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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 […]
APRIL 2018 – WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 4 Peveril Castle Peveril Castle (English Heritage) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in Derbyshire. It sits on top of a very steep hill, so be prepared for a steep hike up to it. […]
THINGS TO DO IN TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE The charming seaside town of Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-pysgod, meaning fortlet of the fish) was our stop on our Pembrokeshire Easter school holidays. What to See Tenby’s notable features include 2.5 miles (4km) of sandy beaches and the 13th-century medieval town walls, including the five arches Barbican […]
ST. DAVID’S HEAD COASTAL WALK AND VISIT OF ST. DAVID’S CATHEDRAL On a second day of our Pembrokeshire holidays we visited Pembrokeshire’s most spectacular coastal headland just a few miles away from welsh smallest city, St. David’s. ST. DAVID’S HEAD COASTAL WALK This circular, 3.8 miles (6km) walk starts at […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] MARCH 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 7 Today we woke up and there was about 3 inches of snow. Everything was cancelled. My boy’s swimming class and his friend’s birthday party. Roads were quite icy. I wouldn’t […]
The spring was on its way but Mother Nature had a different plan.. There was lots of warnings about “Beast from the East” blizzard followed by storm Emma on TV this week. It has been snowing all night and thanks to freezing temperatures – 4C we woke up to a […]