Hips, trips, training and getting kids outside!
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…
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 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…
Are you in need of walks in the trees? Do you think it’s an ‘Autumn thing’ or with everything going on do people just need to connect with nature? I certainly needed a tree kind of walk this weekend. I would have loved to have gone to a forest, but with the new tier system…
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,…
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…
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 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…