Whilst getting ready to party celebrating H&W H&P 40th wedding anniversaries off we go exploring Osmaston Park Grahame has joined the VY! Meet at the duck pond Along the drive, memories of James and Hannahs wedding there in June 2018. Past the mill and up the bridleway to Shirley for a coffee at the village
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Its the Thornbrige explore so coffee at thornbridge hall -they won their planning permission so can keep Quackers cafe! Park on little longstone road near Monsel Head. If lucky the coffee shop is open! (not today) Walk down the steep slope to the valley and follow the river wye to the A6. Cross over and
Meet at Fairholmes CP Ladybower for Coffee of course. En masse today 17 walkers Having admired the Derwent Reservoir dam wall memories of scary torrents of water falling over the rocks we climb to the trail alongside the water. After a few km climb up onto the edge to Lost Lad and all the rocky
Derwent edge April 22 Read More »
Meet in Elton village. Cross the fields over to Youlgreave past the stone circle, standing stones and castle rings-had to be Howard planning this one. Drop down to the River Lathkill (good bridge pose) along and up. Not forgetting Howard’s home made sausage rolls! Them back across the fields to Robin Hoods stride. Lunch at
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With young puppies, yachting and festivals as excuses and small group of 4 were motorhoming in the manifold valley, staying down by the river at Bankside farm. Expedition to Ecton Hill and beyond. Don’t forget to get the app to tick off your ethels
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Morning meet for coffee at the Cow Shed in Dale Abbey. Joined by Martin Rose and the Blassbergs who were on tour to Derbyshire. A great breakfast spot! daren led a great explore of a new area between Derby and Nottingham ending at the Stanhope inn in Stanton by Dale 11.9k
At last our first official post covid walk together!! The first for over a year Time to visit Kay and Marks new house for bacon butties. With garden bar and table football why go for a walk? The annual coach drive hedge trimming was preventing access to the Hewitts!! A lovely walk along the Derwent
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Crazy times when we could walk local short distances with your household, but sometimes one met fellow households walking the same route, welcoming a cheery wave. Note isolation walk 1 -little eaton/duffield bank and isolation walk 2-Little Eaton/great northern greenway/chester green/darley abbey Or you find yourselves exploring the same northumberland beach. We all tested out
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We had planned 10k lathkill dale, bradford dale and lunch at the miners standard in winster But we were defeated by snow and hail! Little did we expect we would have to wait 15 months to walk together again
The walk that never happened Read More »