The lake's Southern extreme?at Newby Bridge?is about 8 miles north of Morecambe Bay and the Flookburgh racecourse. Exhausted from the long drive after the long airplane flight we were both wanting to sleep but felt we had to try to ...
A round dish of warm Flookburgh shrimps, (from the north of Morecambe Bay) comes with blade mace butter and a toasted muffin. Potted wild boar is served with slow cooked onions and sour dough toast, and a small Kilner jar full of an organic chicken liver pate from chickens raised on the Lowther estate near Penrith is, naturally, accompanied by Cumberland sauce. Local cheese on local toast with Cumbrian bacon is a triumph but not the only treat for lovers of melted cheese. ...
28-29 July This weekend it was full steam ahead to the Cumbria Steam Gathering at Flookburgh. A bustling event with more than a thousand steam vehicles from all over the world. Saw all sorts of vintage transport ? tractors, motorcycles, ...
