Amber Valley Ramblers

''Our Group was formed in April 1976, in mid-Derbyshire, and now has 210+ members, from a wide variety of backgrounds and age groups, but all with a common love of the countryside ... Walks are in all parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and it will be noted from our programme that we also go away for long week ends twice a year to places such as Devon, the Lake District, Wales, and Northumbria. Members have also tackled the Three Peaks of Yorkshire and walked the Pennine Way in the past ... Records show that the volume of footpath work in the local area has been considerable over these years, involving footpath clearance and maintenance, dealing with complaints from the public, attendance at meetings with local authorities to discuss footpath matters, obstructions to paths, maintaining footpaths, diversions and footpath surveys. All done by members on a voluntary basis, of course.'