Day 1 – Newcastle to Alnwick. We started at the station in Newcastle on a fine May day. Fortunately, it was a Bank Holiday weekend in England (but not in Scotland) and we got incredible weather. The scenery on this ride made it an absolute pleasure. We stopped at the uber-trendy café at Longsands in…
Category: GREAT BRITAIN
slow travel Peak District, slow travel UK, National Trust days out, Chatsworth, Clumber Park, Lyme Park, Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield and Sheffield
C2C from Whitehaven to Sunderland in Three Days
Day 1 – Whitehaven to Keswick. Whitehaven is as windblown as any other English seaside town. Wild waves smash against the breakwater in the outer harbour but an official starting point can be found on the boat ramp at the end of the white wiggly structure (see photograph). Quickly inland the path takes you winding…
Keswick, Bassenthwaite, Buttermere and Cockermouth
Keswick is a honeypot for tourists and stuffed full of kit shops. A favourite day out is a circular walk around Buttermere. It is an easy walk and lends itself to doing it slowly.
