Overview
Go Walking in Scotland and the Borders
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our guide to 5 delightful walks.
Why Carlisle
Carlisle has a 2,000 year long history full of battles and
conflict, desired as a military stronghold and fought over by
everyone from the Saxons to the Vikings. The tempestuous past is
still visible in the fiery red sandstone of the city walls and the
imposing castle, but there are also more modern reasons to visit
the city, like the lively nightlife and bustling shops. It's also a
great base for exploring the North of the Lake District.
Oh, those Romans! Transport yourself back 2000 years along a
ruggedly beautiful ancient frontier near Carlisle and wonder how
they did it.
If walls have ears you'd want to listen to every word this
stubborn, forbidding, ancient old man of a castle has to say when
you visit Carlisle.
It's an over-used phrase, but there really is something for
everyone here from Bronze Age artefacts, costumes, furniture and
pottery, to insects and contemporary art.
Yup. It's one of those awe-inspiring monuments to human faith
with enough history embedded in its walls to make you feel very,
very small indeed.