Other Links

Below are links to websites which have no connection with the Lake District, but which we visit regularly and which may be of interest to others:

Dorset Walking - our website of walks in Dorset

Nature Conservation:

Dorset Butterflies - the website of the Dorset Branch of Butterfly Conservation

Butterfly Conservation - the website of the British Butterfly Conservation Society

The RSPB - conserving Britain's birds

The Woodland Trust - conserving Britain's woods

Dorset Wildlife Trust - protecting Dorset's wildlife

Dorset Moth Group - the website of the Dorset Moth Recording Network

UK Moths - a website dedicated to British Moths

Portland Bird Observatory - an excellent place for rarities at Portland Bill

Dorset Bird Club - a club for people interested in Dorset's birds

The National Trust - conserving Britain's heritage

English Civil War Re-enactment:

Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foote - my Regiment

The English Civil War Society

Steam:

Swanage Railway - our local Steam Railway

Thomas the Tank Engine - ok, ok so I am very childish....

The Great Dorset Steam Fair - the biggest and the best!

Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway - a lovely Hampshire miniature gauge railway

Moors Valley Steam Railway - a splendid local narrow-gauge steam railway

Shillingstone Station Project - renovating a former Dorset Railway Station to its former glory

UK Railways - A Pictorial Record - Jed's lovely photos from some of the UK's best steam railways

Dorset Interest:

Brownsea Island - a very special island with Red Squirrels

Durlston Country Park - a wonderful place in the Isle of Purbeck

Corfe Castle - where Lady Bankes valiantly held out against those beastly Roundheads

Best of Dorset - a selection of what to see in Dorset

Moors Valley Country Park - another great place for a walk - and there's a steam railway too!!

Miscellaneous:

Hyphose Ltd - the biggest and the best distributor/manufacturer of industrial hose in the South of England!!!

All the above links are to external websites, the contents of which are outside of our control. The links are provided in good faith and are not intended as an endorsement of products, services or otherwise that might be provided on any of them.

If you have any comments, please feel free to e-mail us at blencathra.org

This site is created solely to maintain a record of our walks in Cumbria, and is not intended as a recommendation for fell-walking, for which there are many splendid and far more informed sites.