Frosty walk to Higger Tor

I haven't really been sleeping very well recently, on this particular day I had to get up early anyway to drop James off at the train station, and I was having the following day off as holiday. I guess I was just feeling too excited to sleep, and I spent all night with a busy brain planning what to cook for James, and what I'd do with my rare day off.

I decided to go for a solo winter walk to Higger Tor, I was going to take a flask of hot chocolate, sit on top of rocky outcrop, and drink it. What better way to celebrate winter in the peaks?

I couldn't sleep with the excitement of a nice day ahead of me, I was wide awake at 4:30am and had given up on getting back to sleep so I got up and made some coconut drop scones for our breakfast. After dropping James off, I was walking around Aldi to get some picnic bits & I came across my best friend, Sean! So I invited him along on my wintery adventure.

I did a route out of a book called "short walks in the Peak District" published by Collins ramblers. But we decided to do it backwards. 

Once we got out there it so so peaceful, there was a beautiful frost hanging lower down the valley and the air was fresh. We did the walk with equal measures of giggles, chatty conversation & comfortable silences. I wish I could start every day with a frosty walk...

And I made my daydreams come true with the hot chocolate on top of Higger Tor!

A proper British BBQ!

I know we have had a glorious couple of weeks weather wise, but summer wouldn't be summer without a rainy, thundery and lightningy BBQ! And let's be honest, all that lovely sunshine was starting to get a bit samey, no?

Anyway, enter Friday and my lovely friends George, Roanna & Natalie decided to host a BBQ. It started off well enough, we even got the first batch of sausages off without a drop of rain, but pretty soon the heavens opened and a storm started. It didn't dampen our spirits though, and the neighbour even kindly lent us a parasol to keep most off the rain off our flames. I just wanted to share some snaps with you taken by various gathering-goers for a bit of a giggle really.

Have you ever had to endure crazy weather to ensure it doesn't ruin your good times?

Best wishes


Lianne x