Golden trees in Ennerdale, Cumbria

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Welcome to Ennerdale

Saturday turned out to be a better day than anyone could have predicted with warm sunshine, a great walk and loads of paddling. The brief was to go in search of autumn colours and all the guides hinted that Ennerdale was the place to visit. Mum had written about a number of places around the [...]

Lochmaben in Scotland is our destination …

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Charlie stands on the path at Lochmaben Castle in Scotland

Scotland is our destination on this adventure and it is to the small town of Lochmaben where we end up. Our journey takes us up the new M6 extension through the area previously known as the Cumberland gap and onto the A74(m). We waited until the middle of the afternoon to venture out so the [...]

Hot weather and summer produce …

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Just chillin' in the warmth ...

Gosh it has been hot for the last few days.  So hot we have been staying outside to try and keep cool as the house has been unbearable.  Even the tiled kitchen floor didn’t cool us down. Mum purchased earlier this year an indoor –  outdoor room for the garden.  This has allowed us to [...]

Lambs, stiles and unique river art in Cumbria

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I wonder which way?

Our Saturday walk started at Lanercost Priory outside Brampton in North Cumbria.  From the car park we climbed the steps over the wall and into a field following the sign pointing to Burtholme. With sheep in the field we stayed on our leads and started following the small yellow arrows nailed to fence posts. Following [...]

A walk from Glasson Dock, Lancaster

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With the coast to our left we left Glasson Dock near Lancaster behind and started along the coastal path towards the City of Lancaster. Mum and Dad visited here a few weeks ago whilst researching an article for our other site Heritage and History and they thought it would be worth revisiting with us. We parked [...]

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