The Quest for England
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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 […]
As part of my explorations Up North with Robert Croser, we are having a look at The Gridal Stanes and Fairy Hill in the borderland. The Girdle Stanes is a stone circle near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway. The western portion of the circle has been washed away by the White Esk, leaving 26 of an […]
Today Robert Croser has brought me up Moor Divock to explore traces of the ancient world. Moor Divock is a featureless tract of fairly level land, 300 metres above sea level, forming part of Askham Fell, to the East of Ullswater. Dotted around the moor are many cairns and burial mounds, the most conspicuous being […]
I am keen to encourage others to get out and make videos about the get outdoors, particularly heritage, landscape and nature. To that end I offer ten simple but important tips to help new vloggers to improve there videos. There are many more, and the Internet is full of them, but if they are of […]
I am in West Sussex exploring the lesser known footpaths. My walk starts in the tiny village of Twineham and I am heading to the hamlet, Wineham, across one of the two streams that converge and turn into the river Adur. Why not join me as I battle hedges, fences and long grass on the […]