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 […]
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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 […]