A painter friend of mine recently offered up one of his paintings as a raffle prize and asked others what…
Carlisle to Settle
On our way back south we didn’t stop and get out. In hindsight, we made the right choice as the…
Ringing the Changes
As I alluded to last week, the afternoon we were in Carlisle happened to be one of the afternoons the…
Carlisle cathedral
One of the sights of Carlisle I didn’t talk about in last week’s post was its cathedral. I felt it…
Sunny Carlisle
On reaching the end of the Settle – Carlisle railway line at Carlisle, the sun came out providing lovely views…
Ribblehead
Ribbelhead is the quintessential example of how the Settle – Carlisle Railway was built. Its station is nowhere near a…
Grand day out
One of the reasons the Settle – Carlisle Railway is now well used is that it makes the most of…
Settling on a train
The Settle to Carlisle train actually starts in Leeds and ought to be called the Leeds to Carlisle train. However,…
Belgian buildings
I had not visited Belgium before. Not properly. I had passed through it many times while driving from Germany to…
Atomium
While on the topic of extraordinary buildings of the 1950s, I finally visited the Atomium earlier this year. I remember…
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