The first of our 2020 family adventures for #12dalesin12months. January we walked in Wharfedale.

I’ve just sent out my first proper newsletter, if you’ve received it, thanks for looking.  I hope it has been useful and interesting.  I...

Autumn In Yorkshire by Raspberry Thief Autumn In Yorkshire “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus This...

Illustrated Map of our journey. In August we decided to walk up Kinder Scout, after our trip to Edale earlier in the year we were keen to...

Illustrated map of a walk from Aberford. July is usually a very busy month for us, lots of end of term school stuff going on, planning...

“There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns – small intuitive flashes, when you know you have...

“A big fat sky and a thousand shrieks The tide arrives and the timber creaks A world away from the working week Où est la vie nautique?...

“Still summer’s song beats in my blood” –  Alan Hartley First of all I’d like to say hi and thank you to all my new followers, I hope...

Illustrated Map of our May family adventure to Patly Bridge In May we had my Mum and Dads cocker spaniel Alfie staying with us when the...

Illustrated Journey of our Edale trip Earlier in the year we took advantage of a YHA offer and booked two getaways this Spring, the...

Plan for my Whernside Illustrated Walk. We did it! We climbed Whernside, completing our family challenge to climb all three of the...

An ‘Illustrated Journey’ of our trip to Haworth. At the beginning of the year we took advantage of the YHA New Year sale and booked a...

I thought I’d write a post about my art, as Raspberry Thief seems to be constantly morphing and changing as I change, and become more...

Although the weather has been pretty grey and damp here in Yorkshire, we still managed to get outdoors every weekend in January.  For our...

We’ll be going on our first jaunt of 2017 soon, so thought I’d better finish our roundup of the last half of 2016. July For the last...

We’re coming to the end of our second year of monthly jaunts inspired by Alastair Humphreys microadventures.  Based around the idea of...

Thought it was about time I made more of blogging, I’ve had a few over the years and not kept up with them.  So I’ve combined some posts...

Well as predicted February came and the calm and peace went. An even bigger reason to revel in January’s stillness next year. March...