If you venture to the southern end of Lake Windermere you’ll find yourself at Lakeside pier and next to it is the terminus of The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. It’s a preserved line, running over part of the track bed that used to connect Lake Windermere with the rail route to Lancaster and Barrow in Furness. In it’s full glory it would have been a fantastic tourism asset as well […]
And hello from the Cumbrian gem that is Kendal. I’m on my travels with a mix of train and bus, so that should make for an exciting day, what with railway troubles, heatwaves, possible meteor strikes, alien invasions etc. So before any of the above kick off I am currently sat outside Farrar’s coffee house enjoying coffee and cake while being serenaded from across the road by a very good […]
Being the solitary Hobbit that I can be I’ve got into the habit (alliteration?) of going out for Sunday lunch. Yes there’s some people who will say that I’ve been out to lunch for years now but 😝 to them. Today I am in the Cheshire village of Knutsford, trying not to lower the tone of the place while having a very excellent Ploughman’s in the wonderful Cheese Yard. If […]
I haven’t been to Maryport in a while, passed through, passed by etc. While I was in Carlisle I took the opportunity to ride down on the train, it’s only about forty five minutes and Dona catch up. I couldn’t have picked a better day. As I walked up from the station the streets were thronging with people because it was the day of the Community Carnival and parade. People […]
A bit of a cobbled together post as it’s been a bit of an oddball day out on the railway. It started with a signal failure (failure of signals, not a really special failure) which meant that getting underway was a bit delayed by about half an hour. Nevertheless the train driver did his best to claw back some time and arrival in Carlisle wasn’t that much behind time. There […]
Drop off the tram by the North Euston Hotel, cross the road to the promenade and by the big chippy you’ll find the ramp down to the Wyre Ferry.
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