Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Ennerdale

  • The Girt Dog of Ennerdale

    The Girt Dog of Ennerdale

    Today there are many graphic images of farm animals having been mauled by out of controlled dogs. This is not just a modern phenomenon. On 12th September 1810, a dog was shot near Rowrah at the bottom end of Ennerdale. It had been on the rampage all that summer eluding many hunts and attempts to…

  • Robinson's Cairn

    Robinson's Cairn

    ​Below Pillar Rock and overlooking the rewilding valley of Ennerdale. The copper plaque says it all: For the remembrance of John Wilson Robinson of Whinfell Hall in Lorton who died 1907 at Brigham one hundred of his comrades and friend raised this. He knew and loved as none other these native crags and fells. whence he drew simplicity strength and charm. “We climb…