Walking Group

At the start of the walk we were greeted by four ponies and two even smaller ones in a nearby field. There were lots of bulrushes on the water’s edge and the bright yellow, cupshaped flowers of the water lily, floating on the slow moving water of the canal. On the canal path we passed […]

Bob was the leader for our 4 ½ mile walk along the Chaffinch Trail from the Royal Oak in Barlborough. Five walkers set off along Westfield Lane as it started to rain and crossed the dual carriageway onto a farm track. It soon stopped raining, and it was sunny and warm for most of the […]

We were joined on this walk by Emily, Julie’s niece and Maisie, a delightful corgi-cross with a particularly wobbly bottom. We parked near Ashford church and at 4.30pm began our walk, passing The Ashford Arms and noticing a lovely display of wisteria hanging over the porch of a stone cottage, before crossing the A6020. We […]

We arranged to meet at 2.30pm for this walk because the APCM was to be held in church at 11.30. Bob chose a short walk, starting from the 5 Pits Trail and we strode off under abrilliant blue sky and warmed by the spring sunshine. Almost immediately we were on a loose, gravel surface and […]

Four walkers gathered outside Church on the 2nd March on a clear, sunny afternoon. There was free parking at Chatsworth due to the house being closed, so we decided to start our walk from their main car park. The fine weather and free parking had brought everybody out so there were few parking spaces available. […]