Hello! Paul here welcoming you to That'll Do! Based in the Lake District in Cumbria England, join me as I look at what this beautiful part of the world has to offer. Most of my videos will be in and around the lakes with town tours, attraction visits, restaurants and shopping. I will also venture 'off piste' from time to time and bring you some videos from other parts of the world and some random home & personal vlogs. If you like what you see please hit the subscribe button & the notification bell. New videos will be posted regularly. Please feel free to get in touch via email, social media or leave a comment on a video. Thanks for stopping by!
Just found this!! Ok, Three years old but very current as planning to visit this August 2024. I left Whitehaven 60 years ago for Sheffield as very little Employment available? Yes. Haige Pit or on a Fishing Boat. Sellafield was way out of my reach at the time. Remember Fishing off the Peir. The Steam Tank Engines on the Quayside.Coal Wagons lowered down the hillside on a wire rope from the Pit. Cargo Ships in the Inner Dock for Marchon and Quaker Oats. Plus much more. How things change.
Went on the Northern Rock the Sunday just gone with the better half, and enjoyed our little walk around Boot. Of course we had to visit both pubs for some ale as it was indeed very hot 😊.
I've been to Hardknott fort in England when I was a kid. It sucked walking up there as a 7yr old, I don't doubt that it is the steepest road in England it certainly felt like it, lol. But it made me love Roman history that's for sure. I remember that they had a line in the walls that denoted what was original and which was restored to give people a better idea of visualizing what it would have been like.
That’s right it does have a slate line in the wall. It’s an amazing place. Can’t imagine what it would have been like stationed there in the middle of winter! 🥶
I came across your video after doing a little research into my family history. I just got married and I was trying to figure out how to change my last name, which turned into looking up both of our surname histories. My last maiden-name is Luce which is a derivative of Lucy. Richard de Lucy is a predecessor of mine which led me to Egremont Castle. Your lovely poem at the beginning reminded me of my ox horn that I got from a Renaissance fair a couple decades ago and that I'm the only one who knows the trick to blow it, so I immediately retrieved it and gave it a few blasts while I danced around, driving my dog crazy 😂 thank you for the laugh and amazing history lesson.
Loads missed !! Errrrr......They still have the airbase which because of its famous history and all the work it did in the war effort for Britain is worth a visit/drive past! It is vast, it holds a massive car boot sale every Sunday. Many planes crashed into the Firth that you are stood by either on their return or practice runs that it became known as Hudson Bay (Canada). A pleasant walk from the very far end of the coast road from Skinburness around Grune Point past the same firth is a great walk, the pill box (used to be two) from the war years are still there, sorry, one is, well worth a look. Can see Victorian lamps are installed around the green now, that is a new addition. Mount Criffel is shown at the coast there with a fine view of Scotland on a fine day, the odd times one can see the actual green fields! What about the old police station that would be worth a showing and it is right next to where you filmed. Are the allotments still there, they are worth a viewing as not many of them survive now! Well you said say if I had missed anything (words to that affect) I better stop now or you will have no space left. PS Silloth 40ish mile awy from Keswick town, close to Cockermouth, all the area well worth a visit!
Rewatching this video, me and my family love watching your vlogs. Really missing your vlogs 😊 Hope all is well and hope to see some new vids hopefully soon 😁
One of our favourite walks Never anything less than boggy along the foot of Melbreak. Lovely video. Not spoiled by meaningless comments. Completely share your appreciation of Crummock water. Heaven on earth. Parking is free at Lanthwaite, on road side car park and Cinderdale. Either one is good for circular walk around Crummock water. We sometimes use the bus to get back from Buttermere to Lanthwaite, to avoid walking on the narrow, sometimes busy, road. Thank you, vey much.
Fun fact: Yesterday when i went there, on the seats there are these buttons that you press left for foot rest up and right for foot rest down also theres this mini tabe that you can turn so you eat easily
Hi Paul, You dont mention it in your video. But are you aware at all of the Lifting Stones that are recorded on the old maps? Im researching them currently and have been out hunting for them once but to no avail. I cam across your video on the old Bloomery and thought id reach out. Im hoping to be able to recover them but concerned that either the recent logging or construction of the YHA track may have buried them.
Good video. The name Itunocelum is a bit of an odd one, because Ituna was the Roman name for the River Eden, (the linguistic connection is obvious) which is in north Cumbria, flows through Carlisle and discharges into the Solway Firth.
My Dads ashes were scattered on Crummock Water, and I went to the first beach by the woods to say a prayer and scatter red roses on the water to remember him. Thank you so much for this video. My Dad and I are both Whitehaven born.
Thank you so much for giving me a taste of the delights that await me- in June I am making a bucket list trip to spend time in St. Bees with a dear friend I met in Ecuador in 1973- she visited me in Washington state, Pacific Northwest, in 2015 and now it’s my turn. I’m 77 and had not expected travel again, but I can still walk with trekking poles. So why not?! Such beautiful country and delightful people, like my friends and yourself. Iwill continue my education with your past videos!
The railway museum used to be the police station when I was a child.I was born in the village in 1945 and lived down Seamill Lane in Blythe Place.The village has changed but still got the charm.Coming on holiday in March at the Caravan Park on the beach.Looking forward to icecream
Thanks for talking us through this walk it looks stunning I might not make it to the platform but I'll definitely be walking along the bottom and having a picnic 🥰 following your walks 😊
Lovely.. interesting.and yes time I got back to the Kirkstile. Been on the fells around there..but a lower walk..and chance to spot a red squirrel in those woods would be lovely.. Ni then thattle duu!
I have just booked a train journey to St Bees, from Newcastle via Carlisle as well as the return from Whitehaven. I'll have about 3 hours between trains I was initially just going to walk to Whitehaven along the road but now think I would like to visit the beach first at St Bees, then walk along the coastal path to whitehaven .. do you think I could easily do this in my 3 hour timeslot. Regards from Whitley Bay
From St Bees station to Whitehaven station over the coast will be about 7.5 miles. It’s up and down & probably a bit boggy through the fields this time of year so 3 hours may be a stretch. If it was me, I wouldn’t attempt it.
Thank you😀! Yes all good thanks. Change of job at the start of the year has left me short of time so unable to get out and about. Still plan to do some more vids but may be springtime before I get the chance. 👍🏻
Ahhh, shame. I know of it but it wasn't running as a hotel in its latter years it was a nursing home methinks. We just will never get these types of building again, so very sad they have gone as their replacements are mainly dreadful.
Theres a grave on the road out of the vilage on the left my father duge the hole he told me not very deep and full of water he made the grave useing dynermite he was a quarry worker another bite of usless imformation (his name bob moore rip of cockermouth )the cafe at 2-27 been golng there with biker mates for ages sinse the late 60 s
