Over the last few years I have started a little obsession with trig points! It was an obsession which made sense to me as a Civil Engineer. I spent years surveying so when I discovered trig points on my walks I needed to know the 2 that could be used to triangulate the spot where […]
Location: Aireville Park, BD23 1QR Aireville Park in Skipton is an amazing park, the best in the town by a long way. The park is the heart of the town and you can easily spend a few hours here. Playground Obviously the main highlight is the playground. The wooden playground equipment was built in the […]
Location: The Bull, Broughton, BD23 3AE distance: Short route 3.5km, full route 6.5km Broughton Hall Estate on the outskirts of Skipton is a great place to explore. There are two walks detailed here, a longer and a shorter route. The longer loop does a full loop of the Estate whereas the shorter one misses out […]
Location: BD22 0JZ, car park off Buck Stone Lane Distance 2.5km On the tops above Sutton and Cowling sit the Salt and Pepper Pots, two pinnacles that dominate the Aire Valley skyline. Their real names are Wainman’s Pinnacle and Lunds Tower but everyone knows them as the Salt and Pepper Pots (don’t ask me which […]
Location: Hebers Ghyll Drive, LS29 9QH Distance: 2km Hebers Ghyll is a beautiful woodland located at the bottom of Ilkley Moor. The woodland is on the hillside with a raging stream falling through it. Parking was free on the roadside on Hebers Ghyll Drive. The walk that we did was a loop of the wood […]
Location: Lay-by on West Lane, Carleton Moor after the cattle grid. Distance: 4km Elslack Reservoir is situated within Standrise Plantation on the tops of Elslack and Carleton moors. This walk is a great walk, possible with an all terrain pram or bikes too. The walk starts at the top of the Plantation, parking in the […]
Location: Grange Road, Farnhill, BD20 9AJ Distance: 2km What3words: splints.trumpet.clues Farnhill pinnacle is a memorial unlike any other I’ve seen. You will remember this one that’s for sure. The Jubilee Tower, as it is otherwise know, sits only a short walk above the village of Farnhill. Parking is free on the roadside of Grange Road. […]
Location: Thorp Perrow, DL8 2PS Thorp Perrow is an estate with formal gardens and a Birds of Prey and Mammal Centre. The gardens are lovely with so much to explore. There are different areas and you find yourself just aimlessly wandering and coming across random sculptures/statues. There are tree lined avenues, open spaces, flower patches, […]
Location: Layby parking, BD23 6DJ Distance: 6km Last Summer me and my old man decided to climb up to Simons Seat. Having always lived local we have never actually done this walk and wow we were impressed! Simons Seat is the summit of Barden Moor and is a collection of gritstone boulders with a trig […]
Location: Yorkshire Wildlife Park, DN9 3HQ A fun day out for all the family Yorkshire Wildlife Park is ace! Whether you are in to animals or not this is a brilliant place to explore. Of course the main attraction is the animals but there are also amazing playgrounds, an indoor softplay as well as numerous […]