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Nine Standards Rigg
Your theories on this curious landmark? It's Nine Standards Rigg, an odd and distinctive landmark overlooking Kirkby Stephen on the edge of…Read more
Sleeping elephants, books, fine foods & wool
Sleeping elephants, books, fine food & wool: snuggled beneath the Howgills, straddling Cumbria…Read more
Big Stone: a curious climb
Have you visited this place? This isn't the best photo of it (if you have a better one I can use, please do send!) but I think you can see it's an o…Read more
Ruskin’s View
I bet the great Victorian painter John Ruskin would have had a lively debate with author James Herriot about what constituted England’s best view…Read more