CASTLEMANIA IN NORTHUMBERLAND Today is our 22nd anniversary and we decided to reward ourselves for 2.2 decades of hard work and dedicated effort with a trip to 3 OF THE MOST EPIC CASTLES EVER! Castles are so awesome! Our day trip took us north of Newcastle […]
OUR GEORDIE SOJOURN Our only exposure to anything even remotely related to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne was 3 minutes (once, by accident) of that dreadful reality TV show “Geordie Shores*”. It was, therefore, with some trepidation that we stepped off the train this afternoon, having just left all the splendour of […]
POETRY & PROSE OF THE LAKE DISTRICT Today was our final day in the Lake District and we made the most of it by spending a bit more time on the water cruising around Lake Windermere, and a whole lot more time hiking up and down fells. Needless […]
A PERFECT SUMMER’S DAY IN LAKELAND Yesterday’s sullen skies turned into rain overnight; the clouds disappeared once they’d dumped their load of water on northern England however. This meant that, whilst we fell asleep to the pitter patter of raindrops, we awoke to brilliant blue skies and glorious […]
THE FABULOUS FELLS OF ENGLAND’S LAKE DISTRICT The Lake District (or Lakeland, as it’s often known round these parts) is the UK’s most popular national park. Today we joined the 16 million other tourists who visit Lakeland every year to enjoy the amazing landscape and hike around the […]
Wandering Soles 