Teriyaki beef tacos
Can and glass of beer
Can and glass of beer
Another great meal at Merienda in Keswick with excellent local beers too.
02.01.2026 21:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The jaws of Borrowdale
The 'Hundred Year Stone' is a sculpture by Peter Randall-Page located on the shore of Derwent Water between Calf Close Bay and Broomhill Point. It was made in 1995 to celebrate the Centenary of the National Trust. Carved out of a boulder of volcanic rock from the Borrowdale Valley, the unusual design represents ten segments across ten rings
Skiddaw with a dusting of fresh snow
Today’s route - 5.8 miles
Derwent Water wander - 2nd January 2026. A chilly winter wander down to Calf Close bay and back. 22 birds spotted to start the year list off well. 5.8 miles.
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Pint and bottle of beer
A messy ceiling
Crafty Baa, Keswick
31.12.2025 19:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Remains of Carrock Mine
Cairn with a dusting of fresh snow
Great Lingy Hut on the skyline
Today’s route - 6 miles
Wainwright 201 - Knott. Book 5 completed. It was snowing. Lunch in Great Lingy Hut. 6 miles, 1670 feet of up and down.
31.12.2025 17:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Crummock Water and Buttermere
Clouds collecting
Mountains view
Today’s route - 7 miles
Wainwright 200 - Mellbreak. Lots more frozen boggy bits and a nice (occasionally steep) ascent from the south. 7 miles, 1600 feet of up and down.
30.12.2025 18:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Glenderamackin valley
Low winter sun
St John’s in the Vale
Today’s route - 5.7 miles
Wainwright 199 - Mungrisdale Common. He commented that it "has no more pretension to elegance than a pudding that has been sat on" and that “precious holiday hours should not be wasted here”. 5.7 miles, 1420 feet of up and down.
29.12.2025 17:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Low winter sun
Wainwright 198 - Hen Comb (Chicken Comb)
Cumbrian views
Today’s route - 7.1 miles
Wainwright 198 - Hen Comb (Chicken Comb). A perfect winter day in Cumbria. 7.1 miles, 1620 feet of up and down.
28.12.2025 20:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bottle and glass of beer
It’s time for #12BeersOfXmas day 2…
26.12.2025 21:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Delay on the feed seems to have gone, delay on just clicking the hashtag is still about 7 hours…
26.12.2025 09:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Large bottle and glass of beer
It’s time to get the #12BeersOfXmas underway, and what a great start… #JoinIn
25.12.2025 21:46 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas!
25.12.2025 13:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Kathy Burke, Nigel Planer and Rhys James #JoinIn
25.12.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This one will not even languish in a cupboard, it will be off for someone else to enjoy.
25.12.2025 07:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas! #JoinIn
25.12.2025 07:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas! #JoinIn
25.12.2025 07:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cup of tea in Christmas pudding mug
Morning!
25.12.2025 07:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cup of tea in Christmas pudding mug
Morning!
25.12.2025 07:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cup of tea and festive duvet on an airbed in a lounge
It’s #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - morning edition. #JoinIn
25.12.2025 07:27 — 👍 82 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0
Festive red and white duvet on an airbed in a lounge.
Yes, it’s #DuvetKnowItsChristmas time again.
24.12.2025 23:45 — 👍 68 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Small tabby cat in a grey sofa…
Those noisy hoomins have left me in peace for a bit… #JoinIn
24.12.2025 20:10 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bags of duvets, pillows and mattress toppers.
Getting ready for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and #Joinin for another year.
24.12.2025 11:17 — 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pint of beer
Cheers to him!
21.12.2025 21:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
White iced cake with snowflakes, plastic holly leaves and plastic robins.
Christmas cake is finished. Just got to wait a few more days to eat it. Went square this year for a change…
21.12.2025 15:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can and glass of beer
Well that’s it for another year. Out of office is on. Now for the serious business of choosing the #12BeersOfXmas
19.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Small black dog with an increasingly white muzzle…
Today’s free dog is my old friend Noel…
16.11.2025 12:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Still no sign of #TheSession so I'm doing some autumnal spring cleaning on the blog to push out some old drafts that never got finished...
15.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Posts from the past - some posts that got stuck in the drafts folder - this one was about the short lived "Cheese Posties" concept #cheese
15.11.2025 15:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A few days in Glasgow, if only it wasn't so far away! #pub #beer #pizza
15.11.2025 12:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
16 cans and bottles of beer…
A good weekend ahead…
14.11.2025 21:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m think they got their pricing model from Co-Op Live…
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