The County Hotel Carlisle

9 Botchergate Carlisle, Cumbria, England, CA1 1QP, United Kingdom

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Lost in Scotland

A travel blog entry by jenisonajourney

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Driving from Newcastle to Carlisle we were suppose to pick up the old Roman wall road but instead ended up heading towards Kielder Forest, it was a beautiful drive down narrow roads, lots of big green hills and little rivers. Kielder Lake is beautiful, like a big manmade loch that just appears suddenly, we could imagine that in Winter the whole area would be left alone to sleep the winter away.


After feeling as isolated as you can get in the UK we ...

If at first you don't succeed...

A travel blog entry by tiggerbird

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... and soon I was warming my hands inside the shelter at the summit, with a nice cuppa soup... no, not the traditional Pot Noodle for a change - although I think that tradiiton will be back for the next climb as instead I had to resort to half a pack of chocolate digestives during the descent, to get through the hunger pains :P!

It turns out that the Heron Pike summit that we passed on the way back down is not one of the AW peaks and is infact ...

Glenridding Dodd but no Sheffield Pike this time

A travel blog entry by tiggerbird

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... to the lower summit on the far side in order to search out the geocache that had been placed there. Cache found we were ready to set off again...

However, as we looked up at Sheffield Pike, our ultimate distination... the cloud/mist descended and although we set off for Heron Pike next it was soon too cold and windy for us to continue. My friend Cat was almost blown away by the sheer force of the ...

The Jardine Story of Spedlins Tower

A travel blog entry by jardines

... bible was sent to be rebound in Edinburgh in 1710, allowing the millers spirit to roam free and wreak havoc once again, until the bible was returned to its rightful place. Folklore to this day says that of you poke a stick into the dungeon of Spedlins Tower ...

The Lake District!

A travel blog entry by jfinn

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... and we had a dance party. Although a lot of people didn't dance and it was rather lame music, i danced all night and had a good time!!

Yet again we went to sleep early because we were all so tired and sore from the activities we did during the day, and we had to wake up at 8 for the second day in a row!

On Sunday morning I did a half day hike as my last activity...once again such pretty views! Then I had to get on the bus for another ...

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