...in which we brave the drizzle to walk from Dove Cottage in Townend along the old corpse road round Grasmere to join the festivities at Allan Bank. En route we talk with Marian Veevers about how William and Dorothy Wordsworth celebrated Christmas, and hear from the National Trust's Elaine Taylor about seasonal Cumbrian traditions. We close with music from the Cumbrian Duo, who play us out with a traditional local wassailing tune.
With thanks to The Cumbrian Duo for the original music from their album Hunsup through the Wood.
#133: Whitehaven - A remarkable history
#132: Cumbria – 1,000 years of maps
#131: The Atlantic rainforests of Borrowdale
#130: Goldscope – The wealth of Newlands
#129: Loughrigg Fell: Tales of a small mountain
#128: The lost history of Brampton coal
#127: Matt Staniek: Saving Windermere
#126: Pubs of Cumbria: When communities save their pubs
#125: Nature friendly farming champion: James Robinson from Strickley
124: 778 ascents of Helvellyn, with fell top assessor Jon Bennett
123: Barrow-in-Furness – A tale of iron and ships, hair and shops
#122: Limestone of the Westmorland Dales
121: A history of paper-making on the River Kent
120: A history of boating on Windermere
119: The birth of Quakerism in Cumbria
118: James Forrest - Record-breaking round of the 214
#117: Above Great Moss: Stone axes of the earliest settlers
Countrystride #116: Review of 2023
Countrystride #115: A Cumbrian Christmas feast - With Helen Rebanks and Ivan Day
Countrystride #114: Fell Foodie - A feast on Silver How
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