Cumbria

Is Poor Rural Broadband Restricting Our e-Reading?

September 17, 2011

If you are anything like me you will by now have downloaded a good number of electronic books and papers. One of my sons bought me a Kindle last Christmas, and reading the newspaper took on a new form. Then along came the Android phone. They both now carry books and magazines. Having said that, [...]

Cockermouth: More Men of Science

September 10, 2011

On our main page about the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth there is mention of John Dalton the eminent early-nineteenth century scientist who first proposed the atomic theory of matter. John Dalton was, however, not the only eminent scientist to be born in or around Cockermouth. Just a few years older was William Woodville (1752-1805), also [...]

The Lake Artists Society Summer Exhibition, Grasmere

August 22, 2011

THE LAKE ARTISTS SOCIETYANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION 2012 will be held in The New Hall, Grasmere, from 28th July to 5th September Opening hours 10.30am – 5.00pm daily The article below refers to the 2011 exhibition This afternoon a visit to Grasmere was rounded off well by a look around the 2011 Summer Exhibition of the [...]

View over Burneside this morning

August 22, 2011

This was the view over Burneside, near Kendal, Cumbria, on the southern fringe of the Lake District this morning. I have another post, of the Yorkshire Dales, planned for later in the day but thought that for now I’d put up this shot from my morning dog-walk

Lanthwaite Wood – Memory of 2009

August 19, 2011

Lanthwaite Wood is a National Trust property at the foot of Crummock Water in the Lake District, alongside the point where the River Cocker leaves the lake. The car park there provides an excellent starting point for walks, which often give opportunity to see Red Squirrels. The River Cocker flows from here down Lorton Vale [...]

Bassenthwaite Lake from the Whinlatter road

August 17, 2011

A very short post today. Few words, just a view of Bassenthwaite Lake that has been photographed and painted times without number. From near water level it is difficult to get a good view of this the most northerly of the Lake District waters – the only one which actually has “Lake” in it’s name. [...]

St. John’s in the Vale – A Motorist’s View

August 16, 2011

Yesterday afternoon I was driving from Appleby to Workington on the A66. Just before Keswick I caught glimpses of sunlight on Threlkeld Knotts, Wanthwaite Bank and down into St. John’s in the Vale. There’s a convenient layby so I stopped, dug out my camera from the back of the car, and transmogrified from all-too-often driver [...]

Kendal Reflections

July 11, 2011

A few days ago I came across this photograph of the River Kent in Kendal, forgotten in my camera from May of last year. I quite like it, and it may catch the imagination of others who love Kendal, the southern gateway to the English Lake District.

Pendragon Castle, Mallerstang, Cumbria

July 7, 2011

Of all the castles inherited by Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke, in the 17th century Pendragon Castle must have been in the wildest and most remote-feeling location of them all. The Mallerstang valley in Cumbria, between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, and just to the south of the North Pennines AONB [...]

Dufton Pike in the Evening Sun

July 4, 2011

Just outside the Lake District, the Eden Valley stretches eastwards up into the North Pennines. Along its northern edge, between Penrith and Appleby, is a series of conical hills. Last week I mentioned and posted a photo of one of these, Dufton Pike. Then yesterday whilst visiting some friends in Brampton, near Appleby, after church [...]

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