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Long Meg, Kirkoswald and Lacy’s caves walk

By Hugh Stewart January 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

This 8.5 mile easy circular walk from Little Salkeld is full of interesting sights: Long Meg and her accompanying circle, one of the oldest Neolithic circles in Britain; St Michaels church with its plethora of ancient stone crosses and general stone work rescued from its previous site, now under the Eden; Kirkoswald with its old derelict castle just off the path; Lacy’s sandstone caves overlooking the Eden; the disused Gypsum workings; and at the end the old mill at Little Salkeld and the splendid tearooms (closed in January). This walk is described in Mary Welsh’s excellent book of Cumbrian walks, and is easy to work out on the map anyway, but recent changes are that the road section between Kirkoswald and the Eden going South can be avoided by a permissive path in the fields on the south-east, and that due to damage done by the Eden in storm Desmond of 2015 to the paths in Tib and Cave woods, signs at each end state the path is impassable. It is not, but take care in places and enjoy it.

Long Meg
St Michael’s Church
Anglian “cross” in St Michael’s churchyard
Kirkoswald Castle.
Lacy’s Caves.
  • Lacy’s caves from the south.
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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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