Gargrave – A short walk and trig bagging for little legs
With a rare Mummy and Daughter day, we decided to take our new walkie talkies on a short walk in Gargrave. Gargrave is just a couple of miles from Skipton North Yorkshire, off the A65, has a few shops and the Leeds Liverpool canal running through it. From the free carpark, we turned right up…
Margins Pop up glamping at Warham, Norfolk
One of only two tents, beside the saltmarshes of North Norfolk and close to the coastal path, was our home for a weekend recently. We’ve stayed in North Norfolk before and loved it. With a global pandemic raging I didn’t think we’d be having any sort of summer holiday. Until Margins Glamping and walking holidays,…
Chatsworth House Gardens – during a pandemic!
I decided on the spur of the moment to book a visit to Chatsworth House gardens. I’ve been wary of visiting ‘tourist attractions’ since the lockdown rules have been relaxed even further. Some of the pictures from beauty spots of overcrowding and littering have been horrifying. However, I needn’t have worried about this at…
Sharp Haw and trig bagging with the kids!
Our most recent family walk was up Sharp Haw, a conical shaped hill known as Skipton’s Matterhorn. A fact I’ve only just learnt! Sharp Haw also has an easy trig point for the kids to bag. I’ve great affection for this hill, as driving towards college it would appear in the distance and I would…
Stunning walking locations you can see on TV
Many of the walks we go on are stunning locations and with lockdown it got me thinking about how you can visit them from home. Re-reading the A-Z of Hip2trek had me reminiscing about my days of working in TV. Firstly, as an Editor for ITV and later as a film extra. So, here’s a…
Lund’s Tower & Wainman’s Pinnacle walk – Salt and Pepper pots!
Our first relaxed lockdown walk was to Lund’s Tower and Wainman’s Pinnacle. Situated in North Yorkshire above the village of Sutton in Craven, the towers are known locally as the Salt and Pepper pots. Both Towers have several other names and Lund’s tower is a stone folly, built in 1887. Driving back from Skipton most…
The Hip2trek Shop and Kids’ t-shirt product test
You may remember that I recently asked for a product tester for the new ‘Pawsome Adventures’ kids t-shirt. Katie, from Lancashire, rose to the challenge and was our tester, along with her Daughter. We talked to Katie about her opinions of the t-shirt, but first a bit more about the Hip2trek shop. I’ve written about…
How walking habits have changed and why I’m not heading for the hills
Despite more relaxation of the lock down rules in recent weeks, I won’t be heading for the hills. Probably not until it’s ‘safe’. Whilst I’m glad that there are more easing of the rules regarding getting outside, I’m not sure that visiting smaller communities in the Dales or Peak District is the right thing to…
Our fresh air in lockdown
How are you coping with the lockdown? I never imagined that these would be the things I would be writing about in Spring 2020. My hip problems however taught me not to take the outdoors for granted. I would usually be sharing with you the latest walk we had found and to tell you excitedly…
A breath of fresh air
I’m not going to actually mention the dreaded word that has been on everyone’s lips. I’m anxious at the best of times and escaped to the Yorkshire Dales at the weekend to the kid’s favourite place, Malham. We mixed things up by doing our usual walk backwards and then had a treat in the pub…