The Land of the Lune

John Self
published by Drakkar Press
January 2008

ISBN 978-0-9548605-1-6

The Land of the Lune presents a guide to the region within the Lune watershed. Its 230 pages (with over 200 colour photographs) cover parts of the Howgills, the Lakes, the Dales and the Forest of Bowland, and the area between. It travels along the Lune and its tributaries (including the Rawthey, Clough, Dee, Greta, Wenning, Conder and Cocker), visiting places of interest along the way, such as Tebay, Sedbergh, Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Bentham and Lancaster.

The book’s contents are shown below.  Parts of the introduction to the book can be read from this link: Introduction . Updates, corrections and additions are available here: Updates

The Land of the Lune is available at the recommended retail price of £14.99 from:

·        The publisher, Drakkar Press (by sending a cheque for £14.99, which includes postage within the UK, to 20 Moorside Road, Brookhouse, Lancaster LA2 9PJ)

·        On-line bookstores (Amazon, Country Bookshop, Word Power Books, Waterstones, WH Smith)

·        Local bookstores in:

·        Barbon (Post Office)

·        Bentham (Post Office)

·        Carnforth (Carnforth Bookshop)

·        Caton (Post Office)

·        Cowan Bridge (Lune Valley Hampers)

·        Dent (Helmside Craft Centre)

·        Hornby (Post Office)

·        Ingleton (Daleswear)

·        Kirkby Stephen (the Old Bookshop)

·        Lancaster (City Museum, Maritime Museum, Tourist Information Centre, Waterstones)

·        Morecambe (Tourist Information Centre)

·        Newbiggin (Lune Springs Garden Centre)

·        Orton (Post Office)

·        Ravenstonedale (Black Swan Village Shop)

·        Sedbergh (Tourist Information Centre (Dales and Lakes Book Centre), Westwood Books)

·        Silverdale (Post Office)

 

The book’s contents are:

 

Introduction                                                                                                                                      7

1.          Northern Howgills and Orton Fells                                                                                 13

2.          Shap Fells and Birkbeck Fells                                                                                            27

3.          Western Howgills and Firbank Fell                                                                                  39

4.          Upper Rawtheydale                                                                                                          53

5.          Lower Rawtheydale and Dentdale                                                                                   69

6.          Middleton Fell                                                                                                                   81

7.          Middle Lunesdale and Leck Fell                                                                                       93

8.          The Greta Headwaters                                                                                                    107

9.          Gretadale and a little more Lunesdale                                                                            121

10.        The Wenning Headwaters                                                                                             133

11.        Wenningdale, Hindburndale and Roeburndale                                                           147

12.        The Lune Floodplain and the Top of Bowland                                                           163

13.        The Lune to Lancaster                                                                                                    175

14.        The Salt Marshes                                                                                                             189

15.        Into Morecambe Bay                                                                                                      201

Bibliography and References                                                                                                        213

Contact Details for Further Information                                                                                     215

Index                                                                                                                                             221