Lake District Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/lake-district/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:23:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Lake District Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/lake-district/ 32 32 2696646 Aber Kayakers Lake District Trip https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/aber-kayakers-lake-district-trip/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/aber-kayakers-lake-district-trip/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:16:30 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38447 Having now kayaked on 3 different rivers in my life (the Dee at Mile End Mill, the lower Tryweryn and the Teifi at Llandysul) I was beginning to feel like an actual kayaker. Time therefore to join the Aber Kayakers on a trip to the Lake District to paddle 4 more rivers. Doing so would...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/aber-kayakers-lake-district-trip/feed/ 1 38447 Canoe Building Workshop https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/canoe-building-workshop/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/canoe-building-workshop/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:17:43 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21638 As you know from the day by day account of our Lake District holiday, we’ve recently spent a few days on a canoe building workshop. I managed to capture some timelapse photos of the canoe building workshop while we were there so though I’d share it here, along with some info about the workshop as we...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/canoe-building-workshop/feed/ 2 21638 Lake District – Penrith https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-penrith/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-penrith/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 05:33:20 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21541 After our walk up Place Fell yesterday we had a slower start to the day today. I left the cottage just after 8am leaving Anna and Morgan in bed and walked into Great Strickland and on to the canoe workshop. It was a nice little 45 minute walk that will have earned me some Bounts...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-penrith/feed/ 0 21541 Lake District – Walking up Place Fell https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-walking-place-fell/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-walking-place-fell/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2016 05:03:30 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21539 There was no rush today as our canoe building course was over so we had a few days left of our holiday and some time to explore. We did pop into the workshop though to give our canoe a coat of varnish. The more coats of varnish we can apply the better so we’ve decided...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/lake-district-walking-place-fell/feed/ 2 21539 Aira Force https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/aira-force/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/aira-force/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:41:54 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21532 Although we didn’t finish day 3 of our canoe build until about 4pm, it was a nice day so we decided to drive to Aira Force on the far side of Ullswater for a little walk. We went via Pooley Bridge, the location if some serious flooding over winter and therefore of a temporary bridge to keep...

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