{"id":2844,"date":"2026-04-05T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:31:08","slug":"long-meg-and-lacys-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?p=2844","title":{"rendered":"Long Meg and Lacy&#8217;s Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">03\/01\/26<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Train to Langwathby for a very cold run. First stop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stone-circles.org.uk\/stone\/longmeg.htm\">Long Meg and her daughters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9047.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9048.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-953x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-768x825.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-690x742.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049-980x1053.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9049.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"391\" data-id=\"2847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-1024x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-1024x391.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-768x293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-1536x587.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-2048x782.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-690x264.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama1-980x374.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Long Meg stone circle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"299\" data-id=\"2849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-1024x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-1024x299.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-1536x448.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-2048x598.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-690x201.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled_Panorama2-980x286.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then down to the river Eden and a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/edenriverstrust.org.uk\/library\/lacys-caves\/\">Lacy&#8217;s Caves<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-690x965.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063-980x1371.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9063.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9064.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9066.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finish at Lazonby and a cold half hour wait for the next train home, accompanied by a Wolf Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" data-id=\"2855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9068-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9068-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9068-300x221.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9070.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lazonby churchyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" data-id=\"2856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-1536x926.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-2048x1235.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-690x416.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9071-980x591.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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First stop Long Meg and her daughters. Then down to the river Eden and a visit to Lacy&#8217;s Caves. Finish at Lazonby and a cold half hour wait for the next train home, accompanied by a Wolf Moon. 18 km, 6.9 kph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,35,2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linear-walks","category-running","category-sloeadventures","category-walks-from-train-stations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3047,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}