grumpyf1

We all own stuff. Some of it is quite expensive. Latest iPhone? Nice car? What about an overgrown hill..? For most of us, the most expensive thing we’re ever likely to have to contend with is a house. I like to proudly proclaim to be a house owner, but that isn’t strictly true due to the, not insignificant, financial irritation of having a mortgage. Whilst some folks are lucky enough to own houses that can boast needing 7 digits to describe their worth, most of us won’t ever feel the need to purchase something as big as a mountain. But purchase one you can, as Blencathra is up for sale. Slight problem, though – you’ll need 1.75 million pounds to buy it. The Earl of Lonsdale (whose family have owned this rather large bit of Cumbria for 400 years) has a spectacularly whopping Inheritance Tax bill to settle, so is flogging it. All 2,676 large, slopey, acres. The recently formed ‘Friends of Blencathra’ are attempting to raise funds to purchase it, in the hope of keeping it a...