We set off on a warm, sunny afternoon for our planned “Blackberry Walk” in the New Whittington area; a walk we have enjoyed a couple of times before. On the previous two occasions this walk had provided some unwanted excitement – on the first a set of car keys was presumed lost, then last year […]
Walking Group
Walking Group August 2023
The Walking Group – Whitwell Churches Loop Our walk began outside St. Lawrence Parish Church, the second church built in this area and mentioned in the Doomsday Book as serving Whitwell and Barlborough. It dates from 12th century. The chancel and transept date from the first half of the 14th century and in the north […]
Walking Group June 2023
For our first evening walk of the year, we chose to drive through Cromford to park at Black Rocks, near to a churchyard with very neatly spaced headstones, then crossed the road and walked through a field of buttercups and into a little wooded area. We arrived at Dene Quarry, skirted the perimeter and walked […]
Walking Group May 2023
Shillito Wood & Eastern Moors We were blessed with a beautiful, sunny and warm day and began by walking down a quiet road with gorse bushes on our right before tarmac gave way to a grassy path and a poster nailed to a gate gave instruction and information – “Keep your dog on a lead […]
Walking Group April 2023
The Walking Group – Morton Our walk started from the car park on Church Lane, opposite the Sitwell Arms and down Stretton Road with the church of The Holy Cross on our left. This church is Grade 2 listed and its congregation celebrated 1,000 years of worship in 2002. It was largely rebuilt in 1850 […]