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Halloween preparations – Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria

October 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Our adventures this week have taken us to a small village called Hesket Newmarket. You may remember we visited a place called Caldbeck a few weeks ago well, Hesket Newmarket is about 1.5 miles beyond this, down a narrow ‘B’ road. The village is stretched along the main through road and has a Post Office, [...]

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Caldbeck, John Peel and a bobbin mill called The Howk

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August 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Caldbeck in North Cumbria was our destination earlier this week as we once again went on our adventures. This small village is situated midway between Carlisle and Keswick, around 12miles from each. One claim to fame for this area is the erection of the new television transmitter mast on a nearby fell. This mast is [...]