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Wednesday 22 January
Derbyshire Gritstone Way (2)
Leader: Val
Belper’s Riverside Gardens, with a Strutt Mill in the background
The second of Val’s Gritstone Trail walks, this time continuing from Milford, with the route northwards to Ambergate, via Belper.
Some stiff hills for the Derwent Valley area, beginning with one up Sunny Hill in Milford, appropriately on a sunny morning.
A tough stile, even for the fittest, near Heage Fix My ‘Footpath’
Lunch was in Belper’s Riverside Gardens – where we switched to the eastern side of the Derwent for the second half of the walk.
A further Gritstone Trail walk (from Ambergate to Matlock) is scheduled for 11 March.
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Wednesday 15 January Bagshawe CavernLeader: John Photos: John
 exit from the short crawl Our first underground walk ?
 Leaving Baslow Edge and heading for Curbar Edge Baslow
 Totley Tunnel at Grindleford Station The return followed the Derwent Valley via Froggatt and Calver. A bit wet underfoot in places for the group of nine – but a fine, mild January day. |
Sunday 12 January
Taddington
Millers Dale Station, Tideswell, High Dale
Leaders: Jackie & Alan Photos: Mike & John
Today’s group, shadows of their former selves
Hammerton Hill from Tideswell Dale
Knotlow from Meadow Lane climb
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Wednesday 8 January Bamford
 Coffee break  Approaching the Edge  Lunch on the Edge – a cold breeze doesn’t deter shorts  Below Callow Barn, looking over to Stanage Edge Lumsdale Lumsdale Leader: Pat  Lumsdale  Disused quarry near the Cuckoo Stone Combination of Lumsdale and the Cuckoo Stone always makes for an interesting walk and 21 set out from Highfields School to follow a figure of eight route covering just under seven miles. With twenty minutes for a return bus to Chesterfield at the Duke of Wellington, a good chance for a refreshing drink. |
Sunday 5 January
Calver Sough
Leaders: John & Tricia Photos: John
Bubnell, Pilsley, Great Longstone
Highland cattle on Longstone Edge
The descent into Coombs Dale
Wednesday 1 January
Hope for the New Year
Leader: Mel Photos: John
Cave Dale
Intending to start the year with a burst of energy, 27 members gathered in Hope for a New Year celebratory walk.
Taking in Castleton, Cave Dale (with a stop for coffee half way up), Rowter Farm, Mam Tor, the Great Ridge, Back Tor, and Wards Piece (Lose Hill) – before returning to Hope via Lose Hill Farm.
Lunch was enjoyed at Mam Tor with a wonderful, if a little misty, view down the Hope Valley.
The group were heartened by the incredible number, several hundred, of other revellers forming a long continuous line of people, with a good many children present
– stretching from Mam Nick to the top of Back Tor.
The majority of our group then congregated, just about filling it, in the Grasshopper Café for tea and coffee.
A very pleasant and invigorating way to start the New Year.
Back Tor
Lose Hill
…. previously on chesterfieldramblers
