Jan 293 minWharfedale - January #12dalesin12monthsThe first of our 2020 family adventures for #12dalesin12months. January we walked in Wharfedale.
Jan 272 min12 Dales in 12 Months A new 2020 family challenge to walk #12dalesin12months in the Yorkshire Dales.
Sep 20, 20182 minPocket HitchhikersPocket Hitchhikers – Autumn Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then l...
Sep 10, 20182 minThe Story of Autumn In Yorkshire.Autumn In Yorkshire by Raspberry Thief Autumn In Yorkshire “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus This t...
Jul 6, 20183 minThe Story Of Summer In YorkshireSummer In Yorkshire Print from Raspberry Thief Summer In Yorkshire “I tried to find beauty there where I had never imagined before that i...
Jan 10, 20183 minAugust Family Adventure – Kinder Scout – Cloughs, rocks, and ‘death train engaged&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...
Dec 5, 20172 minJuly Family Adventure – 9 Miles of Sunshine and Golden Corn.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 fo...
Oct 11, 20173 minJune Family Adventure – Camping, clifftops, sunsets and seabirds“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? T...
Sep 29, 20173 minFamily Adventures – Catch Up and September at Aysgarth Falls“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 you...
Sep 14, 20172 minThe story of Spring In Yorkshire‘Spring In Yorkshire’ Spring In Yorkshire “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning” – Meister Eckhart When I began the #100daypr...
May 5, 20174 minApril Family Adventure – EdaleIllustrated Journey of our Edale trip Earlier in the year we took advantage of a YHA offer and booked two getaways this Spring, the secon...
Apr 16, 20173 minMarch Family Adventure – Yorkshire’s highest mountain, sunshine, snowball fights and firPlan for my Whernside Illustrated Walk. We did it! We climbed Whernside, completing our family challenge to climb all three of the Yorksh...
Mar 10, 20175 minFebruary Family Adventure – Backpacking, trains and Wuthering HeightsAn ‘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 cou...
Feb 10, 20172 minAdventures In IllustrationI 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 con...
Feb 8, 20173 minJanuary Family AdventureAlthough the weather has been pretty grey and damp here in Yorkshire, we still managed to get outdoors every weekend in January. For our...
Jan 19, 20177 minRoundup of the second half of 2016.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 coup...
Nov 2, 20163 minTwo years of microadventures.We’re coming to the end of our second year of monthly jaunts inspired by Alastair Humphreys microadventures. Based around the idea of ha...
Oct 19, 20161 minResurrectionThought 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 ...
Apr 13, 20152 minApril already!!!!Well as predicted February came and the calm and peace went. An even bigger reason to revel in January’s stillness next year. March seeme...