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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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Tag Archives: Cumbrian Coastal Way
The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
7.31 miles 3h 43min ascent 135m If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.Eric Morecambe If Day One of the Comedy Way was the ‘main course’, and Day Two … 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
Eden Way Part 1
5.81 miles 3hr 1min ascent 34m Rockcliff to Esk Boathouse This was the final leg of our Cumbria Coastal Way, heading north from Rockcliffe up to the Esk Boathouse, but also the first part of the Eden Way, from Desmesne … Continue reading
Eden Way Discovered: Rockcliffe to Spa Well
8.07 miles (there and back) 4h 50m ascent 65m Rockcliffe to Spa Well (Cumbria Coastal Way) A beautiful day. Easy walking in riverside meadows, fields and paths. A couple of kissing gates but more often stiles, mostly well constructed with … Continue reading
Cumbria Coastal Continued: 1
7.77 miles (4.01 miles) 3h 53m 79m ascent Rickerby Park-Spa Well Hadrian’s Coastal trail, which we had walked in 2019, follows the old Cumbria Coastal Way from Ravenglass to Bowness where it meets the Hadrian’s Wall Trail. The Cumbria Coastal … Continue reading
Hadrian’s Coastal Route 8: Hudson Bay to the Solway
7.19 miles 2h 55m 9m ascent Anthorn to Bowness-on-Solway An unco sough i’ the gloamin’An’ a flaff o’ risin’ win’,A glisk o’ stoundin’ watersBy the weirdly licht o’ the mune,An’ the fell dark tide o’ SolwayComes breengin’, whummlin’ in. Dorothy Margaret … Continue reading
Hadrian’s Coastal Route 7: Paths long neglected and meadows unmown
Criffel, sitting on the western horizon like a paused sunset, was our companion for much of this trail. But now our attention was drawn towards Anthorn’s radio masts, which shifted around like a compass as our direction of travel changed. We walked beneath a grey sky but in warm summer air. There had been heavy thunderstorms the day before and the the rain machines were taking a well earned break. Continue reading
Hadrian’s Coastal Route 6: Great Expectations
This was a walk of several distinct sections each with its own challenges, joys, and emotions. The salt marshes were only one part of this day’s walk, but they worried me more than any other section when planning the route. I paid very close attention to the weather and tides, and had my escape routes planned but I was still not sure I would walk across them when we started walking that morning. I am pleased we did. The day’s walk left me with a feeling of accomplishment but it was not without its challenges. Continue reading