Steph, Author at Bart's Blog

Narrowboat Dream Come True

Posted on February 3, 2019September 6, 2019 by Steph

OMG It’s actually happened Today we are officially narrowboat owners – our dream has come true and we are beyond happy ? As I mentioned in my previous post, we have been dreaming of owning our own narrowboat for so long and our hopes have been dashed once or twice – but now this is…

Circular Walk in Derbyshire

Posted on January 21, 2019July 5, 2020 by Steph

8 Mile Circular Walk in Derbyshire from Spondon to Ockbrook then to Dale Abbey and back – with a cheeky little cob and couple of pints in The Carpenters What a lovely way to start the new year! Well we certainly felt like we needed a good walk after all the Christmas eating and drinking and…

Narrowboat Dreams!

Posted on January 1, 2019September 6, 2019 by Steph

Our Narrowboat Dreams Our dream for a long time has been to own and live on a narrowboat. We have been on Narrowboat holidays for many years – the latest of which you can read about here. We have done loads and loads of research – especially my husband – read endless copies of Canal…

The Pentrich Revolution Trail

Posted on December 28, 2018July 5, 2020 by Steph

Lovely 5 mile walk in historical Pentrich

My Christmas Tree

Posted on December 23, 2018September 6, 2019 by Steph

Merry Christmas to all I‘ve finally put my Christmas Tree up and I really wanted to share it on my blog so I can always look back at it and smile! One of our traditions has always been to buy a new Christmas Tree decoration every year and somehow – thanks to my daughter –…

Our Schnoodle Tilly

Posted on December 15, 2018December 31, 2018 by Steph

Our Gorgeous Schnoodle Tilly Just thought I’d do a little post about our beautiful Schnoodle Tilly who has featured in many of my blogs! She will be one year old on New Year’s Day and has bought so much happiness to us already. We lost our beloved Alfie last year – he was a gorgeous…

Hiking in Derbyshire

Posted on December 9, 2018July 5, 2020 by Steph

24th November 2018 Hiking in Derbyshire is amazing and this walk is from AA.com Climbing up to Crich in Search of Cardale 7.4 miles Minimum time 5hrs Level of difficulty – medium Woodland and field paths, canal towpath, many stiles Parking – Ambergate – car park by station The first thing I will say is…

Walks in the Peak District, Churnet Valley

Posted on December 3, 2018January 10, 2021 by Steph

29th September 2018 This is a walk in the Peak District from -Camra’s Peak District Pub Walks, and it has two of our favourite things -a canal and great pubs with real ale – fabulous! This route is really interesting as it has so much industrial history in the shape of canal and railway heritage….