A few weeks ago, Women’s Trad Festival made an announcement that after 8 years of incredible events, it would come to a conclusion. I wrote this just after I had my first WTF experience in 2018. The festival gave me the confidence to lead climb more but it also made me realise how important [...]
Who knew we could walk to a castle from our doorstep! It wasn’t until I was looking at the OS map for inspiration for longer local walks that I realised that Conisbrough Castle is only 6 miles from our home. Exploring Don Gorge was also an option. SO I combined them and this is [...]
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 [...]
This is super easy to make sloe whiskey and sloe brandy liqueur and what I love about it is that you can pick the berries at any time once they're ripe and stick them in the freezer until you’re ready to make your booze. It’s tradition (in our family anyway) to wait until the [...]
The Nigh of the Supermile. The aim: run as fast as you can for 1 mile at Normaby Hall Country Park (near Scunthorpe). Your reward: cake and beer and the warm feeling of satisfaction. The prep (there was some this year!) I’d been training specifically for this race for ~6 weeks. My aim was [...]
This June I took part in the Wildlife Trusts 30 Days Wild campaign. You can check out my pictures on Instagram. The aim of 30 Days Wild is to do something which allows you to connect with nature each day with a random act of wildness. It can be planting some flowers to attract [...]
