Some of you may remember that last Christmas Eve I blogged ab out how following two shepherds on Twitter had helped to reconnect me to my childhood growing up on a farm. I have continued to follow them and in particular one blogger, @herdyshepherd1, has been particularly interesting with his daily Tweets on the travails…
House of Wool. My regular followers know that when I can I like to include something really odd in this blog. Well things don’t get much odder than a house apparently made out of wool. Certainly the external walls are made from unprocessed sheep fleece; well it’s something useful to do with this year’s clip…
There is a much acclaimed group of six butchers shops in Cumbria called Cranstons Butchers who I have been following for some time on Twitter (@Cranstons1) as they represent the best in butchery. They work with local farmers and producers to provide excellence and have been doing so since 1914. Their Twitter feed is both…
Drove home from the Lake District today and, mercifully, it stayed dry for the whole journey, in fact it was bright enough to need sunglasses for some of the time. It is always a pleasure to stay at our club’s cottage which is a useful base for exploration of the Eastern Lakes. Like most climbing…
I was surprised when I finally surfaced this morning that it wasn’t raining. Last night had been a late one following our annual dinner so there no rush to get up. After breakfast I put on appropriate clothing for a winter walk and headed out. When people asked me where I was going and I…
The Sixwheeler Chronicles 