APRIL 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 5 LONGSHAW GUIDED WALK Every Wednesday I join in the National Trust’s Longshaw guided walk. These walks are brilliant. So far I’ve done about 6 of these walks with them and they have become regular outings for me. I […]
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. […]
APRIL 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 2 LINACRE RESERVOIRS Linacre reservoirs ( Lower, Middle and Upper) build between 1855 and 1904 and now managed by Severn Trent Water are based just outside Chesterfield, only about 25 min from Sheffield. They used to supply water to […]
APRIL 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 1 Bolehill Quarry in the Peak District was my today’s chosen walk for the first day of my April walk challenge. Have a look at my walks in February and March. Luckily, it was a beautiful, sunny and warm […]
BURBAGE EDGE – LONGSHAW GUIDED WALK Burbage Edge was on the itinerary of today’s Longshaw guided walk. These walk take place every Wednesday and Sunday. Meet up is at 11am outside the cafe in Longshaw. And it’s FREE! No booking required, just turn up. Walks take approximately 2 hours. Appropriate […]
MAM TOR – A SPECTACULAR BIRTHDAY WALK WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS Today is my birthday and my friend Natasha joined me to celebrate with this amazing walk in the Peak District. You can see a video from my previous birthday we celebrated in the Peaks here. It was so much fun. […]
LONGSHAW GUIDED WALK It’s Wednesday which means Longshaw guided walk for me. We did nearly the same route as last time for some reason. But I didn’t mind. I still enjoyed it. I am fascinated how the landscape looks different every time. Today we had remnants of last week’s snow. It […]
MARCH 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 4 Like on Monday, it was another overcast, rainy day today. I really couldn’t pick a better week for this challenge. But I am determined to do it. I did a 3.75 miles | 6 km walk from Longshaw […]
MARCH 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 3 It’s Wednesday and I again went for the Longshaw guided walk. These free walks take place every Wednesday and Sunday and are approximately 2 hours long. Meet up is next to the cafe at 11am. We took the path […]
MARCH 2018 WALK EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK CHALLENGE – DAY 2 I went to Chatsworth today and walked around Stand Woods. It is a lovely circular walk suitable for push chairs. I’did this walk in January with my boys and the weather was just perfect then: sunny and blue […]
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 […]
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, […]