News and Journal

Hilltop Beatrix Potter Home

Lake Districts are full of evidence of the legacy of Beatrix Potter who was, in today’s terms a very keen environmentalist. The farm where she lived and died was purchased by her and more than 8000 acres of surrounding land and cottages and all has been bequeathed to the National Trust. All the farmland has …

Haweswater RSPB Sanctuary

  Haweswater RSPB Sanctuary is to be found on the border of Cumbria and Yorkshire at a Shap Fell. This is the steepest main-line railway incline in the British Isles and has long been a change to railway engines. Shap Fell is the website with some amazing Videos of Steam and Electric locomotives climbing this …

Visit Tarn Hows

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Nissan X-Trail – Purchase

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