Here is an interesting find uncovered during my research to try and figure out what might have been the most used route to the west coast of Cumberland for a traveller coming from the south in the days of horse and stagecoach.
Read MoreA Spy Approaches
Modern day West Cumbria contained — according to the evidence of John Ogilby’s 1675 road atlas, Britannia, Volume the First, or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales — only two roads worth mentioning …
Read MoreDirt Roads and Other Obstacles
To ride in vehicles sporting names like 'The Royal Neptune, The Eclipse, and The Perseverance must have been to imagine life beyond the earthly limitations of impassable country roads …
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