Lunch with a view

1 Mar 2022

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…

Two get sleeted on

10 Feb 2022

Let's go to Ambleside for our daily walk, we said. It's quiet, the weather's not too bad, it'll be nice, we said. So off we toddled. By the time we'd…

Two walk the promenade

18 Jan 2022

The promenade at Grange-over-Sands is a great place for a winter walk. It's long (at least one mile from end to end), it's level, the town's micro-climate keeps it from…

Two go for a wet walk

11 Jan 2022

We haven't had much time to get out and explore lately what with travelling over Christmas and the New Year, bad weather, and a couple of health issues. However, yesterday…

The church-town in the Lune Valley

21 Nov 2021

Or Kirkby Lonsdale, to give it its modern name. This wonderful, ancient town is chock full of atmosphere, with an amazing setting on a bend in the River Lune amidst…

A lucky find

11 Nov 202119 Nov 2021

You know how it is. You move house, and you unpack all the good and/or essential stuff. But there are always a few (or a lot of) boxes left over,…

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…

Corpses and coffins, oh my

20 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

Grasmere lake from the old coffin road We took advantage of a warm sunny morning to head for Grasmere for a coffee and a stroll to White Moss Common. The…

Two go to the seaside

29 Mar 202129 Mar 2021

Well, estuary-side would be closer to the mark. This morning we needed to collect something a friend had made for us. They live in a village that's just the other…

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…