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Cheap Cottages – Holidays in the North of England

May 11, 2012

I don’t often on this site post blog articles that are blatantly promotional, but this is an exception. In the present economic climate many people, especially with families, are having to think very carefully about holiday expenditure and many have not yet decided what to do. Four or five airfares from Britain to the Mediterranean [...]

“Go Georgian” This Weekend In Northern England

May 2, 2012

Whether you’re on the east or the west of Northern England this weekend (5th May) you can “Go Georgian”. In Cockermouth, on the northern edge of the Lake District National Park, there is the biennial Cockermouth Georgian Fair. With music and displays of many kinds including period crafts and farmers market this promises to be [...]

Towneley Hall, Burnley

April 18, 2012

Towneley Hall, Burnley was built over many centuries, from the early-15th to the 19th, as home to the Towneley family. Historically, although many have been eminent public servants, the most famous member of the family was possibly Charles Towneley, the 18th century collector whose marbles and brasses form an important part of collections at the [...]

Lake District Goings On

April 11, 2012

Recent news from around the Lake District includes a story in the Westmorland Gazette that the National Park Authority is now looking forward to further plans for the future of its Brockhole visitor centre by the shore of Windermere. Much has been done over the past year or so but we can look forward to [...]

Nature in the North – Smitten bitterns at Leighton Moss

March 30, 2012

Spring is sprung! And the RSPB at Leighton Moss report lovey-dovey bitterns. The other day Annabel Rushton wrote: Our very lucky Visitor Services Manager Jacqui was out for a stroll on the reserve yesterday evening and witnessed a rare treat at the bottom of the causeway. She was listening to our male bittern booming and suddenly he [...]

Cockermouth Georgian Fair

March 24, 2012

Cockermouth is well known as the poet Wordsworth’s birthplace and is visited by many during their Lake District holidays. In addition to places like the Wordsworth House that are open all year long Cockermouth also has several major events at different times of year. I’ve previous mentioned Woolfest Cockermouth and today my attention has been [...]

National Park Extensions – Consultation Ending

March 16, 2012

I spent this morning away from the usual Friday morning work on my web sites to put the finishing touches to a submission to the Secretary of State for the Environment and send it off by email. Today is the final day to say whether you approve or disapprove of the proposed enlargement of the [...]

Lake District Accidents – and Reactions!

March 5, 2012

As I was looking through some recent news stories this afternoon three stood out to me. They were all about accidents, but more than that, they were about how people responded to the accidents. Sadly, Another Lake District Mountain Death In the first case, sadly, the young man who fell when out on Scafell Pike [...]

Beatrix Potter in the Lake District

March 2, 2012

Beatrix Potter is one of the names that quickly comes to many people’s minds when they think of the Lake District. However, unlike William and Dorothy Wordsworth, she was not native Cumbrian. She was a London-born lady who fell in love with the Lake District early in life during holidays there with her family in [...]

Ullswater and Patterdale in the English Lake District

February 29, 2012

This past weekend my wife and I took a short trip by Ullswater, mostly in the car. I wasn’t very energetic but wanted to be outside so we drove from Appleby to Glenridding and up into Patterdale as far as the Brotherswater Inn. It wasn’t an especially good February day weatherwise, but the Lake District [...]

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