Events Classic Car Bonus 7 Aug 2022 Another sunny morning; another walk. This time we zoomed down to the coast at Grange-over-Sands. We'd intended to walk to Kents Bank station along the promenade and the side of…
Cumbria… Two have a convalescent walk 18 Mar 2022 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…
Cumbria… 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…
Cumbria… Lockdown blues… 18 May 2021 Thanks to my good friend Jay Mountney for this meme, which I've cheerfully stolen from her blog. Thankfully, the lockdown blues are just starting to ease as we're all allowed…
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… Hoop petticoats 26 Apr 2020 I first came across miniature - or 'hoop petticoat' - daffodils as a small child, in the Alpine Gardens at Grange-over-Sands, and fell in love with them instantly. They were…
Architecture… Monday mystery: what is this building? 4 Mar 20195 Mar 2019 When we visited Grange-over-Sands the other week I was intrigued by one particular building. This was a fairly substantial stone-built barn or workshop, on a corner of Hampsfell Road just…
Cumbria… An unlikely setting for the paranormal 7 Feb 20195 Mar 2019 The genteel Cumbrian resort of Grange-over-Sands might seem like an unusual place to host the paranormal, but there's something eerie in them thar woods. Pop over to The Spooky Isles…
Architecture… Plaques, police, and… pickles? 15 Jan 20195 Mar 2019 The local civic society has been busy in Grange-over-Sands, putting up lots of blue plaques to explain various bits of the town's history and/or interesting buildings. There's one for the…
Architecture… Two go exploring in Grange-over-Sands 14 Jan 20195 Mar 2019 After a weekend when both of us had to put in a fair bit of work, we took this morning off and headed for the small "seaside" town of Grange-over-Sands,…
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