My Cumbrian Notebook

AS I wander through the Cumbrian landscape, I discover lost paths, stories, traditions and other delights which I duly note in my 'Hodgepodge' - a notebook with reminders of places to revisit or perhaps investigate further. During the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21 I used my enforced spare time to tidy-up my notebook and hand-bind a few copies. I won't be making many (it takes a lot of time!) but when copies are available they will be on my Folksy shop. NB. This was previously called 'Hodgepodge' but I have now retitled it, My Cumbrian Notebook.

AS I wander through the Cumbrian landscape, I discover lost paths, stories, traditions and other delights which I duly note down in a notebook with reminders of places to revisit or perhaps investigate further. During the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21 I used my enforced spare time to tidy-up my notebook and hand-bind a few copies. The text is handwritten (so yes, you'll have to struggle to read my handwriting!), the pictures are hand-drawn and even the binding of the book is stitched by hand. This was a labour of love enabling me to collect so many of the lovely stories and ancient paths found in Cumbria. The Hodgepodge includes boggles (ghosts), fairies, lonnings (lanes), corpse roads, named stones and much more. The full list of contents is:-

Keswick; Castle Lonning;
Parson's Passage;
Postman's Path, Dent;
Wasdale corpse road;
The Servant's Path;
Billy Watson Lonning;
The grave of Dr Farrar;
Coffin rest at Low Millgillhead;
St Catherine's holywell;
Village of Grasmere;
Love Lane, Whitehaven;
Fairy Drinking Well;
Boggles;
Witches resting stone;
Nellie, Pintle and other stones;
Ladies Lonning, Rockcliffe;
Long Walk, Calderbridge;
Loweswater corpse road;
Postman's Path, Lorton;
Crier of Claife;
Monks Trod, Carrock Fell;
Low Lonning, Gosforth;

Ticklebelly Alley, Boot;
Waterwitch canal boat;
Tripe Harry;
Postman's Path, Eskdale;
Greenwell Fairies;
The Waggon Road, Whitehaven;
Whinnah Lonning;
Waths; Nanny Knockabouts;
Matty Benns Bridge;
Joseph Thompson's Thumb;
Chapel Stile corpse road;
The Spitting stone;
Jimmy Dyer;
Cumberland Bridal Cake;
Gosforth Cross;
Mackenzie's Lonning;
White Moss Stone Circle;
The Hundred Year Stone;
Dove Cottage;
Jonathan Swift House;
Tanner Lonning;
The Parson's Path, Ulpha;

Wine Lonning;
Tatie Pot Alley;
Rushbearing Ceremonies;
Irton Corpse Road;
The Cursing Stone;
Fairy Rock, Saltom;
Cup and ring marks;
The Home of Peter Rabbit;
Chapel Lonning;
Spillers Stone;
Hacket Forge Fairies;
The Robin;
The Pineapple Inn;
Cringley Well Path;
Ann Sewell's Grave;
Seacross Lonning;
Camerton corpse road;
The first pillar box;
Dinogad's Smock;
Johnnie Bulldog Lonning.

ONE of my hobbies is bookbinding and this book is printed on quality paper and handbound. The book is hardback, cloth bound with endtape and bookmark. There is a dustjacket. The book is slightly smaller than A5 and has 78 pages.

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