This month has been so bizarre! I thought I would be here talking about days out, home projects, and family history as per normal but instead I’m going to be writing about how the Coronavirus has been affecting our family this month.
Wortley Top Forge
Thurgoland might seem like a small village, but we have certainly managed to find plenty to do while we have been living here. Especially with my love of local and family history and Ben’s love of the outdoors! We have a historical small tourist attraction on our doorstep – Wortley Top Forge.
Family Life – February 2020
I don’t know if it’s because we live in Yorkshire, but the February weather has been unbearable! We have had high winds, rain, snow and a couple of storms. This means we haven’t been out much but that doesn’t mean we had a quiet month!
Mam Tor Old Road, Peak District
This easy route of Mam Tor Old Road Circuit looked like fun, I hadn’t heard about the old road before seeing it on the app. Apparently it’s really popular in the Peak District for walkers and cyclists. The road was destroyed years ago by a rock slide and now you can walk along it.
Agden Reservoir, South Yorkshire
We can’t seem to get enough of the Peak District recently. Living right near it gives us so many opportunities to explore, and we try and go somewhere new every time. Ben wanted to go to Agden Reservoir. We put it into our map and when we got there we found it difficult to find the start of the walk.
Family Life – December 2019
This year was our first Christmas in our new home, and for the first time ever in our whole lives we were able to hang our stockings by the fire. I enjoyed finding new places for our decorations, even though they didn’t stay put for long thanks to the 2 year old in the house.
Thurgoland Heritage Trail
Ever since I found out that I had family that lived in Thurgoland over 100 years ago, I have been trying to find out as much as I can. Some of this information I have come across quite naturally and accidentally, like finding 3rd great grandfather Giles Button’s house when I was out walking with Sam. Or finding information about the wire mills while lunching in the pub.
Our Move to South Yorkshire
At the end of June we moved from Northamptonshire to South Yorkshire. The whole house-selling process was very much a rollercoaster of emotions, but that is now long forgotten. We have just unpacked the last of our boxes and can officially say that we live in Yorkshire now.
The Lost Gardens Of Heligan, Cornwall
We first discovered The Lost Gardens of Heligan for ourselves on our first trip to Cornwall 9 years ago. Back then our oldest three children were quite young, and the Gardens have changed a bit since then (of course! That’s the nature of gardens). We found that The Gardens had a lot more to offer the children this time around – especially with the improvements they have made in The Jungle area
Dover Castle, Kent
As we were in Kent during half term visiting Grandparents, we decided that we would try to take the children to Dover Castle because neither Ben or I had been before and it’s fun to go somewhere new. We were hoping to combine the visit with a walk along the White Cliffs, but although we were experiencing an unusually warm February, the coast was covered in fog.