Recently I took a trip up to Newcastle and on the return I came back by my favourite through Alston and over the summit at Hartside and down into Melmerby and on to Penrith. The view from the top is spectacular, from the Lakes across the Solway Firth to Scotland. Here’s the route down from Hartside Summit. Not one of my usual posts, but I enjoy the area and the […]
Sometimes when I’m out and about on my travels I drop on an unexpected treat, this latest one was on Saturday just gone by. The year is slowly getting it’s things together ready to be on it’s way, so the day’s are starting to shorten and the weather is getting a bit more unfriendly. Not the sort of situation that encourage me to be out and about. Nevertheless I decided on a trip up to Morecambe, an easy journey, not too long and there would be plenty of places to shelter in case things got a bit on the inclement side.
After my trip to Silloth the other week I thought I’d aim for Workington which is a little lower down the coast. While not the most touristy of locations it’s a place I have a fondness for, it’s a straightforward place but with enough quirky corners to go wandering around.
This weekend past I took a trip up to Silloth on the Solway Coast. It’s a place I hadn’t been to for quite a while and I had the urge to catch up with the town, to see what was as I remembered it and what might have changed.
It was the weekend of the annual flower show and naturally I hadn’t been sice last year. Shows like this are the sort of events I really enjoy. Outdoors, demonstrations, plenty to see and hear, plenty fun to be had.
It’s never a good thing to let a day go to waste, even if you don’t at the end do a great lot with it.
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