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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Stump Cross Caverns

A late January mid-week birthday, meant that I got to choose what we did at the closest weekend. Stump Cross caverns has been on my list of ‘to visit’ since I saw their campaign to keep the caves open and then keep them lit. These are ancient caves under the Yorkshire Dales, discovered in 1860!…

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