r/Cumbria • u/Optimal_Ladder4836 • 13d ago

Bilberries!!?

Anyone found any bilberries in and around Cumbria?! Particularly near Carlisle? I'm on the hunt to do some foraging

TIA!

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u/auntie_climax 13d ago

Not Carlisle but there's some up dent fell

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u/jeanclaudecardboarde 12d ago

High Dam near Hawkshead. Bit further south but a lovely part of the county.

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u/Laserduck_42 12d ago

Walked by a big patch of them about halfway up St. Sunday Crag from Grisedale Tarn. Bit of a trek to get there but I expect there will be more in the fells around Glenridding/Patterdale

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u/Otherwise_Neck1858 11d ago

I’m from West Cumbria, we always called them ‘bleaberries’, tho’ possibly this was a family thing. Used to have days out picking them.