What to see in the Lake District

What to see in the Lake District

We decided to venture up North and spend a few days in Keswick exploring the Lake District, it seemed like it might be fun. The Lake District had never really held much appeal to me. I knew it was meant to be pretty but that didn’t prepare me for just how...
Richmond Park revisited

Richmond Park revisited

The alarm went off at stupid o’clock and we got up and got out of the house by 5:30 so that we could get to Richmond Park before dawn. Unfortunately the beautiful sunrise that I was hoping for was hidden behind a solid grey blanket of cloud but hey, I was there...
Land of the Vampire

Land of the Vampire

We had sampled the Yorkshire Dales so felt it only right and proper to give the York Moors a bash. We drove across the rather impressive Yorkshire Moors and dropped down into Whitby. We started our whistle-stop tour of Whitby at the rather beautiful ruins of Whitby...
Ribblehead Viaduct

Ribblehead Viaduct

So the ‘main event’, as far as I was concerned anyway, of our trip up North, was to get a pic or two at Batty Moss Viaduct, otherwise known as Ribblehead Viaduct. A 400m 24 arch viaduct crossing Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble. Unfortunately,...
Malham Cove, a very wet dry waterfall

Malham Cove, a very wet dry waterfall

We set off to the Yorkshire Dales to walk around Malhamdale, a roughly ten mile walk, setting off from Malham, taking in the falls at  Janet’s Foss and Gordale Scar, then on to Malham tarn, back through Ing Scar to the top of Malham Cove and then descending once...

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