Art… Frogs, dinosaurs and December Roses 24 Aug 2021 The Biddulph Grange frog, courtesy of Tripadvisor Yesterday I was doing some research for an Instagram post about Biddulph Grange gardens, which I used as the main inspiration for the…
Cumbria… Two go to the seaside – again 10 Apr 202110 Apr 2021 Nope, still estuary! But at least the sun shone today. This time we were on the other side of Morecambe Bay, at Grange-over-Sands, looking south towards Arnside where we were…
Cumbria… Taking flight 21 Mar 2021 The Library of Rejected Beauty is one of those wonderful ideas that only comes along occasionally, but once it does you wonder that nobody thought of it before. Basically, it's…
Cumbria… Watery Reward 13 Mar 202113 Mar 2021 You'll have noticed I haven't been posting much about trips out lately. There's a good reason for that - thanks to the latest lockdown, we haven't been allowed to make…
Cumbria… Two find some early snowdrops 6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021 Yesterday's Daily Walk (TM) took in some of the maze of back lanes and footpaths around the town of Windermere including Birthwaite Road and Old College Path. It's a fascinating…
Cumbria… Two get (very) muddy 24 Nov 2020 Hunting around for new hobbies that might get us outdoors during lockdown, we decided to give geo-caching a go. For anyone unfamiliar with the term, it's a kind of modern-day…
Cumbria… A really wet day out 2 Jul 2020 The Lake District had over 8 inches of rain on Sunday. Yes, you really did read that right - 8 whole inches of water fell in a relentless torrent for…
Cumbria… Slightly less grand day out 19 Jun 2020 On Sunday we managed to get tickets for another National Trust "property", Aira Force. This is a magnificent waterfall in a gorge near Ullswater. We've been many times before and…
Cumbria… A grand day out 13 Jun 202013 Jun 2020 Lockdown here in England is slowly easing, and on Monday we were able to have our first proper trip out for many weeks. We had the National Trust to thank…
Cumbria… Streams large and small… 11 Apr 2020 One of the things I love about Windermere is the sheer number of streams that wriggle their way down through the streets to the lake shores below. One or two…
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