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July 2009 Event Place Time Contact
1-8 Well Dressing Peak Forest, on A623 nr Chapel-en-le-Frith Blessing Service:7pm, 1 July --
2 Buxton Farmers' Market Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Octagon 10am-3pm Website
4 Beyond the Boundary - Hadfield to Greenfield
11 miles strenuous walk
Crowden car park 10.30 am - 6.30 pm --
4 Secret of Hope
7 miles walk
Hope Railway Station 11 am - 4 pm Booking Essential
01433 670216
4 Rivers Dove and Manifold Challenge
14 miles very strenuous walk
Children 11+
Hartington Village Shop Bus Stop 9.30 am - 5 pm --
4-6 Well Dressing Wessington, on A615 Matlock-Alfreton Road Blessing Service:10am, 4 July --
4-9 Well Dressing Coal Aston, nr Dronfield Blessing Service:1.45pm, 4 July --
4-11 Well Dressing Hathersage, on A6187 sheffied-Castletong Road Blessing Service:6pm, 5 July --
4-12 Well Dressing Old Tupton, nr Chesterfield Blessing Service:12 noon, 5 July --
4-12 Well Dressing Chapel-en-le-Frith Blessing Service:10.30am, 4 July --
4-13 Well Dressing Buxworth nr Whaley Bridge Blessing Service: time tba, 5 July --
5 Mini beast hunt in the Goyt Valley
Bring a picnic
Street car park (GR: SK01 3756) 11am/1pm - 4 pm --
5 Hidden Treasure of Kinder Scout
10 miles strenuous walk
Bowden Bridge Car Park 10.30 am -5 pm Booking Essential
01663 747786
5 A jewel in the landscape - Heavenly Hay Meadows
1.5 mile easy walk
Long lay-by Sheldon - Flagg road, opposite Wheal Lane 2pm - 4 pm --
5-13 Well Dressing Buxton Blessing Service: 2pm, 5 July --
7 Vistas, Dales and Ancient Caves
5 miles walk with an archeologist
Bring pack lunch
Car Park, southern end of Wetton 10.30 am -4 pm Booking Essential
01629 816200
8-12 CAMRA Beer Festival Assembly Rooms, Derby -- 01332 255800
10-16 Well Dressing Pisley, nr Bakewell Blessing Service: 7pm, 9 July --
10-28 Festival Buxton -- Website
8-26 Festival Fringe Buxton -- Website
11 Carnival Buxton -- --
11 Farmer's Market Uniting Church, Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge 10am-2pm 0845 129 7777
11 Railway Tunnel Walk
9 miles walk
Bakewell Old Station 10.45 am - 5.30 pm Booking Essential
01298 871869
£2 bus fare
11 Bakewell and the Old Saxon Portway
10 miles easy walk
Bakewell tourist Information Centre 10.30 am - 3.30 pm --
11 Jazz and Voices at Lady Manners School - £10 Shutts Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1JA 7.30 pm --
11-15 Well Dressing Tansley, nr Matlock Blessing Service: 11am, 9 July --
11-15 Well Dressing Pleasley, nr Mansfield Blessing Service: 3pm, 12 July --
11-16 Well Dressing Belper Blessing Service: time tba, date tba --
11-17 Well Dressing West Hallam, nr Ilkeston Blessing Service: 1.30pm, 11 July --
11-19 Well Dressing Charlesworth Village, nr Glossop Blessing Service: 10.30am, 12 July --
11-19 Well Dressing Grindon, nr Manifold Valley Blessing Service: approx. 12.15pm, 12 July --
11-19 Well Dressing Homefield Childrens Well Blessing Service: 3.15pm, 10 July --
11-19 Well Dressing Sutton (Macclesfield) Blessing Service: N/A --
12-18 Well Dressing Gee Cross (Hyde) Blessing Service: approx. 3pm, 12 July --
12-19 Well Dressing Hayfield, nr New Mills Blessing Service: 2pm, 12 July --
12 A Summer Ramble through Limstone Dales
7 miles walk
Litton Village Bus Stop 10.30 am - 4 pm --
12 Moorland in Summer
8 miles strenuous walk
Langsett Car Park 10.30 am - 5 pm --
12 Crowden Horseshoe
11 miles strenuous walk
Crowden Car Park 10.30 am - 4.30 pm --
16-19 Well Dressing Upper Langwith, nr Bolsover Blessing Service: 9.30am, 16 July --
17-24 Well Dressing Dronfield House Blessing Service: 6.30pm, 17 July --
18-19 Well Dressing Heage Windmill, nr Ripley Blessing Service: 12 noon, 18 July --
18-24 Well Dressing Great Longstone, nr Monsal Head Blessing Service: 2pm, 18 July --
18-25 Well Dressing Heath, nr Chesterfield Blessing Service: 11am, 18 July --
18-26 Well Dressing Ault Hucknall, Glapwell, Rowthorne Blessing Service: 2pm, 18 July --
18-26 Well Dressing Charlesworth and Broadbottom, nr Glossop Blessing Service: 3pm, 18 July --
18-26 Well Dressing Cutthorpe, nr Chesterfield Blessing Service: 6.30pm, 17 July --
18-26 Well Dressing Millthorpe, nr Homesfield Blessing Service: 7.30pm, 17 July --
18-27 Well Dressing Stoney Middleton, on A623 nr Calver Blessing Service: 3pm, 18 July --
18 Farmer's Market Matlock, Imperial Rooms 9am-2pm 01629 57488
18 Wetton's Wonders
Torch useful
Wetton village car park 1pm - 4 pm --
18 Aircraft Wrecks of Howden Moors
10 miles strenuous walk
Bring bus fare
Fairholmes Ranger Center 9.45am - 5 pm Booking Essential
01433 659986
18 All Around Sheen
6 miles walk
Hartington Village Pond 11am - 4 pm --
18 Myths, Legends and a Ghost Road
3 miles strenuous walk
Binn Green car park, Greenfield 10.30am - 4.30 pm --
19 Dove Stone and Chew Valley
5 miles walk
Clarence Hotel, Greenfield 1pm - 4.30 pm --
19 Thread Wilfrey's Needle
10 miles strenuous walk
Langsett Barn car park 10.30am - 4 pm --
19 Kinder High
8 miles strenuous walk
Bowden Bridge car park 10.30am - 5 pm Booking Essential
01663 747786
19 Highland Gathering Ashbourne -- Website
19-26 Well Dressing Bamford, on A6013 nr Ladybower Reservoir Blessing Service: 6.30pm, 19 July --
22 The Lead mining Heritage
evening walk
Roadside parking near the track to the mine, GR: SK172677
(! road traffic !)
7 pm - 9 pm Booking Essential
01629 816200
25 Heather and Grouse
9 miles strenuous walk
Bowden Bridge car park 10.30am - 5 pm Booking Essential
01663 747786
25 Farmer's Market Bakewell, Agricultural Business Centre 9am-2pm 01629 813777
25-29 Well Dressing Balborough, nr junction 30 M1 Blessing Service: 7pm, 24 July --
25-31 Well Dressing Chadkirk, (Romiley, Stockport) Blessing Service: 1pm, 25 July --
25-31 Well Dressing Bonsall, off A5012 nr Matlock Blessing Service: 2pm, 26 July --
26 Bleaklow Summit
9 miles strenuous walk
shepley St. turning circle, Old Glossop 10.30am - 4.30 pm --
26 Eyam - Past to Present
4 miles walk
Car park, Hawkhill Road, Eyam 10.30am - 5 pm Booking Essential
01298 871869
27 Dovedale at Dusk
2 miles easy walk
Torch useful
Milldale car park 7.30pm - 9.30 pm --
28 Family Earth Walk in Tideswell Dale
2 miles walk
Tideswell picnic site 11am - 5 pm Booking Essential
01298 871869
28 Warlsow Wander
2.5 miles easy walk
Warlsow Village Hall 2.30pm - 5 pm --
28 Family Day in Goyt Valley
under a miles walk
Errwood Hall car park between 11am and 1.30 finish at 4pm --
28 Medieval Market Chesterfield -- 01246 345777/8
29 Burial Chambers, Brilliant Views and a Setting Sun
2.5 a miles walk
Torch useful
Minninglow car park (GR: SK128604) 7.30pm - 9.30pm --
30 Buxton Farmers' Market Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Octagon 10am - 3pm Website
31 Fishemen, Farmers amd some feisty beasts
3 miles easy walk
Hartington Village Centre 10.30 am - 1.00pm --
31 From Ducal splendour to quarrymen's Delves
5 miles walk with an archeologist
Bring packed lunch
P&D car park at Baslow Nether End 10.30 am - 4.00pm Booking Essential
01629 816200
31 Nature Play Day
Activities for children 2.5 - 7 years
Charge for material
LosehillHall, Castleton 10.30 am - 3.00pm Booking Essential
01629 816290

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