# countrystride (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover countrystride. Page: Feed: --- ## [Countrystride #167: The story of Cumbrian iron](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-167-the-story-of-cumbrian) _2026-08-15 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ …in which we tour south Lakeland to tell the remarkable story of an industry that expanded from one-man bloomeries set deep in the woods to blast furnaces powering the industrial age. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211149724/07af543ad7188093ca6692728d6a8f95.mp3) ## [Countrystride #166: The real reivers – Hidden history of the Debatable Land](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-166-the-real-reivers) _2026-07-24 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ ...in which we ramble up remote Liddesdale in the extreme north-east of Cumbria to uncover the remarkable history of a unique independent territory transformed into a bloody borderland. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207880023/127cd054e6f98ac623e4a32a9c67f4e3.mp3) ## [Countrystride #165: Wool, Wine & Wordsworth – Hawkshead and its remarkable Grammar School](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-165-wool-wine-and-wordsworth) _2026-06-26 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ …in which we take a midsummer stroll through Hawkshead to learn about the village's deep history and its tiny school that had a big impact – not just locally, but on the world stage. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203451626/a79563384b7f33a24dbfd3437e4e0913.mp3) ## [Countrystride #164: Maryport and The Vanishing Age of Sail](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-164-maryport-and-the) _2026-06-05 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ ...in which we return to 19th-century Maryport in the company of author Simon Francis Brown to explore the world of shipbuilding through the illustrated journals of master shipbuilder Kelsick Wood. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200573328/0262618a674dc844c345f9aad860c6eb.mp3) ## [Bluebird’s back, illegal beavers, (more) YHA closures, Joss record falls, warming Windermere… and Millom folk get creative.](https://hefted.substack.com/p/hefted-newsletter-22-may-2026) _2026-05-24 · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ Despatches from Cumbria and the Lake District, from the team at Countrystride and Inspired by Lakeland ## [Countrystride #163: Walla Crag – A short history of Lake District guidebooks](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-163-walla-crag-a-short) _2026-05-15 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ ...in which we climb Walla Crag in the company of academic and Back o’ Skidda’ resident Dr Liz Woodham for a deep dive into the history of guidebooks dedicated to fell-walking in Lakeland. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197451952/966d290b656e42a9bb1bc06053293579.mp3) ## [Forty Fells: Rannerdale Knotts](https://hefted.substack.com/p/forty-fells-rannerdale-knotts) _2026-05-03 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ Every spring, Rannerdale becomes 'Bluebell Valley'. But locals know it by a different, older, name. This is the Secret Valley, where flowers bloom from the blood of the dead. ## [Hefted newsletter #21: April 2026](https://hefted.substack.com/p/hefted-newsletter-21-april-2026) _2026-04-24 · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ Despatches from Cumbria and the Lake District, from the team at Countrystride and Inspired by Lakeland ## [Countrystride #162: The Grasmere Dialect Plays](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-162-the-grasmere-dialect) _2026-04-17 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ ...in which we visit springtime Allan Bank to explore the forgotten phenomena of the Grasmere dialect plays... [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194522304/804b05305adc584710548de5eb1a2738.mp3) ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vwSXTwJVdT3s) _2026-04-17 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Countrystride #161: Donald Campbell – Speed king of Coniston](https://hefted.substack.com/p/countrystride-161-donald-campbell) _2026-03-20 · Hefted – Tales from Cumbria · Hefted - Dispatches from Cumbria_ ...in which we return to the golden age of speed records in the company of Dr Keith Mitchell, who was a teen when Bluebird K7 made its tragic final record attempt on Coniston in January 1967. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191584906/c021d029b76d2b736544e1e731772c52.mp3)