Much against a pessimistic forecast, the weather today in the Eden Valley was glorious. The sympathetically restored former station at Long Marton plays its part in what continues to make the Sett... (more)

The magnificent and brooding distant North Pennine hills are darkened by a recently passed shower as 'Duchess of Sutherland' heads towards her two hour sojourn at Appleby, some two miles further s... (more)

The passage of a steam locomotive startles a local crow to the betterment of my composition! Many towns and villages on the Settle and Carlisle route once boasted stations though several did not s... (more)