A Very Narrow Journey
Sunday 8th September Today we cruise to Bollington. We have really enjoyed our stay in Macclesfield on the visitor pontoon, but as today is lovely and sunny, we are moving on. The weather forecast for the next day or two is not good, so we will hunker down and get the fire lit. The scenery…
Today we attempt to climb up The Cloud We are at our mooring below the Bosley Locks, at Dane Aqueduct and today we are climbing up The Cloud. The Cloud is a 343m hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire, a couple of miles west of the Peak District. It has a craggy appearance,…
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…
Lovely 5 mile walk in historical Pentrich
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 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…
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…
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….
Best Walks in the Peak District
3rd November 2018 Walk No 3 from Camra’s Peak District Pub Walks This walk is 7.7 miles and is a circular walk from Leek market place in the Peak District. It has lovely views of the Moorlands countryside – notably the impressive sandstone outcrops – The Roaches. I have to say straightaway that this was…