A Staycation In Salcombe, South Devon
It’s always nice to have something special in mind when you go on a staycation holiday. A goal. Something to aim for. When you go to the Lake District, you want to see lakes. When…
A Circular Walk Of Lindley Wood Reservoir, Yorkshire
The Washburn valley, north of Otley in Yorkshire is home to a series of Reservoirs. Lindley Wood Reservoir is the lowest and nearest to Otley itself. Further up the valley there is Fewston & Swinsty…
Breakfast At The Bus Cafe In Margate
I love nothing more than a cooked breakfast and I’m always looking for new and different variations on the “Full English” breakfast. I love walking along Margate seafront and I’ve walked past the bus cafe…
City Of Caves, Nottingham
The National Justice Museum in Nottingham is where my journey to explore the history of subterranean Nottingham began. I booked a ticket for a networking event including coffee and pastries followed by a tour of…
Cod Beck Reservoir: North Yorkshire
Cod Beck Reservoir is nestled in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. The closest village is the tiny village of Osmotherley, a truly beautiful location that’s surrounded by moorland and ruggedness. We discovered this stunning…
A South Downs Walk From East Meon To Salt Hill
Having lived a large part of my life in Sussex, I thought I knew the South Downs well. However, when a friend took me for a walk from the pretty village of East Meon, just…
Sunderland Point And Sambo’s Grave
The circular walk around Sunderland Point, Lancashire, is far more than just another headland walk. It is filled with unique tidal landscapes that affect the way of life here. It’s also much quieter than its…
A Circular Walk Of Marsden Moor And Pule Hill
This 9 mile circular walk is a wonderful quiet walk full of variety. Starting by the Huddersfield Canal in the village of Marsden you get to enjoy Standedge Tunnel, a climb up the expanse of…
An Orchard Tour at Brogdale Farm in Faversham
We’d been to Brogdale Farm, Kent, for some of their summer events and had a train ride around the Orchard with the children when they were younger, but we’d never been on a guided Orchard…
High Cup Nick Circular Walk From Dufton
High Cup Nick is a famous and dramatic geological formation in the Pennines of the Eden Valley, Cumbria. A classic, virtually perfect deep U-shaped chasm that cuts into the Whin Sill at High Cup Gill….
Conder Green and Stodday Circular – A Lancashire Canal & River Walk
Lancashire is packed with many lowland walks that are great for dog lovers. This 8 mile circular walk is one of them and it follows 3 stretches of waterway. The Glasson Spur of the Lancaster…
The Stunning Gardens of Mount Ephraim in Hernhill
We hadn’t been to Mount Ephraim in Kent for a few years and I was reminded just how beautiful the gardens were by Julie Wassmer when she was researching her new book in the Whitstable…