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Continue reading →: Marsden and 3 reservoirsThe weather has been a bit against us recently with how cold and snowy it has been. We took the decision not to go for a proper walk last weekend. We did however manage to get out for a reservoir walk at the end of December. We took a trip…
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Continue reading →: Kilnsey to Malham TarnThe weather has been extraordinarily good recently, but it’s forecast to change soon. So what maybe the last time we see the sun for 2025 we decided to do a decent walk in the Dales. We started in Kilnsey, though if I did the walk again I would choose a…
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Continue reading →: Yorkshire 3 Peaks ChallengeFor pure pleasure and as it’s always been on my bucket list, we took on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge. We followed and mapped to the official route that allows you to start in 3 places and can be completed in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. As we stayed in…
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Continue reading →: Six Dales trail part 2.We walked the second part of the six Dales trail today from Blubberhouses to Pateley Bridge. Starting off in Blubberhouses we followed the river Washburn up to Thruscross Reservoir. We skirted the eastern bank of the reservoir before walking up the valley towards the water tower. From the water tower…
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Continue reading →: Edale Skyline Trail.So this was a bit of an epic walk for a Friday. It’s a walk I’ve wanted to do for a while and the stars seemed to align. The weather forecast was great, I had annual leave and Zara had an inset day. We headed off on Thursday evening after…
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Continue reading →: Guisborough 3 peaks walk. Roseberry Topping, Hanging Stone and Highcliff Nab.Yesterday afternoon was the perfect day for walking. Zara and I found ourselves in the North East and decided to give this walk a try. I had seen it on a Facebook post and thought it looked good. The walk started on a wellness trail with signs from Forestry England. …
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Six Dales Trail. Part 1
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Continue reading →: Six Dales Trail. Part 1The six Dales trail is a 38 mile walk from Otley to Middleham. Devised by a small team from Otley ‘Walkers are Welcome’ and brilliantly described in the book of the same name by John Sparshatt. I think the walk is designed to be walked over 2 days. But I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Lindley Wood reservoir on a beautiful spring dayThis was a new walk for me as I’ve driven past Lindley Wood reservoir many times but never actually walked around it. Lindley Wood reservoir is the first reservoir you come to in the Washburn Valley when you leave Otley. There isn’t a circular walk around the reservoir like the…
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A new route of mud and destruction
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Continue reading →: A new route of mud and destructionI’m still laughing about the walk we did yesterday. The mud we encountered was on a par with our trip up Yokenthwaite. Looking back it was a little bonkers. I had sold it to the team as another reservoir walk, but we were exploring 2 reservoirs that we’d not yet…
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Continue reading →: Spring is coming.It’s been an unusual week. At the beginning of the week it was warm and I spent some time outside enjoying the sunshine. Then the temperature has changed and it’s returned to being cold and very miserable today. I had originally planned to do a new walk today, but the…
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