We are staying for the weekend on a Camping and Caravan Club temporary site at Spital Farm Caravan Site, on the outskirts of Kendal but within easy walking distance and handy for local supermarkets and other shops. It is the first time I have stayed within spitting distance of a Carpetright shop, but the view …
Buttertubs Pass, North Yorkshire
Our final day of this trip, so after another walk around Hawes and a little retail therapy, we left Hawes Farmers' Aution Mart to explore a little further and drive across Buttertubs Pass. Looking back towards Hawes View towards Great Shunner Fell Buttertubs pass is known as such because of the "buttertubs" which are on …
Hawes, Shaw Gill Wood & Stags Fell Quarries; A good walk
Our walk took us from Hawes, up to the village of Hardraw, then through Shaw Gill Wood, rising up to the disused quarries on the side of Stags Fell before returning back the way we had come, to Hawes. The weather was changeable, with some horizontal rain showers, surprisingly strong winds and sunny spells, but …
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Hawes, North Yorkshire
A late change in plan, due to the inclement weather and recent torrential downpours, meant that we have parked for the weekend at Hawes Farmers' Auction Mart car park for £10 a night which affords hardstanding, so Fufu won't sink-in axle-deep. Hawes Farmers' Auction Mart On arrival, we parked up in a large space between …

