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

Another excellent forecast, but after two hard-ish days we decided to take it slightly easier today. We went over to Townend, in Troutbeck village. A 400 year old farmhouse, much altered over the years, with a fascinating history. We strolled down to the beck to find a geocache, on an island in the stream with Read more

Another excellent forecast 😎 We drove to Ash Landing, where the motor ferry comes from Bowness (but we didn’t get the ferry). We walked up over the fields to Far Sawrey and then Near Sawrey, and Beatrix Potter’s house Hill Top. After visiting the house, we had our picnic in the garden, then we walked Read more

The weather showed low chance of rain. We walked down the hill to where we could cross the river, then back up the other side to the waterfalls, Stockghyll Force. Given how much rain we’ve had over the last few months, it was in full force. We made our way up Wansfell, with the view Read more

Again the forecast wasn’t so good, so we decided to take the boat down to the far end of the lake, and visit the aquarium. Again though, it turned into a lovely day – although we could see the hills to the west looked a bit gloomy. The Aquarium was quite low-key, but had some Read more