If anybody`s interested, whether existing walkers or new people, some of us are planning to do a circular walk, starting at Elsecar and going on to Wentworth and back to Elsecar again. It is not too hilly and mainly on paths thro fields and on country lanes. The walk is around 8 miles and there are lots of interesting follies on the Wentworth estate and even the odd country pub or two along the way!
So due to the distance involved, and as there is likely to be a fair number of stops along the way, it`ll probably be a full day job.
The best way to get to Elsecar on public transport is by train, with there being one at 10.39 which arrives at Elsecar at @ 11.00. Return times are either 15.15 or 17.15.Meeting point would probably best at the station then at 11.00.
Any comments on this proposed walk would be appreciated.

We may be interested

I'll definately be up for it

A Birthday Walk!!! :thumbsup:

Yes definitely!

I'll definately be up for it

A Birthday Walk!!! :thumbsup:
Are you sure this enthusiasm is not just so we'll all have to buy you a birthday pint? :suspect:

I'll try and make it Scubz, but it's pretty doubtful!

We may be interested

Just re read the post and noticed the date - we can't make it, we can't turn down the extra Sunday money where Mr Tess works so soon to Christmas :(

Count me in too.

We may be able to make this one!

Sounds like a cool walk :thumbsup:

Come on your own tess

Come on your own tess

Er theres a thought! No transport though :(

Er theres a thought! No transport though :(

You could always let the train take the strain:)

You could always let the train take the strain:)

Could do, have to look into costs though

I've been chatting to Taxman about traintimes etc and costs and think I might make it

What are the food arrangements, just so I know to bring food or cash!

I've been chatting to Taxman about traintimes etc and costs and think I might make it

What are the food arrangements, just so I know to bring food or cash!
Food arrangements are whatever you want them to be!
Bring your own, there`s a pub or two serving food, theres a general store open for snacks, there`ll be chestnuts and mushrooms to forage for! So much choice!
Seriously, everybody has different ideas, but I`ll be buying something somewhere in Wentworth, maybe we`ll split for an hour in Wentworth , have a mooch round and those that want a pub get one, and those that don`t can do summat else!

Well it looks like I am coming, the only thing that will stop me is I'm waiting to hear from a freind about when they can come and sort out a computer problem for me, if they can come Sunday then I can't come :(

BTW Tess will be coming as well

And i will be joining you for yet another thrilling walk.

Just a little more information. As I said earlier in the week, the walk is around 8 miles, but looking on the map, the `1/2 way stopping point` Wentworth, is only 2 miles into it. This is the only place to get food, and find toilet facilities, so it looks like there`ll be an early stop! Thought about going the other way round, but that`d mean not getting to Wentworth till 2ish or later, which is a bit late in the day for lunch I think.
The other thing is, we will go thro` the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse, which is a huge stately home, and according to the Guiness Book of records has the largest no. of windows on a single house frontage in the UK! Anyone with cameras might find some good photo opportunities with this building, Wentworth village, and all the follies that we`ll see on the Wentworth estate.

And i will be joining you for yet another thrilling walk.
Glad to hear it Bambi. Do us a favour empty your inbox dear!

Doesn't look like I will be coming :( Heard from my computer fixing friend and all being well they will be coming Sunday. Next time folkes!

Does anybody know if we're passing a dog pub en route?

There always used to be one in Wentworth, did doggy meals if I remember right

you can take dogs in the Rockingham Arms in Wentworth, but on the other hand, looking at the weather forecast it`s going to be nice enough to sit outside!

:D We'll deffo be there then :thumbsup:

Glad to hear it Bambi. Do us a favour empty your inbox dear!
I have done as i am told, and the deed is done .
I found some messages in msn bin, my lad did it so i`ve gven him a swift clip around the earhole .

hello !Im Philip .come from China:-)
i would like to go with you ,but could you tell me how can i contact to you ,when and where to meet ?

hello !Im Philip .come from China:-)
i would like to go with you ,but could you tell me how can i contact to you ,when and where to meet ?


The details of walks are posted on the threads, Philip. Note down the day, meeting place and time and just turn up. You can state that you're coming on the thread, if you wish. Just read through a few threads and you'll see how it works. :thumbsup:

If you need to contact people or ask a question, you can post it on the thread and someone will answer. You can also contact by private message, but you have not posted enough to do that yet.

hello !Im Philip .come from China:-)
i would like to go with you ,but could you tell me how can i contact to you ,when and where to meet ?

On sunday a couple of us will be getting the train from Sheffield station to Elsecar and will be meeting up with the others at 11am at Elsecar station.

Once you've posted a few more times you will be able to send Private Messages to other people on the forum in order to finalise and meeting arrangements or details

thanks purdyamos and taxman:-)
Sorry,my English is so pool that i can not understand complately sometimes.
And all of you might be new faces for me.Could anyone or the group leader give me a phone number in case i can find everybody easily if i turn up.Cheers

Has anyone got a simple list of times that the trains go from Sheffield to Elsecar on Sunday to arrive for 11am?. I've tried looking up the timetables but there's 57 varieties. :help:

Has anyone got a simple list of times that the trains go from Sheffield to Elsecar on Sunday to arrive for 11am?. I've tried looking up the timetables but there's 57 varieties. :help:

I'll have a look tomorrow and get back to you:thumbsup:

Has anyone got a simple list of times that the trains go from Sheffield to Elsecar on Sunday to arrive for 11am?. I've tried looking up the timetables but there's 57 varieties. :help:
there`s one at 10.39 that gets into Elsecar at 11.0, the one before that is 8.39 I think, cos they`re every 2 hours.
It`s returning that you need to think about, cos there`s one at 15.15 and the next one is 17.15. I think the 15.15 might be too early, what do you think?

what's wrong with www.nationalrail.co.uk and click journey planner?

How many people are going?

Has anyone got a simple list of times that the trains go from Sheffield to Elsecar on Sunday to arrive for 11am?. I've tried looking up the timetables but there's 57 varieties. :help:

right purdy, further to my last post, try this :

http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/7B74A7ED-4AB6-45E0-A5CA-DD17F558F186/0/LdsSfd_SuAu2006.pdf

How many people are going?
Definates ..... Mr and Mrs Strix, Altus, Grissom, Taxman, Purdy, Bambi. Possibly Feargal, Philipz

OK, I'll be milling around the station concourse by 10.30. I'll see some of you there, then. :)

Hmmmm, train or car, train or car :suspect:

I've got chocolates for my birthday so I'll be bringing them along to share :)

Thanks for organising another walk Scubz!

A very good turn-out with Bambi, Purdyamos, Mr and Mrs Strix, Grissom, Altus and Philipz, proving that the walkers group is truely international.

A couple of extremely nice pints to finish off with as well

Thank you scubz, we only got slightly lost! But as cabbage fields go, it was a very scenic one. :P

A very pleasant walk with a good variety of things to see. And two pubs! And a trip on a train - really exciting.

This week's batch. (http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l115/purdyamos/Elsecar%20and%20Wentworth/?action=view&current=DSCN0618.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1)

Fantastic pics Purdy :thumbsup:

by the way its really cold when we sit outside

Welcome to the British winter philipz :thumbsup:

We'll have to organise our walks around dog pubs in future ;)

by the way its really cold when we sit outside


Hope you had a good time anyway despite the cold and hope to see you on some more walks!

And thanks for the present! :thumbsup:

Wow what a fab day ! Great company, lovely views and managed to get a seat above the heater on the train ! Many thanx for organising the day :thumbsup:

Photos are on www.rtapper.plus.com - click on the elsecar link... some may have spots in the sky (it's not your eyes !) and I'll clean them up during the week :) Should be on fotolibra next weekend.

Fab pics Purdy - now realise the walls you were talking about were Germoline coloured - not German coloured ! No wonder I couldnt work it out at the time...

Fab pics Purdy - now realise the walls you were talking about were Germoline coloured - not German coloured ! No wonder I couldnt work it out at the time...

Lol, I think I bewildered a few people at that point! :hihi:

Your photos are really stunning, Grissom. I wish I could get my crappy box brownie to capture the light so well!

Great walk. Thanks to scubz for organising it.

Purdy, I'm not sure Bambi would agree with your "Friendly locals" photo caption. ;)

Thanks to Scubs for another good day out, and also for the lift home. I was feeling very fortunate untill i found i was locked out of my house. Tired, cold and dying for a wee and a cup of tea. Finished up walking around an hour looking for my lad but had no luck, had to wee in the park and scanked a cuppa off a lass i hardly know up the road.
It`s 10 pm and i`ve just got in. Seen loads of bonfires though.

Thanks to Scubs for another good day out, and also for the lift home. I was feeling very fortunate untill i found i was locked out of my house. Tired, cold and dying for a wee and a cup of tea. Finished up walking around an hour looking for my lad but had no luck, had to wee in the park and scanked a cuppa off a lass i hardly know up the road.
It`s 10 pm and i`ve just got in. Seen loads of bonfires though.
What have I told you about weeing in Ecclesfield Park? You`ll be getting arrested again!
Why didn`t you call me, I`d have come back and broke the door down for you?

Great walk. Thanks to scubz for organising it.

Purdy, I'm not sure Bambi would agree with your "Friendly locals" photo caption. ;)
No, the local guy in the pub wasn`t very friendly either was he. He wouldn`t make me a cup of tea. Glad i ate lots of Taxmans choc`s though. Kept me going on the big walk i had to come when i got back.

What have I told you about weeing in Ecclesfield Park? You`ll be getting arrested again!
Why didn`t you call me, I`d have come back and broke the door down for you?

It`s my party an i`ll wee where i want to !!!!!
Had i got your number i may well have called upon you to rescue me. Then agan my phone was in the house. Good job you drove off else you`d have been stuck with me!

It`s my party an i`ll wee where i want to !!!!!
Had i got your number i may well have called upon you to rescue me. Then agan my phone was in the house. Good job you drove off else you`d have been stuck with me!
should have whistled me up as I was disappearing over the hill! and you DO have my phone number, somewhere lol.
btw, the house was lovely and warm when I got in, the cup of tea I had was delightful, and the snooze that followed was delectable! all this b4 you`d even had a pee!
life`s a bitch sometimes, aint it?

hi!haha i really enjoyed that trip including the freezing weather:-)

thank you everybody ,hope to see you next trip,and all of you are really nice people:-P

Do you know, my Christmas day was awful, and I started pining for the Countess tea rooms which would have had the surreal comedy element. Shall we make it a date next year?