walking | Solwayconnections https://solwayconnections.co.uk Solway Guided Tours Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:20:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Signs of spring on the Solway https://solwayconnections.co.uk/signs-of-spring-on-the-solway/ Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:43:31 +0000 https://solwayconnections.co.uk/?p=1547   At last it feels like spring has arrived.   Longer days and warmer weather for walking next to the lovely Solway Estuary. The Barnacle geese have started heading north  on their long flight to summer nesting sites.  Chiffchaff and other summer migrants are beginning to arrive.   Jackdaws are busy building nests.  Wetland pools…

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At last it feels like spring has arrived.   Longer days and warmer weather for walking next to the lovely Solway Estuary. The Barnacle geese have started heading north  on their long flight to summer nesting sites.  Chiffchaff and other summer migrants are beginning to arrive.   Jackdaws are busy building nests.  Wetland pools full of frogspawn and emerging tadpoles.  Spring flowers, trees bursting into leaf.  So much to see and a great time of year to explore the Cumbrian Solway coast and wetlands on a Secret Solway Tour.

The post Signs of spring on the Solway first appeared on Solwayconnections.]]> Frosty Solway mornings https://solwayconnections.co.uk/frosty-solway-mornings/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:01:44 +0000 http://solwayconnections.co.uk/?p=1142 If you are wearing lots of warm clothes, the cold, clear, frosty mornings of winter have been great for walking on the Solway salt marshes and along forgotten drovers lanes.  A combination of the early morning light, frost and chance encounters with local inhabitants makes for magical moments. Secret Solway Tours

The post Frosty Solway mornings first appeared on Solwayconnections.]]> If you are wearing lots of warm clothes, the cold, clear, frosty mornings of winter have been great for walking on the Solway salt marshes and along forgotten drovers lanes.  A combination of the early morning light, frost and chance encounters with local inhabitants makes for magical moments.

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