Appleby-in-Westmorland Archives

Ravens Route Day 4 – Appleby-in-Westmorland to Barnard Castle

20 June 2018 Sarah

Tuesday was Ravens Route Day 4. We left the Royal Oak in Appleby-in-Westmorland, which was a great place to stay. We took a slight detour and crossed over a footbridge. We spotted a sign for the Rutter Falls Waterfall and so took a detour to investigate. It was well worth the detour! We then continued along the route. We stopped at the Church Gallery cafe in Kirby Stephen for a morning break. We then started our climbing up towards Tan…

Ravens Route Day 3 – Keswick to Appleby-in-Westmorland

19 June 2018 Sarah

Monday was Ravens Route Day 3. We left our B&B and cycled into the centre of Keswick and then headed out into the old railway line. After a couple of miles, we had to divert off the old railway line as it was closed. During the 2015 floods the bridges, we damaged and haven’t been restored as yet. We climbed up to the Castlerigg stone circle. We then continued along the Sea-to-Sea (C2C) alternative route towards Threlkeld. We made our…

Ravens Route Itinerary

26 January 2018 Andy

This Ravens Route Itinerary outlines the plans for our annual group cycling summer tour for 2018. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – all of whom have been regulars on previous tours. The team this year will be – Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Des and Ian. This year we are completing an English coast-to-coast route from Ravenglass to Ravenscar. It is a route we have put together ourselves…