Lake District

Lakeland's typical tree

May 7 •

Ronald Turnbull

Charles Dickens climbs Carrock Fell

Carrock being a 2174ft high hill in the Lake District. Meanwhile Wilkie Collins is doing all he can to keep up ... [1200 words 5 mins

Feb 19 •

Ronald Turnbull

Getting passionate about volcanic ash [1100 words 5 mins

Oct 2, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

A study in Skiddaw

Skiddaw, England’s 4th-highest hill, is about to become its highest nature reserve. [1500 words 6 mins

Sep 18, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

The Hanging Gardens of Helvellyn

Wild flowers? Lakeland grows nothing but grass... [1300 words 6 mins

Aug 14, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Otley the Clock

and the first ascent of Sharp Edge on Blencathra [1200 words 5 mins

Jun 26, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Ladies of Lakeland

Not all of the first fellwalkers were beardie blokes. Let’s celebrate Dorothy, co-inventor of English Romanticism; her friend Mary; Mary’s maid Agnes…

Jan 17, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

The 18th Century Art of Landscape Appreciation

The strange craze for looking at England in a distorting mirror, backwards. [1400 words: 6 mins

Dec 27, 2023 •

Ronald Turnbull

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