Today we went to see an exhibition of old Steam Engines at Flookbrough thinking there may be a couple on show but it was a massive gathering of steam engines, classic cars, classic motor bikes - infact anything that was old. There were also some people exhibiting some very weird collections - see the pictures [...]
Following Tommi's visit, Gabbi and Massi decided to come across with Ami and Imogen. A busy couple of days...... No sooner had Gabbi and Massi got out of the car and it was off to the pool and Pirates Adventure where Massi found quite a bit of treasure. Gabbi, Lynn and Imogen enjoyed the pool, [...]
Our nephew decided to come across for a few days in between his holidays, days out with friends and the beginning of the football/rugby training sessions. Busy life eh! He's only 13 but managed to book the train from Newcastle to Carlisle then onto Oxenholm where we collected him. The first day we went out [...]
Nathan decided to visit us for a week whilst his Mam and sister were in Italy and his dad was busy with the harvest. Although he only travelled from Berwick I think he was struggling with jet lag as he didn’t manage to get out of bed until 11.00 – and that was only because [...]
Wasdale is a very hard place to get to even if you are in the Lakes as you need to head out west and then around the perimeter of the National park before entering the valley. Possibly because of its inaccessibility and its natural beauty it is a very special place that is the home [...]
Paul completed all of the Wainrights with various friends but this time around would like to do them with Ruby! Ruby seems quite keen on exploring new hills but we have to hold her back sometimes as she is too enthusiastic. There are 214 Wainrights and Ruby has her first foot on the ladder to [...]
Cathedral Cave is in Little Langdale just near Wetherlam and is a cavern that is left from a slate mine. It is only accessible via a tunnel. You access the tunnel from a path just south of the Three Shires Pub, this then opens into the main chamber which has a great column in the [...]
Our nephew Nathan decided to have a weekend in the Lakes with us. He was in the middle of his radiotherapy, still had some medical lines inserted into his chest, had a clinic at 4.00pm on the friday and needed to be back at school by 8.45am on the monday morning. Despite this we did [...]
The Lakes are billed as the adventure capital of the UK and there is something on virtually every day and a lot of these things are free. To begin with the very name suggests lakes where you can fish, canoe, kayak, go canyoning, you are also surrounded by the fells and you can go walking [...]
We also now have a new addition to the family, a working cocker spaniel called Ruby. She loves the Lake District, probably more than Jesmond due to the freedom she has there. Paul is spending quite a bit of time training her so that hopefully she will be able to accompany him shooting when the [...]
We don't have any long distance travels booked for the foreseeable future as we have had something of a change in our personal circumstances, no we haven't gone bankrupt, got divorced or even developed a fear of flying. We have bought a second home across in the Lake District and intend spending as much time [...]