Tales of a small mountain: Loughrigg in the Lakes
For many visitors to the Lakes, their favourite mountain is Loughrigg. For the people who live...
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Tag: Lake District
Tarn Hows: heaven on earth
It’s Summer 1980 and Bodie and Doyle of Professionals fame are stalking out potential bandits. OK, so I’m five-years-old and with my Dad but we’re armed with cap guns and we mean business. My job is to run across the...
Read MoreReview: Cheese Box, Winter Tarn Dairy, Lake District / Manchester
There’s a card on my wall which sums me up perfectly. A present from my sister, it reads: ‘She just couldn’t behave herself with cheese.’ It’s true. Among the greatest delights of my culinary life,...
Read MoreReview: Gilpin Lake House, Lake District
Gilpin Lake House and I have very different definitions of ‘putting the cat out’. At mine, this usually consists of standing by the back door, fruitlessly shouting “for the love of god Seamus, if you want to go...
Read MoreHerdwick sheep: a fixture on the fells
For anyone who has visited the Lake District or if, like me, you were brought up there, Herdwick sheep are commonplace. They seem to be a constant fixture on the fell-side but recently the breed and the centuries-old tradition...
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