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Continue reading →: Thruscross ReservoirThis weekend’s walk was around Thruscross reservoir. Thruscross seems to be one of the lesser walked reservoirs in the Washburn valley. It’s just north-West of Fewston Reservoir and the Yorkshire water parking permit also lets you park at Thruscross. If you want to walk away from the crowds this is…
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Continue reading →: There was ‘snow’ stopping us!The heavy snowfall meant that we couldn’t walk as a group, but Zalks, H and I didn’t let that stop us getting out. Wellies, walking boots and layers applied we set off on foot to Golden Acre Park where we walked through Cookridge golf course and round Paul’s Pond! The…
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Continue reading →: Haworth Circular, following in the footsteps of the Brontë sistersI would like to pretend that we were discussing literary classics whilst doing this walk, but alas the book talk was a little low brow with conversations of pirate smut. We started our walk in Haworth and quickly arrived in Penistone Country Park. I was very excited to spot on…
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Continue reading →: Winter wonderland at FewstonRachel and I have been unable to co-ordinate a walk this weekend so Zara and I went on an adventure. Our original plan was to head towards Haworth and do a walk there, but it was -10 overnight and I don’t know how clear of snow the roads are. We…
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Continue reading →: Goodbye 2024 and welcome to 2025.I was feeling reflective this morning thinking about all the amazing walks we did in 2024. We completed the Dales 30 and also succeeded in getting in some additional walks as well. Here’s the origin story of our walks and highlights of 2024. March 2024 We adopted Henry from the…
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Continue reading →: Revenge is best served by walking on pretty beachesAfter Kirsty decided to cheat on me, it was only fair we got our revenge and we went on a beach walk! Kirsty loves the beach so this seemed like the best revenge! I drove to Hornsea sea front and parked by Marine Pub on the sea front! There is…
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Continue reading →: A walk on the Wild sid.. Boar FellI’ve been dreaming of getting back into the Dales the last few weekends, but the weather has been fairly rubbish with high winds so not really safe for us to do so. This is a write up of our last mountain walk which ticked off both Wild Boar Fell (708m)…
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Continue reading →: Hello World!Hi. Welcome to the Breathless Hikers. We are Kirsty and Rachel. We recently discovered the ‘great out doors’ after Kirsty adopted a dog from another part of the country and drove through the Yorkshire Dales. Kirsty was amazed by the beauty and wanted to find out more, this started a…
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