Leisurely

The weather forecast on Thursday was awful, 19 members arrived wearing appropriate clothing, but we soon became too warm as we meandered through Whiston Meadows towards Canklow Woods. Still no sign of the rain. Brian lead us gently uphill through the plethora of paths, up to a 500 metre ascend to Boston Castle. Taking in the views of industrial Rotherham along the way. A few spots of rain appear just as we stopped for a coffee break. The rain soon stops and we make our way downhill again through the woods, showing signs of Autumn, with browning ferns and yellowing leaves.

The Five mile walk from Wentworth village eventually had 19 people and 4 dogs. We went past Wentworth Garden Centre and took the path downhill from the lodge. The herd of young cows ( seen on the prewalk) had completely vanished. The uphill path led us up through Scholes Village, where we stopped for coffee at the Scholes cricket club ground. The groundsman had very kindly given us permission for us to use all the benches and tables for our break.    We then crossed a huge field which was being ploughed up just in front of us !

Many thanks to the 9 hardy and travel weary souls ( it was a long way out!) and one happy dog who turned out in the rather inclement weather for this 5.5 mile circular walk. We left Shillito Car Park went through Unthank, down to Millthorpe, and back to the start. We enjoyed very brief glimpses of the beautiful Holmesfield countryside, but we were mostly submerged in drizzly low cloud. An eventful walk, we encountered some excitable and very noisy cows, and a purposely blocked public footpath which did not deter us from our walk (thanks for the muscle Dave!). There w

Today's walk was attended by 20 members and was ably led by Tracey. We set out under leaden skies with the threat of rain hanging over us for most of the walk. Leaving Treeton we soon reached Orgreave which was of course one of the focal points during the coal mining dispute of 1984-5. In the distance we could see the Advanced Manufacturing Park. Our journey was made more difficult as a result of work being done to clear a woodland area but we soldiered on up to Handsworth where we had our morning break on the recreation ground.

There were 24 participants on today's walk which started from Edlington Pit Wood car park . Judging by the degree of difficulty in finding the car park, it was clear that few, if any, had used this starting point before. There was also a bit of a scramble for parking spots because contractors working on the reserve occupied a good section of the parking area with their site cabins. We quickly left the wide tracks into the woods as far as Wadworth. The break was taken just beyond half way on a very long log. The path became very rutted on the return journey before we

After torrential downpour I was pleasantly surprised when 20 turned up on my walk today. The sun even came out and we had a lovely sunny break by beachy bit of the reservoir. Afraid there was some mud but I was worried it would be worse after the rain. Nearly everyone went to The Blue Ball pub nearby for drinks and some for food afterwards.

19 hardy souls set off down the slope towards Ulley reservoir from Burgoyne Park in the parish of Aston cum Aughton. Through the fields we went with a full selection of nettles, brambles and thistles on offer for those in shorts. Ducks were viewed, swans admired and cows aahhed at as we sped along our path. Even the wind turbines seemed to wish us godspeed with their flailing arms whooshing and ushering us all along.

28 walkers set off from Hellaby community centre on a perfect summers day. We walked through Hellaby, Carr and over Thurcroft pit wood then Wickersley and back to Hellaby. Well deserved refreshments were had at Sir Jack's and we didn't lose anybody so a great result all round.

Fourteen of us kicked off our ramble from the Timber Lane car park on the Five Pits Trail near Pilsley, despite the damp, drizzly morning. Luckily, the drizzle took a break as we made our way south along the trail towards Pilsley. We had a little pause at the Tom Hulatt mile marker, which honours the local hero who came fourth in Roger Bannister’s famous four-minute mile race. From there, we took a scenic detour through the fields around Cocktop Farm and climbed up to Tibshelf.