Think it’s cold now? Remembering the big freeze of the 60s

The winter of 1962-63 saw some extraordinary sights across Cumbria and beyond.

The big freeze started on Boxing Day and lasted until March.

Herald reader Miles MacInnes remembers crossing a frozen Ullswater from Watermillock to Sharrow Bay and Gay Parkin took her horse for a walk on the frozen lake.

Thanks to Gay and Miles for sharing their photos of the Big Freeze and the Ullswater Heritage Knowledge Bank where these images were first published.

Read more of Miles’s memories at ullswaterheritage.org/heritage-knowledge-bank