There is a local legend that many years ago there were two twins whose husbands both went missing on the same night when their ship out of Maryport foundered in a storm. They wandered each day up from Troutbeck to the top of the Kirkstone Pass in the hope of seeing their menfolk returning and when darkness fell they made their sad way down the hill back to the village. One night they were hit by the mail coach and one twin was decapitated and the other was cut right in half.
On July nights their ghosts are sometimes said to be seen on the Patterdale Road. This detail from a photo taken last night of Limefitt Park surprised us when we looked at it as it seems that two ladies in white are clearly visible!
The White Ladies of Troutbeck?
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