heritage – Luphen reborn

Lake District August/September 2020

by Stephen6 September 20207 September 20200

A week in the Lake District, mixing leisure and work, with a walk up Scafell and Symonds Knott, High Dam, Black Crag, Torver to Coniston, Walna Scar, to the beaches at Silecroft and Roanhead, plus two coastal walks

Bodø to Stockholm by train, almost

by Stephen10 July 201914 October 20190

Bodø to Stockholm via Narvik by bus and train, with a visit to the Vasa Museum.

Viking Ship Museum

by Stephen30 June 201911 October 20190

A visit to the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, seeing three burial ships and associated artefacts.

Honister Slate Mine

by Stephen24 June 20199 April 20200

A tour of Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria, England’s only working slate mine.

Woolpit Steam

by Stephen2 June 20198 April 20200

A visit to Woolpit Steam with its traction engines and other machinery of yore.

A weekend in Portsmouth

by Stephen2 March 201913 October 20190

Visits to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose, the Spinnaker Tower, and other activities in a weekend in Portsmouth.

Peak District Easter weekend

by Stephen2 April 201825 October 20190

A walk on the Cromford Canal and High Peak Trail, trips on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway including to Ravenstor, a long run, and steam in action.

Cyprus long weekend including half-marathon

by Stephen6 March 201825 October 20190

My London Marathon training plan called for a half-marathon about now, and somehow the plan arose of popping for a visit to the Cyprus Half-Marathon.

Northumberland weekend

by Stephen26 November 201725 October 20190

A weekend in Northumberland with parkrun, Holy Island, and a walk by the River Coquet.

Lake District, May 2017

by Stephen17 May 20179 April 20200

Tilberthwaite to Levers Water; Lingmoor Fell from Hodge Close; Foulney Island; and Helvellyn from Glenridding.