One of the many locations to claim a connection to King Arthur and the round table is Eamont Bridge. The site is just to the[…]

A fabulous new garden centre is opening on the site of the old Windermere Garden Centre which closed years ago. Lakeland Gardens have filled the[…]

Inglefield Nurseries in Staveley is a small family run business. It’s a beautiful little garden centre specialising in architectural plants, containers and garden statuary. You’ll[…]

This is St Gregory’s church in the Vale of Lune. The church is tiny and tucked into a sharp corner on the road. Blink and[…]

Larch Cottage Nurseries in the village of Melkinthorpe near Penrith is as good as it gets. With Itallianate ruins, rare and unusual plants, stunning statues[…]

The Ravenglass and Eskdale railway, or La’al Ratty as it’s known in the local parlance, has been around for over 100 years. La’al Ratty (or[…]

A few words of advice from my dad…

High Dam. A lovely little tarn which makes a great background for portrait photos in the late afternoon sun. The dam at the southern end[…]

Just outside the National Park but well worth the effort, Saint Gregory’s Church in the Vale of Lune was built in the 1860’s and designated[…]

This one is a well kept secret known only to some local dog walkers, kids and a very occasional tourist. I only found out about[…]

Charlies BarOK so this one is not exactly a secret but not everyone knows about it. It was built in 1690 and in the Stuart[…]