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Recent Walks
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
- Quintinshill and the River Sark
- The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
- The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
- The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
- The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
- Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
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Category Archives: Cumbria
The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
7.96 miles 4h 5m ascent 63m Rockcliffe-Gretna (the old Cumbria Coastal Way, now the KCIIIECP) O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;….He staid not for brake, and he stopp’d … Continue reading
The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
11.86 miles 6h 43m ascent 309m “It was like exploring a place that you have seen in a dream, where everything is just where you expect it and yet everything is a surprise.”― Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons This second leg of … Continue reading
The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
14.61 miles 8h 37m ascent 688m Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into! The comedy way is a 30.5 mile semi circular walk around Moham Bay. It begins in Ulverston at the statues of Laurel and Hardy and … Continue reading
Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp
7.1 miles 3h 42m ascent 291m Thrang-Garsdale Station Well, the Eden Way proved to be quite an epic, interrupted as it was by legal lockdowns, common-sense social distancing, various illnesses, and bad weather (too hot and too cold). We had … Continue reading
Eden Way: 10.1 – the part we missed out
6.48 miles 4h 12m ascent 197m Stenkrith Park-Thrang Part 10 was to be Stenkrith to Hellgill with a loop back to Thrang along the Pennine Bridleway. But misfortune struck and we only managed the Thrang-Hellgill-Thrang loop of part 10. We … Continue reading
Larch Hill: Wee Monica 2
3.26 miles 1h 21m ascent 175m Larch Hill from the Yellow Trail “The planted larch trees are burnished gold. What a wondrous forest they have become.” Tomonari Wee Monica: definition – a hill whose name appears on the OS 1:25K … Continue reading
Nine Standards: an Eden Way addendum
4.84 miles 3h 27m ascent 211m boot-wetness: extreme Nateby Common-Nine Standards Rigg circular This was day 3 of our Kirkby Stephen walks, and following the previous day’s exhausting outing, called for a straightforward route that wasn’t too demanding. Indeed, since … Continue reading
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Eden Way: 11 – Eden Springs, the source
6.69 miles 5h 3m ascent 332m Aisgill Moor-Eden Springs circular Between two sister moorland rillsThere is a spot that seems to lieSacred to flow’rets of the hills,And sacred to the sky. We had slightly damp boots but the weather was decent. … Continue reading