Frank’s Bridge

Whoever Frank was, and it is thought he was a brewer, this is his bridge in Kirkby Stephen. The 17th century bridge is also known as Corpse Lane Bridge as this was the route taken by coffin bearers making their way from outlying villages to the church at Kirkby Stephen. There are some coffin stones at one end, where coffins could be rested. It is one of the many footbridges across the River Eden, a series I started a while ago.

Today we ended another walk around Kirkby Stephen at this bridge. It is a popular place for picnics/ feeding ducks/playing in the river and so it proved today as we arrived. Very tricky taking photographs without getting people in, so not quite the picture I wanted, but it does show the houses around, which are converted brewery buildings.

A lovely day for a walk by the river and our chosen route took in part of the Poetry Walk. It was great to see that some of the paths have indeed been resurfaced, the two poetry stones we passed had been cleaned and the beautiful little plaques recarved.


But the best news of all is that faster broadband may be on its way, although actually broadband with any speed at all would be very welcome here! We passed some men digging up the road and they looked to be suspiciously like cable men. So we stopped, asked what they were doing and sure enough they were overlaying fibre on the copper. Now whether this process will actually reach us is another matter entirely, but they are getting closer!!

And for anyone interested – on this day last year I at long last found the end of the Drove Road that I had followed from Scotland into North Yorkshire. The blip of the arch was one of my all time most popular blips, probably because here at last, for those who were following along with me, we could see the arch that had begun life in Scotland and had travelled to be built and rebuilt in all sorts of places along the Drove route. Here it is!!