This was was taken from the Derby City Council website where there are quite a few circular walks in Derby. It is 6 miles – the only trouble with this walk at the moment is at the beginning of the walk there are new houses being built which block off the route – but we…
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Owl House Day Spa
Today I have come with my daughter Chantelle to The Owl House Day Spa – which was part of my leaving present from my fab workmates at my previous place of work. The day is a cream tea spa day and includes a back scrub, body cocoon, facial and scalp massage – plus a scone…
Sunday Morning Stroll
Got up this morning – lovely winter crisp cold day – and decided to go for a walk – we were going to do a circular walk around Swarkestone but decided it may be too long for today as we needed to get back to do Sunday dinner. So – we decided to go and…
Walks in the Peak District, Mam Tor
21st December 2017 Ok -so me and Mr B are now on it loving our Walks in the Peak District -climbing mountains and everything – haha actually we have all the gear and no idea – we got to the top of Mam Tor – definitely more by luck than judgement – then realised we…
Walks in the Peak District, Chatsworth House
6th January 2018 Paul found a 7 mile walk around Chatsworth House in the Peak District, courtesy of sallymosley.co.uk Walks in the Peak District are the best and although the weather forecast today was lots of rain, we decided to go anyway. I was very keen to go out as I have a new pair…
Hair Cut day for Tilly
I’m sat waiting for Tilly to finish having her hair cut and she wasn’t too happy going in. I didn’t want to leave her. The groomer said she had a few matted bits at the back of her front legs that she would have to clip out – so I’m hoping she doesn’t look patchy…
Walks in the Peak District, Kinder
Peak District The forecast today was for light showers so we decided to go for a trek up Kinder in the Peak District – we were going to go camping but as there was rain forecast for Sunday we changed our mind! It was quite nice at the start of the walk – no rain….
Pub Walks in the Peak District, Wetton
12th May 2018 This walk is from a little book called “Pub Walks – Walks to the best pubs in the Peak District” and this walk is to Ye Olde Royal Oak at Wetton. This pub is fab and Ian and Lou who run it are so lovely, the food is great, as is the beer….
Walks in the Peak District, Bretton
A Circular Walk in the Peak District 17th February 2018 This walk was featured in the Country Images magazine and it starts and ends at The Barrel Inn at Bretton. It is approximately 8km of moderate walking on footpaths and open moorland in the White Peak area. Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure Sheet 24. We arrived at the…
Gorgeous New Family Members – February 2018
Hi, lost the plot with this blogging malarky for a while as I was having trouble transferring my photos onto my laptop and kinda gave up! However, hubby has kindly sorted it so I’m keen to get back on it. We have a new beautiful family member – a puppy Schnoodle called Tilly and our…