Category Archives: Cumbria

7.83 miles 4h 5m ascent 117m Temple Sowerby-Colby Bridge Our first Eden Way sortie of 2022, indisposition and inclement weather having delayed us. There was neither deluge nor drama and it was no great distance. But I cannot say it … Continue reading →

6.93 miles 3h 26m ascent 121m Langwathby-Temple Sowerby (6.4 miles of the Eden Way) The days grew shorter, frost clung to morning windscreens and we were venturing further away with each leg of the Eden Way. So we had decided … Continue reading →

7.89 miles 4h 30m ascent 151m Edenbridge-Edenhall (5.8 miles on the Eden Way) This walk was mostly over fields or through woodland but with some road walking. There were more gates than stiles, what quagmire we found was manageable and … Continue reading →

6.24 miles 3h 7m 184m ascent Armathwaite to Eden Bridge Blue skies and sunshine above, crisp newly fallen golden leaves underfoot. This was as beautiful a day as autumn can muster. This section took us between two eighteenth century bridges, … Continue reading →

9.34 miles 5h 24m ascent 240m Wetheral-Armathwaite (Eden Way) Well, that was some walk. The Eden Way Guidebook has Carlisle to Armathwaite as a single day but being <insert jocular self deprecating adjective here> we chose to split it over … Continue reading →

7.1 miles 3h 10m ascent 82m Carlisle-Scotby-Wetheral Continuing our Eden Way Walk. Picking up in Carlisle, downstream of which we have walked both banks of the Eden, on the Hadrian’s Wall trail (south bank) and the Cumbrian Coastal Way (north … Continue reading →