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A Week in the Lake District – Part One – Sizergh
We decided that it was about time we re-visited one of our favourite family holiday destinations from when our children were youngsters, the Lake District. So a week in early June saw us journeying...
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A Week in the Lake District – Part 2 – Aira Force
For our second day in the Lake District we made for the great outdoors to explore some ancient woodland with a stream running through it. Aira Force is the waterfall at the top of a gentle ascent up...
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Aira Force – the walk back.
After enjoying the sights and sounds of the Aira Force water falls we followed the stream as it wandered through the wooded hilltops before we started our walk back down the valley. As we had been sat...
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A Week in the Lake District – Part 5 – Buttermere and Crummockwater
During our week in the Lake District we enjoyed visiting gardens as we do wherever we visit, but we loved the special landscape all around. The area around Buttermere and Crummockwater particularly...
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A Week in the Lake District – Part 4 – Brantwood
I had read a book about the making of the gardens at Brantwood in the Lake District, so when we found ourselves nearby we were determined to make time for a visit. Brantwood was the home of John Ruskin...
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A Week in the Lake District – Part 6 – Bluebells
The Bluebells in our Shropshire garden were flowering and sharing their rich scent with us early in May, so we were more than a little surprised to find them only just coming into flower when we...
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A Week in the Lake District – Part 7 – Holker Hall
I had recently read a book on the original creation and the more recent re-design of the gardens at Holker Hall so I was really looking forward to visiting it to see it for real. The book made mention...
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Wonder Walls
We always enjoy discovering what plants manage to grow in walls and marvel at how they get a foothold and seek out enough food. You can imagine how delighted we were when we came across this 50 metre...
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Are you sitting comfortably? – Part 7 in this very occasional series
When checking through my past posts in this series I actually found 4 that I had prepared but never posted, so here is the first rather late as it is No 7! Enjoy anyway! We will began my seventh...
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