Monthly Archives: August 2011
On a earlier walk up to nine standards I decided that as the Eden Valley looked remarkably flat it would be a good idea to cycle to Appleby. I can assure you that when you get on your bike it … Continue reading
Sometimes when you see a fell you know that at some point you will just have to make the time to walk it and Wild Boar Fell was definitely one of these. When we first started coming to Kirkby Stephen … Continue reading
Fact of the day: in 1784 Kirkby Stephen had amongst others 2 tallow chandlers, 3 comb makers, an “itinerant musician” not to mention more than 20 inn keepers.
Many people who stop with us are following Wainwrights Coast to Coast path, the next stage after Kirkby Stephen is via the Nine Standards to Keld and as part of this is notoriously boggy we decided we should follow the … Continue reading