Tucked into the North West corner of Cumbria, just a kilometre from a recently opened section of the King Charles III Coast Path, the Lowther Arms was closed for several years until 2021 when the local community joined forces to renovate and re-open this much-loved pub.
Now it’s thriving, with a menu filled with locally sourced ingredients and a long list of ales (mostly brewed nearby). Take your drink and look North to the Solway Firth where flocks of Pink and Barnacle Geese overwinter after migrating from Iceland, Greenland and the Arctic Island of Svalbard.
On a clear evening, the view extends along the coast of southern Scotland towards the Mull of Galloway and out to the Isle of Man.
“If you’re lucky, you might see fishermen ‘haaf netting’ – standing, chest deep in the water with a large, rectangular net for salmon and sea trout to swim into,” says David.
“It’s a practice thought to have been introduced by the Vikings, more than 1000 years ago.”