Greta Bridge
After two weeks on the trot where I’d picked our weekend adventure, opting for new walks in Swaledale and Ribblesdale, Sam finally got his turn to choose the walk. He picked a 5 mile circular…
View PostAfter two weeks on the trot where I’d picked our weekend adventure, opting for new walks in Swaledale and Ribblesdale, Sam finally got his turn to choose the walk. He picked a 5 mile circular…
View PostRibblesdale is synonymous with the Yorkshire Three Peaks and the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct. Thousands flock here every year to embark on one of North Yorkshire’s most classic (and most challenging) hikes, but the rest of…
View PostFollowing on from the somewhat lacklustre weather we had in the Lakes during our week there at the start of June, I was thrilled that our Wainwright bagging trip at the start of August had…
View PostAugust is my absolute favourite month of the year. The weather’s good, the days are long and best of all, the heather blooms. There’s nothing I love more than a gorgeous carpet of purple heather…
View PostNever ones to resist the siren call of the Lakes District, we were back in the Lakes for a weekend at the start of August. Thankfully, we managed to get much better weather than our…
View PostThis year, we said we’d like to explore more of our local walks and historic sites, rather than dashing off on day trips to the Lakes all the time. Mostly we’ve successfully stuck to this,…
View PostDuring our stay in Galloway, we took advantage of the area’s border with Ayrshire to ‘sample’ a flavour of the outdoors in a part of Scotland totally new to us. Ayrshire is somewhere we’ve never…
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