Countrystride #43: SHAP & The Postman's Path
- dave7057
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2023
...in which we journey to Shap, the historic transport hub, to take a wild and wintry walk among the Far Eastern Fells in the footsteps of 1950s postman Jimmy Eland. In the company of born-and-bred Shapite Jean Scott-Smith and author Alan Cleaver, we visit the secluded remains of Shap Abbey, discover the far-from-the-madding-crowd loveliness of Swindale, learn about the hard-graft lives of rural postmen, and enjoy Jean's memories of pastoral days before the dam rose in Wet Sleddale.
You can read more of Jean's research and memories at https://shaplocalhistorysociety.wordpress.com/contact-us/
You can buy Alan's books, Get Lost! and The Corpse Roads of Cumbria at Books Cumbria.
Alan is on Twitter @thelonningsguy
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