Thursday 31 May 2012

Mystery tour to an English Castle. Where will it take you? -
http://bit.ly/LG48i5
Wordsworth:
Duddon! as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide.

Wednesday 30 May 2012

The English Lake District in Wainwright books -
Nothing to compare for walks on the Lakeland fells http://bit.ly/zmBimY

Tuesday 29 May 2012

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Monday 14 May 2012

History of the English Lakeland -
How the Lake District came to be like it is http://bit.ly/ztOeqW
England's Lakeland in Wainwright Guides -
Unmatched for walks in the Lake District http://bit.ly/zmBimY

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Great days out - including on damp days - in the Lake District -
http://bit.ly/IdQTkU
Mystery tour to an English Castle. Where will it take you? -
http://ping.fm/8tsde
Scenic landscapes are not always "natural":
The English Lakeland was even in the 20th century still mined for metals
Places to visit around the Lake District -
http://bit.ly/IdQTkU

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Which of 24 Northern castles will you see today?

Which of 24 Northern castles will you see today?
http://around-england.co.uk/visit/mysterycastle/
Wordsworth:
How sweet were leisure! could it yield no more than .. to recline .. soothed by the unseen River's gentle roar.(By the Duddon)

Wordsworth:

Wordsworth:
Ye vales and hills whose beauty hither drew the poets steps, and fixed him here. (On Southey's attraction to Keswick)
Here is just one of England's 10 National Parks -
North York Moors - http://ping.fm/5tZn6
Here is just one of England's 10 National Parks -
North York Moors - http://ping.fm/BrVgH

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Towneley Hall, Burnley was built over many centuries, from the early-15th to the 19th, as home to the Towneley family. Historically, although many have been eminent public servants, the most famous member of the family was possibly Charles Towneley, the 18th century collector whose marbles and brasses form an important part of collections at the British Museum where he was an early trustee. Probably the best known of the modern branches of the family have been the journalist Sir Peregrine Worsthorne (Worsthorne being the name of a village just over the hill facing Towneley Hall) and his brother Sir Simon Towneley (he changed his name to realign with the family history and lived close by Towneley at Dyneley Hall) who was Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1976 to 1996. .... More at http://around-england.co.uk/towneley-hall-burnley/

Something to see in the North of England.

Something to see in the North of England.
Today's Mystery Castle.