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One of my Favourite Places

Cumbria is England’s most three-dimensional county. Of England’s 100 highest points, all but two are in Cumbria and all but five are in the Lake District. But it’s not just a festival of hilliness. Cumbria also has a beautiful coastline.

It is undoubtedly my favourite English county as far as scenery goes. I could never tire of going there. And as you can see from the posts on here, I have been there quite a lot.

Obviously the most prominent feature is the Lake District National Park, but the county also contains a beautiful if remote coastline and further hilliness inland.Over the course of my adult life I’ve probably been there ten or more times, but it’s a place I never tire of. I could happily go there for the rest of forever, to be honest.

Yes, it’s a little spartan where the geocaching is concerned, but it does take you back to the “old skool” days of caching when you’d walk for a whole day to find a couple of caches. They are generally hard earned but worth it.

Trips

Since I’ve been a cacher though (or a Wainwrighter) I’ve made the following trips – these are the ones that were long enough to warrant a blog post or two. There have been some other “drive-by” visits too:

  • A long weekend in 2004 in February
  • A full week’s holiday in May 2016
  • A long weekend to attend a running event in September 2016
  • A weekend away with the lads in November 2018
  • A full week’s holiday in June 2019
  • A full week’s holiday in August 2021
  • A fortnight’s holiday in July 2023
  • Driving visits on my way elsewhere in May 2024
  • A weekend away with the lads in November 2024

Individual Posts

So here are all the geocaching blog posts I’ve written for trips to Cumbria.

Kendal and Lancaster

Kendal and Lancaster

Cumbrian Coast

Cumbrian Coast

Barf

Barf

All Over the Place

All Over the Place

Holme Fell

Holme Fell

Pikes

Pikes

Helm Crag

Helm Crag

Wray Castle

Wray Castle

Baystones

Baystones

Borrowdale

Borrowdale

Grasmere

Grasmere

Helvellyn

Helvellyn

Loughrigg

Loughrigg

Derwent Water

Derwent Water

Langdale

Langdale

Tour of Skiddaw

Tour of Skiddaw