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High Force, Teesdale

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:September 11, 2023
Post category:Days out Rivers and Canals

Leeds Mum, Laura, explored High Force with her girls (aged 7 and 9). You can see what she thought of it here… Around an hour and a half from Leeds…

Rother Valley Country Park

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:July 7, 2021
Post category:Days out Lakes and Reservoirs Yorkshire
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Rother Valley Country Park is based just a few minutes drive off the M1, just South of Sheffield in Rotherham. It is jammed packed with outdoor activities for families, and…

Stump Cross Caverns

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:June 30, 2021
Post category:Activities for children Days out Ripon Yorkshire Dales
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We were kindly gifted tickets to visit and review Stump Cross Caverns and so paid them a visit whilst we were up that way camping in Nidderdale. I wasn't really…

Skelmanthorpe to Shelley Walk (as part of a trip on the Kirklees Light Railway)

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:May 9, 2021
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This lovely 3km walk had the additional excitement of a trip on Kirklees Light Railway, just ask the guard to jump off at Skelmanthorpe before you depart at Clayton West…

Wolds Way Lavender

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:August 4, 2020
Post category:Days out Yorkshire
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Wolds Way Lavender is SUCH a great day out for young children, with loads to explore, play areas galore, a miniature railway and so much more! I’m not sure what…

A holiday in Northumberland with children

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post category:Days out Northumberland UK Holiday
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If you haven’t yet tried the delights of Northumberland, you have missed out on a fantastic UK holiday, and need to rectify it immediately! There really is something for everyone,…

Mother Shipton’s Cave, Knaresborough

Post author:MuddyBootsMummy
Post published:June 19, 2020
Post category:Days out Toddler friendly Yorkshire
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A visit to the home of ‘England’s most famous prophetess’ and this beautiful stretch of the river Nidd In Knaresborough was well overdue, so we took advantage of the current…

Sutton Bank and the White Horse

Post author:mummygirtch
Post published:April 20, 2020
Post category:Days out Hills and Mountains Yorkshire
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Locally known as the greatest view in England, Sutton Bank is a brilliant place to go for a family walk and blow away those cobwebs! Parking: Visitors centre pay and…

Wentworth Garden Centre

Post author:mummygirtch
Post published:January 27, 2020
Post category:Days out Yorkshire

A day out to a garden centre? I was a little dubious when a friend suggested taking Jess (3) there. But what a great suggestion!! Based adjacent to Wentworth Woodhouse…

Five Reasons that I love Cragside (National Trust)

Post author:mummygirtch
Post published:December 26, 2019
Post category:Days out National Trust Northumberland

Or reasons to make a visit to Cragside in 2020 a priority. Cragside is, in my humble opinion, the greatest National Trust property in the country. And I've been to…