Castle Hill Huddersfield circular
A circular walk in Huddersfield chosen by Mr Hip2trek! Approx 6.5 km, starting from the Castle Hill car park, all the details at the bottom of the post. A walk for three as the eldest decided that a) walking with us wasn’t cool and b) he had a sudden urge to do some revision for…
Leeds and the mystery of the disappearing trig pillar
I love a trig pillar! They’ve been a beacon of “you’ve nearly made it” on so many of my walks, that I now greet them affectionately when I see one. Much to the embarrassment of my kids of course! I draw the line at climbing them. Let’s be honest, I probably couldn’t get up there…
3 days in the Peak District
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…
A lake district adventure – Keswick
Surely you can’t call yourself a proper lover of hiking/walking if you haven’t been to the Lake District. 18 years or so after our, rather wet, last visit it was time to go back! With a bank holiday, a long weekend was planned, with exploring and walking. I was looking forward to bagging at least…
The Wizard of Whirlaw and Bride stones – Todmorden
Finally, we got out for a walk! This time was a visit to Todmorden. I’ve walked around the area before on the Calderdale Way (that I still need to finish!), but never to see a Wizard and a bride. I’d seen various pictures of the Wizard of Whirlaw, and he looked interesting, combine that with…
Clowbridge reservoir to the Singing ringing tree, Burnley
The singing ringing tree is a sculpture, made from galvanised steel pipes, that sits on crown point overlooking Burnley, Lancashire. This post is for accountability that we actually went for a walk and I practised what I preach, to get outside for your wellbeing. Why? Because in all honesty we did take rather a holistic…
72 hours in Barcelona!
72 hours (ish) in Barcelona is all we could smuggle hubby out of work for. Here’s how we got on and where we visited during a Summer heatwave. Getting from the airport We like to take the most economical way from the airport to whatever city we are visiting, when we go on a city…
Outdoor blogger or conscientious student? A catch up on trips outside
Hello, you may have thought this outdoor blogger was missing in action, not noticed I hadn’t posted for a while, or knew I had my head down studying for my physiotherapy degree! I’m still here, still walking and getting outside, but studying hard too. It seems doing a degree, keeping a household running and sharing…
Kettlewell to Arncliffe circular – Mother’s Day treat!
My Mother’s Day treat was a walk in the Yorkshire Dales, from Kettlewell to Arncliffe. We’ve done this walk and variations before, without the kids, starting from the Arncliffe, and a similar walk in the area with a big group of friends. We spent the previous weekend at the Outdoor Expo at the NEC Birmingham,…
Low Bradfield, High Bradfield circular walk
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…