08/10/2026
The Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick - wow! 🤩 some guests went yesterday with the fab weather and were kind enough to let me have the photos.
A ring of 38 stones - created about 4,500 years ago. Perhaps linked to the winter and summer solstices? Encouraging annual and bi-annual gatherings of local communities? Who knows? All I know is that it is magical and truly charming.
Looking down the valley, you have Blencathra over your left shoulder, back end of Skiddaw on the other shoulder. Clough Head to the left, down to Helvellyn. Catbells in the distance. And then Causey Pike and Grisedale to the right across the valley. This raised plateau is just magical.
Some folks have said I oversell it but I just find it mesmerising. And was lucky enough to take my mum there for sunrise on the Summer Solstice as well.
And if you’re really lucky you might catch ’s there as well for some homemade ice cream 😋
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