Category: Outdoors

A sign at RHS Harlow Carr against a stone building and a blue sky.

RHS Harlow Carr

It was a few weeks ago now (Blogtober Day 21, to be exact!) that I drove from Winwick across the moors to Skipton to pick up my lovely friend Lucy for a visit to...

Two beautiful white swans swim close to the canal bank.

A quiet week

It’s been a funny sort of week this week and quiet in a couple of different ways. Quiet certainly in that not so small daughter has gone back to school and both my husband...

Two carved pumpkins lit up in the dark.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 31

And here we are, Hallowe’en, the last day of October and the last day of Blogtober 2021.  Oh what a month it has been!  Thank you so much if you’ve stuck with me for...

A forest path with bike handlebars in the foreground

Blogtober 2021 : Day 23

I’ve been playing out on bikes with my husband today! We’ve been to Delamere Forest, about 40 minutes drive from our house.  My husband comes here to cycle quite regularly but I haven’t ridden...

Blogtober 2021 : Day 21

I’ve been out today!  Oh, it’s been such a lovely day – the sky was blue, the sun was warm and you would never have known that the last week or so had been...

A brick arched railway viaduct behind a sweep of green grass and yellow grass where it has been cut down.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 19

It was raining again today.  I suggested to the dog that we give this morning’s walk a miss and sit by the fire with a brew instead but he said, “Just put your wellies on...