Photo by Kate Haslegrave Distance: VariousPram friendly: No Lots of people come to Haworth and walk up the Main Street, see the Parsonage, enjoy the shops and cafes but never venture the short walk over to Penistone Hill Country Park. Situated between Haworth and Stanbury it truly is a beautiful area and, in my opinion,… Read More Walkshire: Penistone Hill Country Park
Distance: 1.3 miles Pramable: Yes I have been walking around Ogden Reservoir water for as long as I can remember and it’s changed quite a lot over the years. What hasn’t changed though it’s a beautiful scenery and variety of routes you can take from the lowlands of the reservoir to the paths that take… Read More Walkshire: Ogden Reservoir
Mother’s Day is here again and like so many who have lost their mother I’ve struggled during the run-up to it. The barrage of non-stop advertising on social media and television has been relentless and it’s hard to escape. It’s more than twenty years since my mother died of cancer; she was just 51 at… Read More Mother’s Day and grief – shouldn’t I be over this now?
Distance: Approximately 3 miles Pram Friendly: No There are few women from Yorkshire who elicit as much admiration as the Bronte sisters. Writing world famous literature from a humble village on the outskirts of Keighley is no mean feat, doing it more than 80 years before women were even allowed to vote takes it to… Read More International Women’s Day: The Bronte Walk
*AD In collaboration with Hotels.com but all views are my own. Having lived in York for a number of years in my 20s I know what a great place it is for a family day out. Of course right now, we can’t go anywhere due to lockdown regulations but if you want to start planning… Read More Planning a family day in York
Railway Children Walk Distance: About 2.5 miles Pram friendly: No As well as being famous for the home of the Bronte sisters, Haworth has another claim to fame, the village and surrounding area were used as the location for the film The Railway Children. The 1970’s film is based on the novel by E Nesbit… Read More Walkshire: Railway Children Walk
Bronte Birthplace Walk Distance: 2.5 miles approx Pram friendly: Yes Thornton is a large village four miles out of Bradford in West Yorkshire and is famous for being the birthplace of the Bronte sisters. It can sometimes be seen as the poor relation to Haworth, where the Brontes wrote their books, as it doesn’t have… Read More Walkshire: The Bronte Birthplace walk
AD It can be really tricky to know what to buy when a new baby is born, not least because whatever you get you can pretty much guarantee they’ll have three of the same thing. A great way to solve this is a lovely business called the Baby Hamper Company which provides a range of… Read More The perfect present for a newborn
AD There is just something about this festive time of year that makes you want to get creative, particularly if you have children. The Elf on a Shelf phenomena is a perfect way to get ‘crafty’ during the run up to the big day and it’s lots of fun too. More than 14 million Elves… Read More Getting crafty with Design Bundles
If there’s one thing that is always the topic of conversation among parents of babies it is sleep. It dominates everything; a good night and you can take on the world a bad one and everything seems unmanageable, lots of bad ones and it starts to impact on your mental health. I spoke to Jenny… Read More Five ways to get your baby to sleep
