The week after our Greater Manchester marathon Sarah and I have tried to take things easy. We have had a friend over from Germany. However with him visiting relatives and friends it left us with a free Saturday. We decided on a relaxing day and a visit to Eyam, and in particular National Trust‘s Eyam Hall. Eyam Hall is a manor house in the Jacobean style. It was built in 1671 by the Wright family, wealthy landowners who had built their fortune in the area. It…
Having enjoyed a few days in Caernarfon for Sarah’s birthday last month which we both thoroughly enjoyed, we now both took a day off work and spent the day at Keswick for Andy’s birthday. The weatherman had predicted heavy rain but this didn’t deter us and we are really glad it didn’t for us the photos below show we had a fabulous day We have visited Keswick recently (here, here and here) however it is always a place that we enjoy returning to since…
This weekend took us on another of our short weekends away. On this occasion we were taking advantage of a Ramada special offer and staying at Sutton Coldfield. We decided a walk around Shugborough Estate on the way would break up the journey nicely. The walk started at Seven Springs car park just off the A513. It then followed a gravel path along the side of Cannock Chase. Over a ford. A little further along we picked up the Staffordshire…
C2C Day 4 – The journey to Roker This was our final day of cycling the C2C. After leaving Hownsgill Bunkhouse we began the day by continuing as we had finished the previous day. So that meant another downhill stretch through Consett to finish off the Waskerley Way. The route then took us onto the Consett & Sunderland Railway Path as it crossed the Annfield Plain and past Stanley. We stopped off at the Washington Wetland Centre for tea and…
Well today was Hadrian’s Cycleway Day 5 and our last day of cycling Hadrian’s Cycleway. We left Corbridge and headed out down the country lanes. Along the way we passed a small cottage (owned by the National Trust) which is where George Stephenson was born (and lived until he was 8). There was a lovely little cafe behind it where we stopped for a cuppa. Feeling refreshed, we set off again. Today was basically following the River Tyne. Once we arrived…
