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[GIFTED] I don’t know about you, but I hate having cold feet! There’s nothing which will ruin a long walk like freezing cold tootsies. Sockmine have a wide range of socks suitable for the summer and winter. As a new brand to me, I was curious to give them a try. If theme is one…
It there are two things I love, it has to be plants and cats. Combined together and you have a very happy Sarah. Valencia Botanical Gardens was just the space for me to get my fix! Valencia Botanical Gardens While Jit was at his conference, I had plenty of time to wander and explore. As…
I have found that an essential bit of kit, whether for hiking or city exploring, is a baseball cap. For many years I have lugged around my North Face cap which did the job. I then discovered the foldable wonder that is the Buff Pack Run Cap. It had its first thorough testing in the summer heat…
When visiting any city, I love to find somewhere high up to view the cityscape. I find that it helps you to get your bearings and to seek out interesting places to visit. For panoramic views of Liverpool, you need to head to Radio City Tower, or officially St John’s Beacon. Panoramic views of Liverpool…
With Manchester being in such a central location with such great links around the North West, there are so many options for exploring and walking. As a fan of taking the train the train to take me to new places to walk, I thought I would compile them into one post to help you. So…
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…
[AD] I love to visit places that I know but look at it through the eyes of a visitor. And that is what I did this week on my trip to walk the Chester walls. As you might know, I grew up on the Wirral and went to art college in Blacon, Chester. As such, I know…
When the bank holiday (or any weekend or day off for that matter) we love to get out and about exploring places. That and getting the train to somewhere which is surprisingly exciting for us. The past bank holiday weekend gave us the luxury of four days to explore and one of those was filled…
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!…
I am not sure that there could be a more fun way to ease myself back into post-holiday life than axe throwing. Well, perhaps there could be. I am working with Buckt, the activities subscription box, this year and each month Jit and I get five activities to try out. Before we went to Barcelona…
[collaboration] Manchester, the city that has it all! Oh okay, perhaps it isn’t the city that has it all, but surely it is pretty close? I have been working with hotels.com who gifted me £70. As someone who could normally spread that amount of cash over a month or two, it was a fun challenge….
Have you ever noticed how you often overlook the places nearest to home and visit those further afield? We have done it many times but since buying some new OS maps, I remembered them so we went trig bagging on Tandle Hill. Trig Bagging For those of you wondering what the heck trig bagging is,…
We lived in Hulme for five years, not far from Alexandra Park, yet we never visited. On Saturday we decided to take our morning walk to see Alexandra Park in all its post renovation glory to see what it was all about. The total walk from our house, down to Moss Side and around the…
When visiting any city, I love to find somewhere high up to view the cityscape. I find that it helps you to get your bearings and to seek out interesting places to visit. For panoramic views of Liverpool, you need to head to Radio City Tower, or officially St John’s Beacon. Panoramic views of Liverpool…
While staying with my parents recently on the Wirral, we did an Urban Rambles in Liverpool. This simple act turned into us being tourists in a city I know very well, and led us to having a great adventure! Tourist in my city One of the goals of this year is to be more of…
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…
However much we would all love to go on an adventure every weekend, it isn’t always possible. Sometimes you have to adult and do house stuff, which is what we are doing now. However, you can do them both with a little bit of planning. Like making the most of an afternoon in Knaresborough while…
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…
Exploring the small town of Ruthin in Dembighshire – the prison, the houses, the castle and the streets. All filled with history, heritage and stories. Carrying on from my adventures from last week, we now get to a bit of a short one – Ruthin. It has been a very long time since I…
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…