Nature – FIONA GLASS

Lakeland winter

Like most of the UK we've been having a sudden, severe cold snap here in Cumbria. Overnight temperatures have plummeted (it was minus 10c the night before last, which is…

Nature

An unexpected nature reserve

Yesterday we both had cabin fever, so we drove in to Lancaster for a mooch. The shops mostly don't open until 11 am on a Sunday and we were a…

Another nice Sunday stroll

Off to Ambleside this week, for a walk through countryside that's just tinged with the first autumn colour, even on a damp misty morning with the clouds looming over the…

Two hear a bittern

5 May 20225 May 2022

For a complete change we headed to our nearest RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) nature reserve on Saturday. Leighton Moss is around 20 miles south of us,…

Two have an Easter walk

I'm still re-discovering my legs after Covid but this morning's weather was too nice to just hang about indoors. So we set off into the countryside at the back of…

Two have a convalescent walk

A rare sunny (and mild) day combined with us both starting to get over the worst side-effects of Covid meant we decided to head for the promenade at Grange-over-Sands for…

Two go for an icy walk

It was bitterly cold but sunny this morning so we jumped in the car and headed for the quaint old village of Hawkshead for the first time in several months.…

Lunch with a view

A couple of weeks ago we met my good friend and fellow writer Angela King (The Blood of Kings) and her husband for coffee. We chose the Windermere Jetty museum…

Architecture…

Two get rather wet

5 Oct 202119 Nov 2021

It's been dry here in Cumbria for so long (about four months, give or take) that many of the streams had dried up almost completely and even the lakes were…

Art…

Two go on a sculpture trail

22 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

Grizedale Forest in the Lake District is a perennial favourite of ours. We love it because it's a huge area of woodland, heath and moorland criss-crossed by walking trails. We…