We love Northumberland. We have been several times in the past and decided to go again on the second May Bank Holiday weekend. Setting off on Friday after work we arrived in Alnwick at around 9 pm. We stayed at the Alnwick Youth Hostel. Perfectly located, it was a comfortable […]
A visit to the Farne Islands has been on my list for quite some time. We decided to spend the second May Bank holiday weekend in Northumberland. The plan was to visit the Farne Islands as well as the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. We headed to Northumberland on Friday evening […]
OCTOBER 2018 – WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 3 Today I had an amazing time at the Sheffield General Cemetery. It was a fresh, sunny day, ideal for an autumn walk. Exploring the tumbledown and overgrown tombs is a great way to spend a few hours. The site […]
Yorkshire Lavender I came across these pictures the other day and thought I would write a post about our day trip to Yorkshire Lavender near York (about 30 min by car) last July. I took my mum and auntie to celebrate my auntie’s 74th birthday. About Yorkshire Lavender It is […]
WHIRLOW BROOK PARK IN SHEFFIELD JUNE 2018 – WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 7 Today I decided to go to Whirlow Brook Park to complete this month’s challenge. Yay! You can see my June challenge here and more info about the challenge here. It wasn’t easy. […]
Whinfell Quarry Garden JUNE 2018 – WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 6 – more about the challenge here. Whinfell Quarry Gardens is one of the Sheffield’s best kept secret. It’s adjacent to Whirlow Brook Park and can be accessed from Ecclesall Road South. It houses huge Californian […]
MILLHOUSES PARK IN SHEFFIELD JUNE 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 5 – more about the challenge here. After quite a long walk yesterday around Monsal Dale I went to Millhouses park today for a gentle stroll. It is a local park to me and it is […]
Flamborough Head We visited the Flamborough Head, with its lighthouse, in the late afternoon after our visit to Bempton Cliffs. Flamborough Head is a 15 minute drive from Bempton Cliffs, with its RSPB nature reserve. The headland is also about 12 minutes by car from Bridlington, where we were staying […]
Bondville Model Village Bondville Model Village is a miniature masterpiece with over 200 unique buildings, working harbour including a castle, ruined Abbey and a miniature train all set in an acre of landscape gardens. It was created in 1987 and it took 2 years to build. Everything has been build […]
MAY 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 6 SEWERBY HALL Also known as Sewerby House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house set in 50 acres (20 ha) of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the seaside town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The main block was built […]
SHEFFIELD BOTANICAL GARDENS The Sheffield Botanical Gardens is approximately 1 mile southwest of Sheffield City Centre. Opened in 1836, the gardens consist of 19 acres of land and have around 5,000 species of plants. Originally designed by Robert Marnock in the “Gardensque” style, they were open in 1836. The incredibly […]
LEA GARDENS – A HIDDEN GEM Lea Gardens near Matlock, Derbyshire really is a hidden gem and so not many people know about this stunning, colourful place. I absolutely love it. I try and go every year at least once. Last year I went with the boys, but this time […]