If you go down to the woods today…. Fell Foot Wood was the venue for this year’s The Conjuring festival. A weekend of musical and psychedelic treats. The one stage festival was over two nights within the mystical woods of Barry the Blackwood Baptiste and … Continue readingFell Foot Wood – The Conjuring Festival 2024
When was the last time you sent camping in the Lake District and felt no rain? Well this was a week where it was more like Kos, the weather perfect and the excuse to just sit in a tent and drink beer all day non … Continue readingKos like Kewswick
We managed to squeeze in a camp right at the end of this second COVID affected year and it was in one of our most favourite places. We were lucky with the weather and except for one overcast day it was perfect for a coupe … Continue readingKeswick – Autumn Scenes
No camping for us this time, but a lovely B&B, Abacourt right in the heart of Keswick ran by John and Heather Manners (Check out our Trip Advisor Review). We only stayed a few nights but that gave us plenty of time to visit the … Continue readingKeswick – Whinlatter Winter Walk
A mixed bag weather wise.. the first day was dry so the tent got up no problem and we headed into Keswick for a mooch around. That night and for the next day and night it bucketed down so a great excuse to stay in … Continue readingKeswick – Sunshine After Rain
A miniture but still an enjoyable fell, the ‘Lion and the Lamb’ just out from Grasmere was completely empty when we went up it the other day. Helm Crag as it’s formally called is only 405 meters but is one of the most easily recognisable … Continue readingA Bracing Walk – Helm Crag
Most probably our last camp of 2018 was to Keswick in the beautiful Lake District. Here are my favourite six pictures from the visit. Keswick was full of autumnal colours and our little tent got an outing! Here’s the rest of the snaps to give … Continue readingLake District – Last camp of the Year
Most probably our last camp of 2018 was to Keswick in the beautiful Lake District. We took the little tent and managed to cook outside for most of the time but made use of the campers kitchen on one of the nights whilst staying at … Continue readingLake District – All the leaves are brown..
Great to have our Dutch friends visit us and so we had ample excuse to visit, the Everyman Jazz Club, Liverpool One, Chester (including the fab Roman Tour) and a stay in the wonderful Badgers Wood, Keswick in the English Lake District.