Tag: walk
A Family Walk Up Standedge – Overlooking Saddleworth
Where Yorkshire meets Greater Manchester, Standedge is a rocky outcrop that I have wandered up to many times since I was a young boy....
Bamford Edge Walk – Peak District, Derbyshire
Bamford edge is in the Peak District, a stunning area of Derbyshire, it has always been a pleasure to visit, come rain or shine. Bamford Edge is at an elevation of 1381 ft...
Great Asby Scar, Cumbria – A Walk From Above
A return to a favourite area for walking, Great Asby Scar and the surrounding high land. It is one of those little parts of...
Ripley Castle – Walk The Grounds and Gardens
Just 3 miles outside Harrogate, North Yorkshire, sits Ripley Castle. The main central building of the quaint little village of Ripley itself. I have...
A Day in Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari was one of my highlights during a two-week Japan getaway- an ancient pathway of bright orange torii gates and shrines, just a...
Orrest Head – Wainwright’s First Lakeland Fell
The views of the Lake District from the top of Orrest Head are stunning. Yet the effort to get up there is truly minimal...
A Team Walk Up Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh
Standing above Edinburgh is an unmissable sight, a group of hills that sit alone, rising out of the ground prominently, known as Holyrood Park....
A Walk Over Blackstone Edge and Views Beyond Rochdale
Blackstone Edge and the walks along the Pennines around it are a favourite haunt of mine. In pages past I have explained how coming...
A Walk To Devil’s Pulpit, Overlooking Tintern Abbey
In the heart of the Wye Valley is Devil's Pulpit, a rocky outcrop amongst the trees that affords spectacular views up the valley and...
Walking Glen Coe – The Iconic Aonach Eagach Ridge
High above the valley of Glen Coe is the razor-sharp ridge of Aonach Eagach; it is over 3km of serrated edges, spiky pinnacles, and...
Zell am See, Austria – A Walk Around Lake Zell
We were off on another adventure out of the country, this time a family trip to Austria. After flying to Salzburg and then travelling...
A Cornish Coastal Hike with Rugged Landscapes
Summer had arrived in Cornwall and just in time for a family weekend stay in Carlyon Bay, temperatures were hitting the 30-degree mark and a coastal...
Hiking Striding Edge – Helvellyn’s Famous Ridge Walk
Britain recently voted the hike up to Helvellyn as its favourite walk, so it would not be a wild leap to assume that Striding...
Walk The Samaria Gorge, Crete
I’m not usually one for an organized tourist bus trip kind of day out but I’d heard the Samariá Gorge was well worth it...
Walk The Long Mynd Valleys To Pole Bank – Shropshire
The sun rose on a new walking day in the Shropshire Hills. A grand walk to end the week it was going to be....
