Even though it wasn't the toughtest of terrian and most challenging of walks I hope you all enjoyed it along with your dogs. Again they all seemed to get on very well and let new girl Molly join in and lead most of the charges. I have up loaded the pics on to the flickr site so please have a look.
Thanks again for all those who attanded and I would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year and hopefully see you all on the 27th of Jan for the Radio 4 walk.
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( 3 / 1680 )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 take a short bus ride to the start of this walk and it leaves Fairholmes car park at 10.05am so it’s essential that you get there in time. There are free car parking spaces on the way to Fairholmes if you wish to save some money. However the meet point is at Fairholmes catch the bus.
There is a slight difference to the start of this walk as it begins with a short bus ride. The bus will take us up to our start point which is Kings tree.
With reference to walk description there isn’t a lot to say as the walk is graded as easy, as it follows shore line paths round both Howden reservoir and Derwent reservoir. The reason for the choice of this walk is that it takes in some of the best scenery around the area and is voted one of the best routes around the low peak.
Along with this there is the history surrounding the dam busters training before the WWII attacks.
On return to the fairholmes information centre and car park we can grab a coffee before heading home.
Also as this is Christmas walk we thought a fancy dress theme for your dogs would be fun. This is not essential just a bit of Christmas sillyness
Notes:
Car park fee £2.50 for up to 4 hours, £3.50 all day
Bus Fair: 55p+dog
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( 3 / 1678 )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 taken and information on distance, elevation etc
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&am ... 8d0fa3358a
Information on the next walk will follow shortly, as agreed we will be doing it on the 13th December starting back at 10am.
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( 2.9 / 1656 )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.
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( 2.9 / 1549 )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 till you get to a gate that allows you in to the Chatsworth grounds. We then start to walk across the grounds up towards the wooded area above you. This pathway starts to get steeper the closer you get to the woods and towards the top of the grassed area the incline is quite steep. You enter the woods by climbing a stepped wall, where you then walk up a wooded path, this too is quite steep until you reach the road way at the top.
I will warn you that the start to this walk is a bit of a drag up, it will be hard work but it is worth doing it and we get all the uphill out of the way at the start. There is no need to worry time will be taken to complete this so it can be taken at your own pace.
Once we get up to the access road its a short walk to the hunting tower where we can have a well earned rest. Once we have all got our breath back we follow the access road through the upper grounds of Chatsworth. After a distance the road starts to wind back down where we will eventually come out by the farm/children’s playground entrance. From here we walk out in front of the house and cross over grassed area back towards the entrance gate.
Once through this we follow the pathway back to the car park and the finish.
Depending on if the livestock are grazing in the Chatsworth grounds; this walk allows the dogs to be off lead for long periods of time. However care must be taken by every owner to ensure no problems occur.
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