Where have all the people gone? I am up on the Southdowns in West Sussex, above Lancing, and I am thinking about the peace and quiet around me. And yet this place wasn’t always like this. Ever since Man walked upon the chalky white undulating hills HE has been busy working the ground to survive […]
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse was probably built in the 15th century and formed the entrance to the priory’s outer courtyard. Wetheral Priory was a small Benedictine institution, founded by Ranulf le Meschin following the Norman invasion of Cumbria at the beginning of the 12th century. The motherhouse of the priory was St Mary’s Abbey in York. […]
Continuing my exploration of Cumbria, Robert Croser, my guide, has taken me to the beautiful village of Askham. Askham is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. It is situated in the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park, about 5 miles […]
Continuing my explorations of Cumbria, Robert Croser, my guide, takes me to St Michael’s a stone’s throw from Lowther Castle. St Michael’s Church stands within an extensive Churchyard within Lowther park and in the shadow of the ruined Lowther Castle. A spectacular location which overlooks the River Lowther and commands fine views over forest and […]
On my trip exploring Cumbria, my friend and guide, Robert Croser, has taken me to Lowther Castle. Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. It has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the Earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle […]
As part of my trip up north, Robert Croser, my guide, has taken me to a Tibetan monastery just inside the Scottish border. Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Karma Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir, near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. I am not sure I […]