Sheepbridge, Cobnar Wood, Monkswood Farm, Lees Common and Gateland Lane. We parked at the end of Sheepbridge, after passing many small factory units which we did not know existed in Chesterfield. The footpath took us down several steps and through Cobnar Wood which follows the Barlow brook after it had flowed through the trout farm. […]
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Walking Group July 2022
Holmebrook Valley Park, Linacre Woods, Old Brampton We left the car park beside the café, walked down to the lake and entered the wood heralded by birdsong and the sound of swift running water in the nearby stream. These natural sounds were replaced by the shooting of rifles coming from the distance. We walked along […]
Walking Group June 2022
After dry weather for the Jubilee celebrations the weather for the church walk turned out to be wet. With this in mind we decided to change the planned route for a more local walk. As you can see from the picture, we all dressed in wet weather clothes. We set off from Tapton Lock to […]
Walking Group May 2022
As last month’s walk was cancelled, we were looking forward to our trip to Teversal and a walk around Brierley Forest Park, near Sutton-in-Ashfield. This walk was to be an easy stroll along well-defined paths with no stiles to negotiate and no inclines to face and so it proved, although when we finished it, we […]
Walking Group March 2022
We began our March walk from the Rugby Ground Car Park in Cromford and along the canal which was last used as a working waterway in 1944. William Jessop and Benjamin Outram, partners in the Butterley Company, constructed the canal which was completed in 1794. It is 14 ½ miles long and joined Cromford with […]