July 2025. Drone Valley. Dronfield. Sheffield is a drinkers walkers paradise, seven hills, edge of the Peak, endless exploration. Except, well, I sometimes feel I’ve explored it now. But a 10 minute train trip south will take you to Dronfield, the Glossop of the east, a town with places called Summerley and Cartledge which have… Continue reading DRONE (VALLEY), NOT DRONES
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MINING THE DRONE VALLEY
More Dronfield, in fact the new CAMRA branch’s pub of the year. You can see Hundall to the east of town on yesterday’s map extract, and there’s not much more to it than the Miner’s Arms and this tree. But it’s an impressive tree. Resilient, like the local area and its clutch of proper drinkers… Continue reading MINING THE DRONE VALLEY
DRONFIELD – THE GLOSSOP OF THE EAST
As noted many times before, the Beer Guide leads you to places the average Englishman has never heard of and will never visit, waiting instead for a Virtual Reality headset that allows them to explore Goole and Maidenhead from their living room. They’ll miss out on the delights of Dronfield, a resolutely traditional bit of Derbyshire despite… Continue reading DRONFIELD – THE GLOSSOP OF THE EAST
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