2024/07/06 Goldenacre Park, Leeds

  Saturday 06 July

Out to Goldenacre Park 

- one circuit then a coffee and another circuit afterwards plus a visit to Paul’s Pond,

where there was a family of swans and a coot. Almost 4 miles in all. 

Roundhay Park, Leeds

 Saturday 12th November

A short stroll with Harry, Esther, Joseph and Hazel. Glorious autumn weather.

Central Leeds, including the Royal Armouries

 Friday 18th February , with Harry, around 5 miles in all.

We walked from Dan’s house along Gledhow Valley Road, then caught a bus for a short ride to City Centre.

Inside the museum :

Canal and river

City Centre stuff

Gledhow Valley Woods, Leeds

11 October 2016


A very short afternoon stroll among the autumn leaves of these woods not far from the city centre. 

Around three miles.

Two short strolls in Yorkshire

On Monday, I took my not quite eleven year old grandson, Isaac, who has his wrist in plaster after a sports accident a month ago, for a wander on Otley Chevin, when we eventually found the car park.

We picked a handful of bilberries and walked about two miles.

Grand views from there in spite of threatening clouds. And we found and ate a few bilberries, too!

Almscliffe Crag in the distance

Next stop Golden Acre Park cafe for lunch, then we walked for another three miles or so. 

Logging the mileage motivates youngsters (and oldsters) pretty well!

Tuesday, I had a couple of hours to myself and drove out to the Cow and Calf car park. A scramble wander to have a look at an old haunt, then a short stroll to a nearby cairn. Wonderful views again - I think I only realise how I've missed the hills when I see them again. But this was very short and no more than 200 feet of climbing!

From the car park

Looking down on climbing routes

View from the cairn

This is Bob. He runs on the moor most days, and takes a photograph of someone every day for his project of a thousand faces.  Well, I couldn't let him get away without turning the camera on him, could I?

Ah, these moorland paths!

I returned to the café, and tried out my Italian, which has now become hispanicised, on the man serving coffee - from Vieste in the Puglia region. The climate here looks a little different.