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Being at home more often over the last few months has offered me the opportunity to do some new things. One of which is setting up and starting a Worm City Wormery. The idea came when lockdown hit and my local council stopped collecting green waste as part of our recycling scheme. Horrified at the…
Just before lockdown happened, I planned to do a Treasure Trails in Kendal. That didn’t quite come off the way I had planned, but did seed the idea to get one for Manchester. I have said a few times before that sometimes a little limitation can help creativity flow in unexpected ways. After doing the…
[GIFTED] As I get older, I seem to become tastier and tastier to mozzies. Not just mozzies, I attract horseflies and anything else which fancies a light lunch of my blood. Since sharing my post about How to Treat a Horsefly bite, I have been on the hunt for some chemical free bite treatment to keep on…
[GIFTED] While lockdown is easing and we can now travel for walks and adventures, we are still keeping local. I have seen the pictures of queues on some of the main hiking routes. So to avoid any more queuing, we have opted to carry on exploring our local area. Thankfully, Manchester has a lot to…
Last week I headed up the country to walk the Blackpool Northern Rail Trail. OK, so that doesn’t mean much, so let me explain what it is. I have recently been doing some work with Northern (rail company). We are showcasing the great places in the north that you can get to by train and…
When you take a day trip to the Forest of Bowland by public transport because you find out how easy it is! We’ve been wanting to visit the Forest of Bowland for ages, but for one reason or another it kept slipping the list. However, I found out from my friends at Northern that there…
Back in May we took a day trip to York. It is somewhere that I haven’t visited since I was about 7. I posted over on Facebook for recommendations and my cousin reminded me of our trip with our Aussie relatives when I was little. It reminded me that I was probably very unlikely to…
So often overshadowed by the Lake District, Cumbria offers so much more than it gets credit for. Plus, it is so accessible by train from Manchester so you can make a day of it whenever you fancy. I spent a day in the autumn sunshine in Arnside and Morecambe Bay. The most glorious of days…
Before Christmas I attended the This is My Way event at Blacks on Deansgate and was lucky enough to win a £300 voucher! To make the most of it, as I have everything else I need, I treated myself to the GoPro Hero 7 Black. I have been experimenting ever since, by making micro vlogs!…
It seems like ages since I have posted on the blog and that is because I have been sorting out some hosting and getting the back end of things sorted so that I can make the blog look nicer and run smoother – what do you reckon so far? Anyway, that’s not really what I’m…
After you have already completed your step goal for the day, explored your city, had your breakfast and are dressed and ready for the day with it being only 10:30 am, you know you have the chance to explore some more. After our first (or many, I hope!) Saturday morning wanders to town, we set…
This year I am working with Buckt, a monthly subscription box which instead sending stuff it gives experiences. On the weekend, Jit and I headed down to Plymouth Grove to visit Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Jit and I have lived in Manchester for over 17 years and have seen Elizabeth Gaskell’s House plenty of times during those years. However,…
Last weekend we went out hunting snow in Littleborough. We had been predicted a good covering of snow, but only got a bit of a spattering. Having been looking forward to taking our daily wanders in the snow we decided to go hunting for snow in Littleborough instead as it is higher ground and usually…
You might think that heading to the zoo is something you would only want to do in the summer. However, a winter visit to the zoo is great too. The animals tend to be more active when it is cooler, according to the staff, and we have found it to be true. Winter Visit to Chester Zoo…
Chester is a lovely place to walk because of the mixture of heritage, riverside and old city vibe. I have visited many times, having gone to college there, enjoying it as a place to wander. Most people head there to explore the Rows and to walk the city walls, which I do regularly. But on…
Every time I am on the Wirral, I try to catch a Wirral sunset. It has become somewhat of a mini tradition of mine. One which I thoroughly enjoy. Of course, there is plenty of coastline to choose from and even a hill or two to perch on top. But I do enjoy it with…
Growing up on the Wirral, we visited Moel Famau a few times with school and Guides. Despite having been to Loggerheads, I kept promising that I would take Jit to the nearby “hill” Moel Famau. So one sunny day late last year, we made our way there. A bit of a hill Moel Famau is described as…
At some point this year I swear I will have caught up with writing up what we did last year! I feel like I’m going in circles like we did at Trentham Monkey Forest, but far less entertaining. Every year we try to have one stay-cation where we stay with my parents on the Wirral…
It has been long in the making, but finally the Get Outside Day Activity Challenge Vlog is here! If you have no idea what I am talking about, you can also check out the blog post here. In short, Ordnance Survey host National Get Outside Day at the end of September. My friend Zoe, Splodz, is…
I headed down to Bristol early for my Refill team day so that I could spend time with my friend. Allysse and I are both lovers of wandering and finding out unusual facts. She suggested we take a guided walk, which turned out to be a brilliant start to my trip. We discovered lots of…
If you read my post the other day about winter breaks, you will know that I’m currently on the hunt for places to go. Last year we spent New Year on Llŷn. We absolutely loved it. So much that we went back for a second time for Jit’s birthday in June. We had initially planned…
We were taking annual leave last week so the weekly vlog was mahoosive with adventures and walks. So I have broken it down into parts so as not to bore you completely! In this week’s vlog, we headed over to Wales for a walk at Erddig, made our way up the Great Orme in Llandudno…
Out National Trust membership comes in so handy and we love having the choice of so many amazing places to visit around the UK without having to shell out any more money – it makes for a cheap day out, especially with picnic in hand. As part of our North Wales tour, we headed to…