoon Wendy rejoined our small group for our walk down the Manifold Way. We managed to fit into one car so we got on our way. To get to the Manifold Way we drove through Winster, then Hartington crossing the county border into Staffordshire. Once we reached the start of the trail […]

Numbers for the August walk were down to two – Steve and myself decided to carry on with the walk especially as it was a nice sunny evening. The walk was  4½ miles starting outside the church in Bolsover. We walked towards the water tower and turned towards Hillstown. We were soon crossing a number […]

Chris and Hilary Barnes joined Julie and me for our walk in the area of Calver. We had parked near the Derwent Arms Inn, now closed, perhaps another example of the downhill slope many hospitality businesses are facing. We arrived at an old-fashioned, cast-iron lamp erected in the middle of the village on a stone […]

The village of Winster lies within the Peak District National Park and was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry. Winster Market House is a prominent, listed building jutting into the main road of the village and acquired by the National Trust in 1906. Winster was mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086 when […]