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Jen Lowthrop

Last year completed Walk in the Parks … 10 weeks, 10 national parks and 1000 miles of hiking.

Raising over £10,000 for the Peak District National Park Foundation.

When I am not walking I am travel blogging, running my coworking space in Matlock, Derbyshire or doing charity consultancy work.

Live in Matlock in Derbyshire on the edge of the Peak District.

Often found walking with my rescue dog Cookie
awalkintheparks.co.uk

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went for a hike

October 6, 2025

Matlock High Tor Loop walk

Time

2h16m

Distance

5.00km

Speed

4.5km/h

Ascent

120m

Descent

110m

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went for a hike

August 2, 2025

Matlock to Bonsall Loop

Time

3h57m

Distance

10.4km

Speed

4.1km/h

Ascent

360m

Descent

400m

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August 3, 2025

One of my favourite Matlock loop walks. Epic views, good amount of incline and yesterday we stumbled across the world championship henrace too! Whats not to love!? 🤣

went for a hike

May 31, 2025

Pembrokeshire Day 2 - Newport to Fishguard (not coastal route)

Time

7h16m

Distance

24.5km

Speed

4.6km/h

Ascent

590m

Descent

580m

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June 5, 2025

Another day that started rainy & foggy without much visability. I wanted to include the highest peak for this hike so skipped the coastal route and went inland. Great to see some perhaps lesser used paths had still been strimmed. They definitely seem to look after their paths in Pembrokeshire. The day

went for a hike

May 30, 2025

Pembrokeshire Day 1 - Cardigan to Newport

Time

8h38m

Distance

27.0km

Speed

4.3km/h

Ascent

670m

Descent

650m

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June 2, 2025

The day started much wetter than expected and very foggy. We walked along the road from Cardigan before joining the coastal walk around Poppit Sands. A mix of road and coastal routes and the clouds lifted for blue skies and sunshine by lunchtime. We hopped down to walk along Newport beach for the final

went for a hike

May 15, 2025

Loop walk to Battle from Starcroft Cabins

Time

2h31m

Distance

6.92km

Speed

4.9km/h

Ascent

80m

Descent

90m

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went for a hike

May 4, 2025

High Tor Matlock Loop

Time

1h07m

Distance

4.98km

Speed

4.6km/h

Ascent

110m

Descent

110m

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went for a hike

April 25, 2025

Kinder Edges Hike

Time

9h59m

Distance

31.5km

Speed

4.1km/h

Ascent

650m

Descent

660m

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April 25, 2025

Gorgeous weather day in the hills. Tough start and finish but lovely open edges all the way around. The descent was so dry and dusty and almost as slippy as ice.

went for a hike

April 9, 2025

Lachens Mountain Loop walk

Time

6h43m

Distance

10.6km

Speed

3.0km/h

Ascent

700m

Descent

690m

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went for a hike

February 19, 2025

Matlock to Whitworth Loop walk with cafe stop

Time

3h13m

Distance

10.2km

Speed

5.1km/h

Ascent

120m

Descent

130m

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February 19, 2025

A great and easy loop walk from Matlock to The Whitworth where there is a choice of two cafes and a pub for sustenance to help you with the final stretch home (if you need it)

went for a hike

February 16, 2025

Grindleford to Hathersage Loop Walk

Time

3h28m

Distance

9.04km

Speed

4.4km/h

Ascent

130m

Descent

120m

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February 17, 2025

On of my favourite little loop walks and so many options to eat in Hathersage or at the start/ end at The Maynard in Grindleford. Highly recommend the David Mellor cafe, not cheap but omg the best salad!

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