ST. JOHN’S WALK – 5TH August Sunday’s walkers were blessed with good weather despite the forecast of rain. From St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Eckington, we walked across Renishaw Golf Course, past a brick arched causeway – the remains of a horse drawn railway which carried coal from a local quarry to the canal. […]
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Wigley and Bluster Castle
We parked outside Wigley School and as it was raining we ate our sandwiches in the cars,before setting off in the warm sunshine along a very muddy ,ancient trackway through a wood.Unfortunately,one of our party slipped and in order to avoid a mucky mess threw himself to the side-into a bank of nettles. We crossed […]
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The June walk was cancelled due to RAIN and if you watched the Jubilee Thames Pageant on the same day, you will remember easily! The July walk will take place on Sunday 1st July at 12 noon and Colin Hand will lead us from Wigley, past Bluster Castle for 5 miles. Anyone is […]
A walk from Watchorn in May
The May walk was changed as the current drought had made the planned route too muddy! Our walk started from Watchorn, Alfreton. The church, houses and park here were donated by Robert Watchorn who had left Alfreton to make his fortune in America. We crossed the golf course into Oakerthorpe Nature Reserve where we investigated […]
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Sunday 1st April arrived sunny but cold and nine of us met at st. John’s Church for the monthly walk. On the outward journey. we were delighted to see a hare running across the fields. On arrival at Alstonefield, uch was taken on the green opposite the George Inn, surrounded by daffodils and watched by […]