Walking Group

WALKING GROUP   Sunday 5th May was a warm, sunny day and three cars set off for Edale, but, so  did a great number of others, which meant we had trouble finding spaces in the designated car park.  After driving further on, we eventually  struck lucky, managing to park all cars next to each other.  […]

WALKING GROUP   Our walk for April was led by Eric and Helen and started in Ashford-in-the-Water with ten of us negotiating compacted snow and ice on some of the narrow paths thereby needing to keep our eyes cast downwards looking for suitable safe spots to put our feet.  Eventually we were able to look […]

WALKING GROUP February’s walk started from the High Street, Whitwell on a dry, overcast day but with a cold wind blowing. Walking uphill, out of Whitwell, the seven hardy walkers passed the parishchurchofSt Lawrence. Started in 1200, this church contains the tomb of Sir Roger Manners. Sir Roger lived in the nearby Old Hall which […]

WALKING GROUP   Last month’s walk started from the car park at the Peter Fidler Reserve in Bolsover.  Peter was born in Bolsover and became a famousNorth Americapioneer.  This reserve and Carr Vale Flash Reserve have been reclaimed from the old colliery works and consist of  pleasant walks around large ponds dotted with various bird- […]

WALKING GROUP   Our small group of seven stalwarts set off from a lay-by near the Fox House Inn,  walking into a very cold wind along a well-defined rocky path, which used to be the old Sheffield Road.  Thankfully when we forked left and walked beside a pine plantation we were sheltered from the wind […]