2024-june

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The forecast was for showers again ☔ We went to Coniston and the Ruskin museum, which was a bit of a Random Bag of Stuff. It also has Donald Campbell’s K7 Bluebird, in which he very nearly broke his own water-speed record in Jan 1967, but died in the attempt. After lunch, we got the Read more

The weather has turned… Sunshine & showers, gusty winds (50mph this afternoon!) so we decided not to do the Fairfield Horseshoe ridge walk. We drove to Troutbeck, the next valley south of us, and parked by the church about half way up. Then we walked up along the south side, towards the head and “the Read more

Another lovely day 😎 After a couple of days’ long-ish walks, we decided to take it a bit easier today. We looked round William Wordsworth’s house in Grasmere, a 3 bedroom cottage where he lived with his wife, his sister, three babies, and visitors such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Thomas da Quincy… We picniced Read more

Another gloriously sunny day! We drove down to Arnside, where the river Kent flows into Morecambe Bay. It was low tide when we arrived, so there was just a vast expanse of mud flats. We headed up out of the town to Arnside Knott, with amazing view to the fells to the north, the penines Read more

Forecast: scorchio We parked at Stickle Ghyll in Great Langdale, and basically walked clockwise around Lingmoor Fell. Sadly when we got back to the pub, there was no beer!!! Burgers for tea. Total: 8.9 miles, elevation gain 1.292 feet, 4h 45min Read more

Another lovely forecast 😎 We parked in Elterwater and headed up out of the village through woods and towards the fells, with stunning views over the valleys. We had lunch above Colwith Force, where the river Brathay drops 40ft. We dropped down & down, through the woods to Skelwith Bridge. At Skelwith Bridge there was Read more

The forecast was for sunny intervals, and we decided to take it easy after yesterday’s adventure (Coniston Old Man). Wray Castle is a Victorian gothic fantasy. Beatrix Potter met Canon Hardwick Rawnsley there while she was on holiday there in 1882. Only the ground floor is open, as an exhibition space. Currently it’s showing photos Read more

The forecast was for sunny intervals, rather than blisteringly hot. We parked in the middle of Coniston, and set off on the Copperhead Mines route. It ran along the side of a beck, and picked through much industrial heritage – some of it still active. We got to Low Water Tarn about 12.30,and stopped for Read more