We visited Carlisle on the way down to Barrow-in-Furness, mainly to have a look at a second hand book shop in the town centre. As I recall I didn’t buy any books.

As we travelled on to south Cumbria we passed Brunton Park, home of Carlisle United FC, and I stopped to photograph it – or what I could gain access to. (There was some work going on at the ground.)

External view of stands:-

Statue outside club shop on Warwick Road:-

The plaque on the statue commemorates 100 years of the club:-

View of stands from the road round the side of the stadium:-

Pitch and stands (photographed through a fence):-

Further round I was able to get a less obstructed view of the pitch and stands:-

At the time the club was still in the English Football League but it has since been relegated to the National League.

Maybe I’m a jinx.

Brampton is a small town in Cumbria near Hadrian’s Wall east of Carlisle. We visited it in April since an elderly friend ours was brought up there.

Looking east along main street:-

Looking west:-

Town centre showing Moot Hall:-

Moot Hall closer view:-

Looking west from Moot Hall:-

A lane in Brampton:-

Buildings near Moot Hall:-

Buildings:-

On our wanderings round the town we came upon this statue of the Emperor Hadrian:-