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Cumbria Way: Lethera – mud, rain and barbed wire

October 24, 2017

12.2 miles 6h 7m 98m ascent (207m descent) Cumbria way: Churchtown-Carlisle This was the final leg of our Cumbria Way walk: St Mary’s Church Sebergham (which is not in Sebergham) to Carlisle’s Market Cross. The forecast 12 hours before the … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Shibboleth: Cumbria Way – Sethera

August 19, 2017

10.8 miles 6h 14m ascent 490m Swineside-High Pike-Caldbeck-Sebergham-Churchtown Pronunciation of Sebergham….SEBrum (source: Cumbrian friend). Rain was forecast and the forecast was on the mark. While driving down to Cumbria, though, the sky was blue and the sun was shining. A … Continue reading →

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Biding not at Kenmuir

August 12, 2017

3.2 miles 1h 20m ascent probably zero “Watch warily for the dragoons as you come to the narrows of the Loch,” she said “and bide not at Kenmuir. For if there by mounted muskets in all the neighbourhood it is at … Continue reading →

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Bronze Otter and Inquisitive Cows

August 5, 2017

3.6 miles 1h 50m (strolling pace!)  122m ascent Fell of Barhullion The planned Cumbria Way (Sethera) walk was delayed by a respiratory virus, so I had a free day for walking and an old dog hankering for an outing. So it … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Way: Pimp – the glyndwr of terra and the cold river

July 8, 2017

9.8 miles 5h 21m 456m ascent Keswick-Glenderaterra-Caldew Valley Miles 46-56 of the Cumbria way. This was the first section where we used two cars, leaving one in Keswick and the other close to the Cumbria Way near Mosedale. The weather … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Way: Methera – the valley of the fortress to the oaken river

July 1, 2017

8.3 mikes  4h 44min 192m ascent Rosthwaite-Keswick It might sound a little more like a journey in the Lord of the Rings than the Cumbria Way, but we were neither beset by orcs nor tempted by an accursèd ring, and … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Way: Tethera – Langdale and Langstrath

June 19, 2017

8.5 miles  5h 59m  ascent 410m   Old Dungeon Ghyll- Stake Pass-Rosthwaite This was our third Cumbria Way walk. The official third stage runs from Dungeon Ghyll to Keswick but we decided to split the walk and end this day … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Way: Tyan – Sunshine in Great and Little Langdale

May 26, 2017

12.8 miles 6h 44m 454m ascent Coniston-Old Dungeon Ghyll Without doubt the main theme of this section of the Cumbria Way was the weather. I don’t know how warm it was during the day but it was 28°C when we … Continue reading →

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