Northern England

Northern England – Land of Rivers and Castles

October 30, 2012

Last updated: The North of England is rich in scenic landscape, ranging from historic coastlines with fishing villages and castles to mountains, moors and lakes. Last week I was speaking at an event in Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, the second city of Romania. Many people asked where in England I lived. On being told [...]

Crummock Water Today

October 10, 2012

“Around-England” temporarily moved office today to The Rock, Hause Point, Crummock Water. Back in my usual base at Appleby in Westmorland tomorrow morning!

Ullswater on a Misty Morning

October 9, 2012

Here is one of my shots from this morning. Until almost eleven o’clock there was quite a mist over the water. This was taken as it lifted.

Across the North – October 2012 [1]

October 2, 2012

One, if not the, major theme in the Northern news in recent weeks has been flooding. My schoolboy geography lessons told me that the east of the country was drier than the west because the clouds from the Atlantic dropped most of their rain on the Lake District mountains and the Pennines before arriving on [...]

Across the North – September 2012

September 20, 2012

Easier Access to the North Yorkshire Dales Having had to negotiate my way through Bedale on a number of occasions in recent months I must say that a bypass is welcome news. Of course, new developments like this are never without their challenges. There are always pros and cons to be weighed, and difficult dilemmas [...]

Northern England on Vintage Railway Posters

August 24, 2012

Prints of posters shown or mentioned in this article can be bought from AllPosters.co.uk. Click on the images and text links for details of prices, sizes and framing.The first half of the 20th century was the “golden era” of the railway poster in England. Poster painters such as Claude Buckle (1905-1973) developed almost an art [...]

Birds of Prey in the North of England

August 21, 2012

Eagle Owl at Muncaster Castle I tweeted about eagle owls earlier this afternoon but decided it deserved a longer reference here on the “Around-England” site. It really is good to see an increasing number of birds of prey settling back into the English countryside. Ten days ago we had a 3-generations visit to Muncaster Castle [...]

The River Eamont – Ullswater to Eden

August 17, 2012

The Eamont is one of Northwest England’s shorter rivers, rising among the Lake District mountains at Ullswater and flowing northeast to join the Eden, which then flows north and west into the Solway Firth and the Irish Sea. Ullswater looking southwest from Pooley Bridge From where it leaves Ullswater at Pooley Bridge (the photo above [...]

Across the North: From Grasmere to The Yorkshire Olympians

August 8, 2012

Who thinks that the Lake District is behind the times? Well, the people at the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere have shown once again that it's up with the best. New app marks a world first for a museum Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere, the Lake District, has marked a world first for [...]

Across the North: Housesteads and Wasdale

August 2, 2012

After their strange geographical error a few days ago, when they located the Lake District in the Midlands near Nuneaton, Trip Advisor have got something right this week. They've awarded a Certificate of Excellence to the Housesteads Roman Fort and Museum in Northumberland by Hadrian's Wall. Housesteads Museum | What to see at Hadrian's Wall "Housesteads [...]

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