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Car Leasing Deals Cumbria
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Did You Know?After moving to Lakeland Potter began farming and breeding Herdwick Sheep, sheep that are actually completely unique to Cumbria. The Herdwick Sheep is a particularly tough breed which enables them to survive on the exposed fell tops; they are distinctive by their dark wool. William Wordsworth probably the most famous, grew up in Cockermouth and Cumbria was actually very influential in his work. Another was Beatrix Potter who fell in love with the unspoilt surroundings of the region and moved from London. Many folks are familiar with the “Yan, tan, tethera” sheep counting language, but the Cumbrian dialect (now sadly in decline) is pretty much a language in its own right. Mildred Gale – George Washington’s paternal grandmother is buried in Cumbria. She was born in Virginia but married a shipping merchant who traded on ships between Virginia and Whitehaven (which was a very busy and important port at that time). She’s buried in St Nicholas’ churchyard, though the exact location of the grave isn’t known. The Lake District is a hiker’s dream, with a mixture of towering mountains and low level walks aplenty. If you’re looking to tick off England’s tallest mountain, you’ve come to the right place: Scafell Pike stands at 978m high, taller than any other in the country. The Solway Junction Railway connected the village of Bowness-On-Solway on the Cumbrian coast with the town of Annan in Scotland, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was damaged repeatedly by the weather, and then eventually demolished in 1934. Just like the Inuit people have lots of words for snow, we have lots of words for rain, including “mizzling” (drizzling rain), “syling” (heavy rain), “hossing” (slightly heavier rain), “stotting” (very heavy rain), and “hoyin it doown” (really heavy rain). Much like something straight out of a movie, The Lake District, Cumbria is home to its very own lost village. Mardale Green was evacuated and flooded in the 1930s, making way for Haweswater Reservoir – which supplies water to Manchester.
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