November 23, 2009
The copper mines around Coniston were worked from at least the middle of the 16th century and, with a number of breaks in production in between, up to end of the 19th when competition from high-grade ore imported from overseas killed this local Lake District industry. Coniston Old Man, the mountain behind Coniston village, was […]
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February 3, 2009
In a previous posting I mentioned recently visiting the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway after staying overnight at Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass. During the same trip, while further north, I had a chance to slip into Michael Moon’s bookshop in Whitehaven. I’d not gone for anything in particular but enjoyed maybe thirty minutes just browsing around and […]
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