Archive walk: Borrowdale and High Spy

by | Apr 23, 2024 | Walks

High Spy with my little eye Keith Wood combines a riverside stroll with an airy ridgewalk to see both faces of Borrowdale   First published: July 2007 Whatever your motivation for walking in the Lake District, be it the sense of achievement of climbing one of the...

Archive feature: Final Farewell for the Lady of the Lamp

by | Apr 22, 2024 | Features

Final Farewell for the Lady of the Lamp First published: April 1994, by Linda Viney Peg Braithwaite – the lady of the lamp at Walney Island PEG Braithwaite, the only principal woman lighthouse keeper in England, is finally packing away her yellow dusters and retiring...

Archive recipe: Westmorland Lovage Soup

by | Mar 19, 2024 | Latest, Recipes

Westmorland Lovage Soup First published: August 2018 You never know which way the weather’s going to turn in September, as we approach the ‘back end’ of the year. This lovely old fashioned recipe, based on a Westmorland original, is fantastic hot or chilled, however...

Archive walk: Wet Sleddale

by | Mar 19, 2024 | Latest, Walks

Wet Sleddale First published: February 2011 WET Sleddale is a lonely, remote valley which lies south-west of the village of Shap, theM6, the A6 and theWest Coast main railway line. It bisects the Shap Fells and is reached by a long narrow lane that leads from the A6....

Archive walk: Bannerdale Crags

by | Feb 15, 2024 | Walks

Bannerdale Crags Gary Richardson’s fell hike climaxes with adventures on the riverbank Archive: May/June 2015 TERRAIN: good paths and tracks, wet in placesDISTANCE: 7 miles/11.25 kmTIME: 3-4 hoursCLIMB: 1,710 ft/510 mSTART/FINISH: car park opposite Mungrisdale...
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