FAMILY WALK We started our today’s walk at the free car park at Upper Burbage Bridge. It was a very overcast day as you can see from the pictures; not a single hint of blue in the sky. It stopped raining before we set off but it looked like the […]
HIKING & WALKING
LONGSHAW TO UPPER OWLER TOR, DERBYSHIRE
LONGSHAW’S GUIDED WALK Today I went to Longshaw for their guided walk again. This was my 3rd time going on a walk with them. You can read about my first walk here and about my second walk with them here. Walks take place on every Wednesday and Sunday at 11am, […]
DOBB EDGE & BARBROOK, CHATSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE
CHATSWORTH HOUSE GUIDED WALK I didn’t have time to plan my walk for today so yesterday I booked the Guided Park Walk via the Chatsworth website. They do short – two hours or long – four hours seasonal walks around Chatsworth Estate. Short walks cost £10 and long walks cost […]
ANCIENT ECCLESALL WOODS, SHEFFIELD
GLORIOUS TREES It’s half term and me and my son have both been ill with fevers and colds. How typical! We have been stuck indoors for last three days. The fevers have gone and we still feeling a bit under the weather; so this morning we went to Ecclessall Woods […]
CHILLY WALK IN LONGSHAW, DERBYSHIRE
LONGSHAW’S GUIDED WALK Like last week, I went on the National Trust guided walk in Longshaw with a friend today. The meet up is by the cafe on Wednesdays and Sundays at 11am and the walks are about 2hours long. It just started to snow when we get there and […]
REDMIRES RESERVOIR, SHEFFIELD
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 7 Last day of my February 2018 Walk Every Day for a Week Challenge! If it wasn’t for the challenge, I would probably skipped the walk today. The weather was just awful. Our son had a swimming lesson in […]
LANGSETT RESERVOIR, YORKSHIRE
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 6 I woke up and looked out of the window today and it looked like a very miserable, overcast and rainy day. But as I am doing my Walk Every Day for a Week Challenge this week I pushed […]
OVER HADDON, Derbyshire
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 5 I’ve selected this walk from Bradwell’s pocket walking guides book called The Peak District, A Selection of 10 Walks. I also found a link to the walk which you can see here. Distance: 4 miles | 6.4 […]
CALTON LEES TO EDENSOR, CHATSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 4 Not as sunny as yesterday, back to the overcast days..Today I have decided to go to Chatsworth and walk their circular walk no. 2 from Calton Lees car park to Edensor village and back to the car park. […]
GUIDED WALK AROUND LONGSHAW, DERBYSHIRE
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 3 What a gorgeous day today. It is still quite cold but very sunny and crisp. When I went to Longshaw yesterday I have noticed this sign: So I asked my friend if she would like to give it […]
SUGARY LONGSHAW, DERBYSHIRE
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY CHALLENGE – DAY 2 I didn’t have much time today so I decided to go to Longshaw and do the easy, circular Orange Route. I got there at about 11am. It was very cold, overcast and quite dark. It was lightly snowing all the way. The […]
DAMFLASK RESERVOIR
FEBRUARY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 1 I parked at the free car park situated next to the Bradfield village hall in Low Bradfield. It was a very overcast and cold day but this time I had a company. My friend doesn’t work on Mondays, […]