This is a lovely little walk around Balby Doncaster's outskirts is 5km (3mile) with options to extend it around iPort lakes. In Winter, bring your wellies and explore Balby, Loversall and iPort area of Doncaster. It’s great for the whole family and if you’re a keen birder, then bring your binoculars; the wildlife around [...]
If we weren’t regular walkers before the pandemic, we certainly are now. With nationwide restrictions stopping us from doing what the majority us normally do, increased emphasis on nature and the outdoors, walking has fast become the nations most frequented past time. But where do we even begin? Read on to find the best [...]
Read on for my top 10 hacks for socialising outside this winter. Get ready for cold weather, outdoor socially-distanced, covid-19 restricted winter meet ups! We’re now well into autumn (which I personally love) but with covid-19 restrictions not going away any time soon and the colder months of winter just around the corner, we [...]
This time of year is when people are most likely day to give up on their new year's resolutions. But don’t worry if you’ve already fallen off the bandwagon. Maybe you just set the wrong type of goal for you at this point in time. Read on if you want to some walking adventure [...]
Walking the Peak District's Great Ridge. The Great Ridge is an iconic symbol of the Peak District National Park. It gives some of the best views of the Edale and Hope Valleys either side of it. When: 4th August 2019 Start/ Finish: Castleton Visitor Centre Car Park Route A 13 mile clockwise route up [...]
Nidderdale Way from Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, including The Coldstones Cut - Yorkshire biggest and highest public art work. When: 2nd August 2019 Start/ Finish: Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire Dales Route This easy/moderate 10mile anti-clockwise loop started and finished in the beautiful village of Pateley Bridge nestled in the iconic Yorkshire Dales. Me and [...]
The annual GeoWeek initiative was created by the British Geological Survey to promote “'active geoscience' via a week of field trip activities taking place across the UK and Northern Ireland”. I’m a geologist, I’d just launched my own guided walking business (WildWays - please check it out) so this was right up my street….. [...]
The 76-year-old in this case was my dad, and the mountain, well, it was more of a big hill at 455m; it was High Cup Nick, North Pennines. It was June, and I’d promised to take my dad for a walk for his birthday; his birthday was in February, but I'd was thinking at [...]
