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I have vaguely heard about Walktober in the past. It doesn’t seem to be much of a thing in the UK (yet!). It seems to have originated in 2016 from The University of Texas as part of their Living Well programme, or from Hamshire as part of a school programme. They even had prizes to…
Get Outside Day is an idea coined by Ordnance Survey to encourage more people to get outside. A simple concept, which is promoted by the Get Outside Champions. Usually, I will spend time with Zoe (Splodz) and Katy (Katyish) doing as many outdoor activities as we can. We have done it for the first year…
Living in the UK it is inevitable that, eventually, we will have to tackle walking in the rain. While it might seem simple, there are some considerations that you might need to take. I know a lot of people avoid walking in the rain, so I took to Twitter to find out what stops you…
There’s nothing quite like exploring the grand gardens of a country house on a sunny day. During the last heatwave, I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity to head to Cheshire to wander around Arley Hall and its gardens. While the hall might have been shut on our visit, there was plenty in…
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…
I probably mentioned in my post about celebrating Yorkshire Day that I would be sharing a video of the day too. If not, ta-dah! What a nice surprise. The 1st August 2017 was the first time I was celebrating Yorkshire Day. Judging by this one, I am sure that it won’t be the last either. Setting…
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…
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…
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!…
With the inevitable UK rain rearing it’s head every now and then I think it is handy to have a list of things to do in Manchester when it rains. You might have already seen my post on 10 free things to do in Manchester when it rains but I thought it was time to…
[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….
Being members of the National Trust certainly has its benefits. One of which is being able to visit and walk around Quarry Bank Mill. A local place, but sometimes it is the simplest of pleasures. Quarry Bank Mill It seems that it has been a very long time since I last wrote about a visit to…
If you browse Pinterest, blimp Instagram or scroll through Twitter, you might feel that adventures are for people very unlike you. For the people who have the skills to solo climb the highest cliff or dive the deepest sea (with the newest and best tech around to record it). But you know what? I want…
Get Outside Day is an idea coined by Ordnance Survey to encourage more people to get outside. A simple concept, which is promoted by the Get Outside Champions. Usually, I will spend time with Zoe (Splodz) and Katy (Katyish) doing as many outdoor activities as we can. We have done it for the first year…
I am really pleased about being able to visit my Mum on the Wirral again. The other week we headed out for lunch and she treated me to a visit to Forget Me Not Care Farm. I remembered that you’re never too old for a petting zoo! I had a whale of a time. Forget…
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…
As part of our altered holiday plans I got clicking around Pinterest for things nearby. I found the most stunning canal bridge and then to my surprise, found that it was the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Llangollen. Llangollen is a mere 35 minutes from my parents’ house so a perfect place to visit on a mini…
There isn’t a better place to celebrate a Ruby Wedding Anniversary than on the Llangollen steam railway. Which is precisely where we had our family day out to celebrate with my parents for theirs. You didn’t think it was for me and Jit, did you? (kidding!) Last year when Jit and I were visiting Llangollen,…
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…