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  • 2012
    • April
      • Palm Sunday Spring Walk
        04/01/12
        Palm Sunday Spring Walk

        A spring walk up through Eccellsall woods, via Whitley Hall and up the Limb valley to the Norfolk Arms at Ringinglow, with its amazing views over the city and the Alpaca farm and then back down again. Approx 2-3 hours of walking not including the pub stop!
    • March
      • Spring Walk:
        03/20/12
        Hi everyone, details of the April walk as follows;


        Date: Sunday 1st April
        Set off time: 10.30am. ( suggest you arrive by 10.15 latest)
        Meeting: on the path near the wood sawmill in Eccellsall Woods on Abbey Lane. B6068
        Parking: alongside the road in car parking bays

    • January
      • The first walk of the new year will Sunday February the 12th
        01/30/12
        Please note however that my second Grandson is due to Feb 11th! So if he comes on time I may have to hand over walk leadership to someone else.

        Walk Details

        Meeting point : the Sportsman Pub, Lodge Moor
        Time: meet at 10.15 to start walking at 10.30am
        Walk: Wyming

  • 2011
    • November
      • December Christmas walk
        11/22/11
        hi all

        just planning ahead for the December Christmas walk.

        Date : Sunday 18th December
        Time: 10.30 meet
        Where: Baslow Car Park on the Goose Green.
        Walk: Chatsworth park taking in the Hunting tower and lakes and stopping in the courtyard for hot chocolate and

      • Photos from the November walk
        11/22/11

    • August
      • September walk reminder
        08/28/11
         Hi all
         
        the next walk is;
         
        Date:Sunday September 18th
         Time: 10.30am
        Meet: The Grouse Inn, near Froggat
        Walk: White Edge and Froggat Edge
        Distance: 6 miles
        Duration: 3 hours
        Grade: Medium - some steep ascents and descents
        SHEEP!!!!  Long line

    • July
      • Remaining walks in 2011
        07/31/11
        Hi all
         
        I hope you're enjoying this lovely weather
         
        I've finally managed to sit down with the help of Alyson and plan ahead for the next 5 walks up till Xmas!
        The dates and locations are as follows but you will be sent futher details via email prior to each wal

    • June
      • June Walk
        06/07/11
        Hi all

        the next walk will be on the 26th June - however I won't be there as I'll be on holiday. I'm hoping that regular walkers Jane, Helen and Neil will be on hand if necessary... but i'm sure you'll all be fine without my presence!

        Details:
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    • February
      • February Walk, apologies for late notice
        02/22/11
        Date: Sunday 27th Feb
        Time: 10.30am
        Location: Lady Bower

        http://www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.u
        (suggestion of and Courtesy of Jane - thank you)
        Grade: Easy
        Duration: About 2 hours

        Click the link for details and hope to see you there
        Please email

  • 2010
    • August
      • August updates, welcomes and walks
        08/18/10
        This month we have gained 5 new members and 7 new dogs. Welcome to you all. We’ve also had 6 new enquiries, so the group is steadily growing which is great!
        We had a ‘get to know you’ social at the Cricket Inn, Dore and 5 of the new members turned up. Unfortunately the BBq was cancelled due

    • May
      • Doggy day and BBQ at the Beach
        05/05/10
        Doggy day and BBQ at the Beach. Sunday 6th May 2010 (weather permitting)

        Hopefully the sun will shine on us for this day out at the beach. We will be meeting at Fraisethorpe village or Beach on the A62 just south of Bridlington.
        Its approximately a 2 hour drive and we will try to o

      • May walk details
        05/05/10
        The next walk is Sunday 9th May 2010 at 10.30am.

        The walk takes about 2 hours and is just under 4 miles. Most of it is on wide paths. There is however a short steep bit just before you reach Wyming Brook, which we then follow on a wide track downwards for about a mile and a half and the

      • Welcome new members
        05/05/10
        We welcome our newewst members

        Baxter and Helen
        Mac and the Bierton family
        Mishka and Debbie
        Suzanne and Nigel with their gang of 3
        and Sara and Tessie.

        We look forward to meeting you

        -Victoria

    • March
      • SDWG on BBC 4 Ramblings Programme
        03/11/10
        Hey all, the Radio 4 website now has details of the show with us on, details can be found at

        http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r8b15

        The show goes out a little early on the Saturday, but it is repeated at a later time on Thursday, and it will be available on the iPlayer, and p

      • Walk no. 6 - Monsal trail
        03/04/10
        Hi all

        the next walk will take place on:

        Date: Sunday 7th March at 11.30am.

        Location: plese park at Bakewell station (on Station road) and we will walk onto the Monsal trail. this is an easy circular walks of 6 miles or so around Bakewell and Ashford in the Water

    • January
      • BBC Radio 4 to Join us on our 4th walk
        01/25/10
        We are to be joined by Clare Balding and Lucy Lunt from BBC radio 4 so they can do a piece on our Walking group for there Ramblers program. This is very exciting as with us being a new walking group in Sheffield it will help promote our responsible attitude to walking through the country side with o

      • Walk No 4, 27th January Longshaw Estate, Joined by the BBC
        01/25/10
        Next walk, Date = 27th January, Start time = 9.30-10am, Location= National Trust Longshaw Estate.

        Distance = Medium walk estimated 7 miles

        Time = Estimated at 3 – 4 hours

        Grade = Medium (A walk on stoney public footpaths but does include some steep inclines)
  • 2009
    • December
      • Walk No 3, December 13th Derwent dam round walk
        12/20/09
        Well the bus trip wasn't too bad ( I was a bit worried I must admit), with all the dogs behaving brilliant, and it made a bit of a change to the start of the walk!!

        Even though it wasn't the toughtest of terrian and most challenging of walks I hope you all enjoyed it along with

      • Walk No 3, 13th December 9.45am Derwent Dam
        12/01/09
        Next walk, Date = 13th December, Start time = 9.45am, Location = Fairholmes car park derwent reservoir.

        Distance = Medium walk 7 miles

        Grade = Easy (A walk on stony tracks round the reservoir shores)

        The Derwent Reservoirs,

        IMPORTANT NOTE: We need to tak

    • November
      • Walk No 2, November 8th Chatsworth Grounds + Hunting tower
        11/14/09
        A quick note to thank all those who turned up for the walk even though the skys did open at the start. Not sure if you have seen but I have put the few pics I took on to the Flickr site for you to have a look at.

        Ben has passed on the link for his GPS (shown below) which shows the route t

    • October
      • 2nd Walk Rescheduled To 8th November at 11am
        10/31/09
        After thinking about it long and hard, taking in to consideration the prediction of such bad weather in the morning and looking at peoples comments that I have received, I am going to cancel tomorrows walk and reschedule it for next sunday the 8th with a slightly later start time of 11am.

      • Walk No 2, 1st November walk
        10/22/09
        Next walk, Date = 1st November, Start time = 10am, Location = Baslow

        Distance = Medium walk 4 – 7 miles

        Grade = Medium (some uneven ground with steep inclines)

        Chatsworth Round Walk,

        From the main car park in Baslow, we follow the path along the river til

      • Walk no.1 October 4th, Endcliffe Park > Forge Dam > Ringinglow > Jacobs Ladder
        10/14/09
        Well, the first walk seemed to be a resounding success.

        There was a good turnout, but also a small enough group that Vicky was able to dart back and forth between everyone to get flyers to the innocent passers by, which made them slightly less worried about the large pack of (well behaved

      • Finally an *official* website
        10/14/09
        Hello, thanks for stopping by at our new website, we hope you'll enjoy looking at the fun that the dogs and their owners have had, and that you will join us soon

        Cheers

        -Chris and Vicky