Hips, trips, training and getting kids outside!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (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…
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…
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,…
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…