A Very Narrow Journey
Another camping trip – can’t get enough of them! This time we went to Hardhurst Farm Campsite at Bamford which was great – pretty basic – there’s a cafe that’s open in the mornings, but we prefer Paul to cook us our bacon cobs. So Paul and I went Friday morning and set up the…
We have a new tent and as our niece is visiting this weekend we thought we would drag her off camping in the Peak District. The decision was to go back to Ye Olde Royal Oak at Wetton and camp there for the weekend. Paul and I were going to go off to the Lake…
Well it’s my 55th birthday and we’re off on holiday on a narrowboat with some wonderful friends that we have been having these holidays with for the last 20 something years. We absolutely love these holidays and one day we will have our own boat to retire on and just tootle around the canals to…
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….
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…
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…
20-21 January 2018 Our Christmas present this year from our daughter and her lovely other half was a weekend in Bath at the Abbey Hotel www.abbeyhotelbath.co.uk. What a brilliant present!!! So at 9.30 Saturday morning off we went. It was absolutely chucking it down with rain but never mind. Quite a long journey so we stopped…
29th December 2017 Today we set off intending to do a circular walk from Dovedale to Milldale and back ……. however, as we didn’t set off till later than planned, darkness began to settle in and when we got to Milldale we decided to go back the way we came. The walk was 3 miles…
16th January 2018 This is a quick little blog about our day at Owl House Day Spa. Paul bought Chan and I vouchers for the Owl House Day spa for Christmas so we could have a relaxing girly day together – one of my favourite things in the world. So off we went and had…
Mr Bartlett decided that me and Chan should toddle off on a girly holiday in Portugal as we really needed to chill and relax as we are always working so hard! We would never refuse such a generous offer so off we went to see our lovely Bob at Burlington Travel and as always he…