Hips, trips, training and getting kids outside!
A school October holiday meant we had 3 days to spend in the Peak District. I imagined lovely walks in the stunning landscape, followed by Bakewell puddings. What I hadn’t planned on was named storm Babet and the area we were visiting near Chesterfield badly affected. Thankfully the cottage we had booked was unaffected. We…
Getting outside with the family was top of the list for a recent weekend outing. The circular walk from Low Bradfield to High Bradfield sounded to be just what we needed. I’ve just finished my first clinical placement as a student physio. Whilst I did get outside, standing outside patients’ houses in your ‘bare below…
A Stanage Edge walk in the Peak District – Hills, rocks and a vineyard The car wound its way around another hairpin bend, the driver hitting the throttle coming out of the corner and again, on the brakes as they reached another. “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” was heard from inside the car. This wasn’t some off road rallying,…
We had a fabulous walk in Chee Dale at the start of Autumn. Life has been a bit manic, so I didn’t upload this before, but it’s such a nice walk it seemed a shame not to share… I recently let the kids choose a walk from one of our Peak District books. It’s quite…
Mam Tor, known as Mother Hill or Shivering mountain, is a hill 517 metres high, in the High Peak area of Derbyshire and one of the most famous walks in the Peak District. Just under an hour and half travel time from Bradford We parked in the Castleton National park Visitor carpark, postcode S33…
I’ve been wanting to explore the Peak District for ages, looking at the pictures on social media and reading about the different walks in the area, it sounds like a great place to go. My virus has been hanging around and after being a sofa sloth for a few days I needed to get some…