The purpose of this section is to show various pictures from Cumbria which do not normally appear on our walks pages. They may have been taken on a day out or maybe on the way to or back from one of our walks or sent in by one of our readers. Either way I hope that you will enjoy them.
I didn't feel at all like walking today. I seemed to be aching all over and with it being a grey, murky day it didn't encourage me at all. Later however I got fed up with just sitting about so we decided to have a drive our. With no particular destination in mind we headed around the bay to finally end up at Furness Abbey between Dalton & Barrow. Although we have driven by a number of times it is just over 39 years since we last visited this site. It is easy to remember because we were on our honeymoon at the time!!.....of which more later.
This is how the Abbey was thought to have looked
Furness abbey
was first founded in 1124 by Stephen, then count of Mortain and lord of
Lancaster, and later king of England (1135-54). The original site was at Tulketh
near Preston in Lancashire. Three years later the house was moved to a more
suitable site on the Furness peninsula. Furness was part of the
Savigniac congregation
and therefore objected strongly to the union of Savigny and
Citeaux. However their
protests were to no avail and Furness was absorbed into the Cistercian Order in
1147 along with all the other Savigniac houses. The abbey, under the special
protection of the Crown, developed rapidly and soon became almost as powerful as
Fountains.
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Some of the many objects in the Musuem
The gatehouse leading to the cemetry
The Abbot's House
The Infirmary Chapel
The East Range of the Abbey
The North Transept
Cowslips on the banking
Sharp Street , Askam in Furness........why come here I can hear you asking......Well back in February 1969 this is where we spent our honeymoon. As far removed as you can get from today's exotic locations. We stayed in one of these cottages with one of Ediths aunts.
Askam Pier
Looking across the Duddon estuary to Black Combe
As we walked along the pier this glider was being towed above us.
and then released to make it's flight back
Millom and Balck Combe from the pier
Bank House Moor from the pier.
On our way back we stopped at the top of the A5092 over Kirkby Moor to get this picture of Great Burney
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