Friends of the Don Valley Way
@DonValleyWay
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The Don Valley Way is a 29 mile walking route between Doncaster & Sheffield. The Friends of the Don Valley Way work to maintain this route.
South Yorkshire
Joined August 2017
Great to celebrate our #NFM & wildlife habitat scheme at Grassmoor Country Park yesterday with project partners, stakeholders & local residents. The park now has the capacity to hold back a whopping 1M litres of rainfall (or 1.75M 🍺)! More here: https://t.co/bdMTGm5hqJ.
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay and we are celebrating the amazing women who work and volunteer in conservation and science! #WomenInConservation #WomenInScience #Volunteering
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Which tip will you be trying out? ☀️
Who's loving the weather at the moment!?☀️😍 @YorkshireWater have shared some fab top tips on how to stay cool AND save water at the same time👇🏼 Don't forget to stay hydrated! 💦
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We had a new volunteer join us for our litter picking session yesterday! There wasn't loads of litter about so we ended up doing some Balsam Bashing as well! Thanks for coming along 😀 #DCRT #DCRTVolunteering #LitterPick #BalsamBash
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It's #DDRNetworkday and we are bringing the catchment partnership together for a day of talks, site visits and discussions on our waterways
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It's #NationalWalkingMonth so why not try walking the #DonValleyWay or one of its circular walks? Click the link for more information https://t.co/ubAm15CsLf
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Due to staff having COVID, this weeks volunteer days have been CANCELLED. Check our events calendar to see the rescheduled dates! Sorry to everyone who was planning on coming along this week.
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Today we were out with the Friends of the Don Valley Way litter picking in Swinton. Thanks to the volunteers who came out to help! #DCRT #DonValleyWay #volunteers #Litterpick
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We were out with the Friends of Don Valley Way volunteers yesterday at Meadow Way. The river was still high after the storm this weekend. #DCRT #FDVW #volunteering #litterpicking
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Although our tree planting session had to be postponed, our volunteers still came out to help us clean up litter along the canal in Rotherham #DCRT #FriendsOfTheDonValleyWay #FDVW #LitterPicking #Volunteering
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We teamed up with Sheffield Litter Pickers today to help clear up Meers Brook. Around 50 bags of litter, 3 tyres, a bike and lots of other things. Thanks to all volunteers who helped! #DCRT #DonCatchmentRiversTrust #LitterPicking #SheffieldLitterPickers #Sheffield
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Here's this weeks Monday Quiz question, to warm your brains up for the week ahead. #DCRT #DCRTMondayQuiz #MondayQuiz #DonCatchmentRiversTrust
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We have been waymarking the Don Valley Way between Swinton and Rotherham today. @DonValleyWay #DCRT #DonValleyWay #Waymarking
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This morning we planted 280 trees in Rotherham thanks to @RMBCPress who provided them. Trees can absorb water to reduce flood risk and provide habitat for many bird, insect and mammal species! 🌱🌳 @DonValleyWay
#Trees #Rivers #DonValleyWay #DonCatchmentRiversTrust
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Another great day of litter picking with our volunteers. 20 bags of litter, a fridge, ironing board and a kids mini theatre. #Volunteering #LitterPicking #DonCatchmentRiversTrust #FriendsOfDonValleyWay #FDVW
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Great article this morning about the Don! The @DonValleyWay gets a mention too! #Rivers #Conservation #Rewilding #Walking
https://t.co/OhmafZqliP
theguardian.com
The post-industrial river, called South Yorkshire’s answer to Apocalypse Now by Jarvis Cocker in the 1970s, today boasts great trails and clean waters
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The Don Catchment has several sinister stories of ghosts and tragedy. You can read about them in this blog from last year to get you ready for Halloween! 🎃👻#Ghosts #Rivers #Halloween
https://t.co/Nx5a8AF7PT
doncatchment.wordpress.com
Read our collection of forgotten folklore, tragic tales and sinister stories from the riverside. Dare you visit? The Ghost of the Ship InnSheffield’s Ship Inn, found in Shalesmoor near the river Do…
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It is the start of the Salmon Migration season in the UK soon. If you are out along our Rivers and spot as Salmon we want to know about it. Let us know by filling in our online Salmon recorder form! You can even use it to report an unusual fish sighting! https://t.co/ohIMs4zwzj
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Read the latest of our blogs about the @DonValleyWay circular walks by Project Assistant Anthony! In this one he talks about The Don Gorge walk - A Landscape Reclaimed by Nature! https://t.co/h0V5gcyLnX
doncatchment.wordpress.com
The Don Valley Way has several heritage walks. In this series of blogs we are going to explore the walks and the fantastic features that can be seen along them. This walk around one of the Don Gorg…
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