My day to day job generates no complaints at all as my hours are based over a four and a half day week. Fair enough , getting out of bed at 5.30am every morning has its downsides but finishing for the weekend on a friday lunchtime makes up for the sleepy starts . Recently,…
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The Waterfront – Whitehaven and my home town Gem.
The picturesque and sleepy little Georgian fishing port of Whitehaven nestles cosily against the western fringes of the English Lake district national park on the Cumbrian coastline…. Hey , i would definitely get a job with the tourist board wouldn`t i ? Ok….ok….so it`s an ex mining town , an historical slave trading port and has strong association…
Gilpin Lodge – A Country house Sunday lunch in the English Lake District.
According to my Sat Nav the journey through the lakes from Whitehaven to Windermere should have only taken me just over an hour, but thanks to the assortment of various `sunday` and `pointing at mountain` 20 mph road users it took me almost 2 head banging hours to reach my destination.The wonderful Gilpin Lodge country…
Finally….Our town gets a Fish shop.
I live in a small town called Whitehaven .It sits on the west coast of Cumbria on the fringes of the English lake district. It has one of those picturesque little fishing ports straight off a holiday postcard with a small fleet of fishing boats and bigger trawlers that operate out of the port. The…
Nice day for a beach forage
I suppose i tend to take things rather for granted living in a quiet little coastal town on the western fringes of the English lakes.One step out of my front door and i have the most amazing choices and secret little places to disappear to.If i decide to head north then within a minute I`m at the…
Cumbriafoodie 