The champion of Cumbrian cultural heritage, Cumbria’s Living Heritage (www.cumbriaslivingheritage.co.uk), is reminding pooches that they can have a brilliant cultural-focused doggy distancing day out, if they head to a county […]
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Take a walk on the wild side with John Hunston – the annual holiday
My annual holiday in the south west and on Scilly seemed to coincide this year with poor weather arriving in Cumbria says John Hunston the Walking Mountain Leader. We walked […]
‘Copper (in our) Veins’ trail to launch in Coppermines Valley, as Coniston heritage reminder
A series of stones and sculptures gilded in copper will soon form a trail through Coniston’s Coppermines Valley as part of a temporary art installation to celebrate the area’s natural heritage. Working in […]
#CumbrianTable – lunch at The Terrace, Coffee house & Restaurant, Brantwood
John Ruskin’s home in the Lake District has been described as a paradise of art and nature, and as we discovered when we were invited for lunch it is also […]
Rediscovering Ruskin and Turner at Brantwood, Coniston
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of John Ruskin’s birth, this is an excellent time to rediscover the man who fought for the people who were condemned to horrific lives to power […]