The lower one, that is, that leads from the car wash to Half Acre Lane, by Metapic Wood. DCC will be fixing it as soon as the weather will let them access the site. Please do not ignore the closed signs, the boardwalk is unfit for boots.

DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
EMERGENCY TEMPORARY
FOOTPATH CLOSURE
PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.73 DRONFIELD
& PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.52
UNSTONE
WHEN: 28th November 2019 – 9th July 2020
WHERE: Close Public Footpath 73 Dronfield from its
junction with Public Footpath 53 to its junction with
the Parish Boundary. Close the full length of Public
Footpath 52 Unstone.
REASON: To facilitate public safety due to rotten
sections of boardwalk.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: From the north-west, Public
Footpath 53 – Unstone Hill (B6057) – Public Footpath

1. Vice versa from the south-east.
   Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible,
   on the affected length of bridleway. The bridleway will reopen
   as soon as the work is finished. This may be earlier
   than advertised.

An exhibition at the Sports Centre where we had a table….this day was set up for the over 55s in the area to seek out new possibilities and activities. We chatted to lots of folk, gave away quite a few leaflets, and have developed ideas for the next walking programme. One of our members was also in the choir that gave an excellent half an hour gig. See if you can spot the member!

We will be taking part in this year’s Great Dronfield 2gether show, at the main sports hall, Dronny Sports Centre, 10am to 2pm, Tuesday 8th October. Come along, and help person the stand, for this friendly, free and fun event.

Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust are holding a forum on Thursday 12th September at Coal Aston Village Hall, 6 – 7pm, or arrive at 5.30 for tea and biscuits..

for more details: email nature.reserves@wildlifesheffield.com

as in the old song… Personally, with my legs, I don’t wear shorts. Some walkers have recently been caught out, as we waded through brambles and nettles on an overgrown section of a walk, and some folks were bitten by bugs….

But, of course, it is up to you…..

ARUK Explorer is a 26-mile hike and walk across the Peak District, with the inaugural event taking place on Saturday 21 September 2019 (World Alzheimer’s Day).  Some of your members may already have signed up to take part in the event, but others may just want to be involved because they love walking or running, love the Peak District, like meeting new people and/or because they have personal experience of Alzheimer’s Disease or other forms of dementia and want to help in some way.  If so, we’d love to have them volunteer with us to help make this new event a success!

For more information and to apply, please visit:  www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/volunteering/event-volunteer

However, if you have any queries about this role or need more information to distribute to your members, do please email volunteer@alzheimersresearchuk.org or contact me on my direct number below.

Kind Regards,

Lorraine Silk

01223 824 535

on Saturday 15th June

The weather will NOT put us off….we will be there, 10am, near the Talbot on Barnes Lane…Bring gloves, shears, secateurs…and we will see you there!

Later….1pm, Saturday….7 of us turned out to chop, cut, prune, rake, tidy….

SO WHERE WERE THE REST OF YOU??? I know you all appreciate nice pathways to walk along safely, but so sad that so few of us put so much effort to help make our pathways so pleasurable for all to walk along.

click on the link on the 2019 Summer walks programme page…

There is to be an emergency closure of Unstone Footpath 17 between 11^th June 2019 and 1^st July 2019. This links the driveway past Siscar through the woods and across the field to meet the pathway from Hundall to Mill House.

On the Stone Circle walk, we spotted an owl pellet. It was carefully dissected, and these were found!    IMG_8702 – Copy-compressed