scenery – 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…

A Sunny Sunday Stroll

After a drizzly start on Sunday morning the clouds rolled back to be replaced by glorious sunshine. We jumped in the car and dashed over to Ambleside, still reasonably early…

Taking the High Road

Oh, how fascinating: there's going to be an archaeological excavation along High Street - the mountain and the presumed Roman road that runs up and over it - this August.…

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 go to Friar’s Crag

Saturday brought another sunny but bitterly cold morning. For the first time in ages we drove to Keswick for a walk down to Derwent Water and along the shore path…

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Two find some bonkers birds

We had a walk along the promenade at Morecambe for a change on Monday. Chosen because it's level with benches (again, still struggling with post-Covid tiredness) and because the weather…

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…