Doesn’t autumn seem to have well and truly arrived? While the leaves have been on the turn since the end of August, last weekend was the first time that I really noticed the autumn colours…
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Recently, I feel a bit like I’ve been bombarding you with posts about Scotland! While it’s one of my all time favourite places, I realise that for some people it’s a bit too much of…
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We had planned to spend my birthday hiking up Kinder Scout but the torrential all-day downpour put a stop to those plans pretty quickly. We worked out that we had about a 90 minute window…
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We’ve just arrived home from a wet and windy weekend in the Peak District – that’s two birthdays there in the torrential rain, so maybe next year we’ll go somewhere else! After a quick walk…
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Mam Tor, while not the largest hill in the Peak District, is one of the most famous. In fact, despite it’s nickname of ‘the Shivering Mountain’, it’s not even big enough to classify as a…
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We had a quick mini-break at the end of last week in the northern fringes of the Peak District. Sam had entered the Montane Spine Challenger race which starts from Edale, so we decided to…
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We have just arrived home from a long weekend in the Staffordshire Peak District – I think everyone will know that this weekend was a bit soggy due the the arrival of Storm Alex –…
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