Two women behind a podcast designed to “make you a better Cumbrian” are in the running for a national award.

Steph Bradshaw, 25, from Keswick, and Jane Postlethwaite, 37, from Kirkby in Furness, are the voices behind the podcast, which visit Cumbrian attractions and gives an honest review of them.

The duo don’t limit themselves to the podcasting realm either - they are currently working on a comedy show for the Brighton Fringe Festival.

For their podcast, Miraculous Cumbria, the pair have been to the most famous attractions the county has to offer, from castles including Carlisle and Muncaster, to literary sites such as Wordsworth House and The World of Beatrix Potter.

Now, they are pushing to win the Listeners’ Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards - giving fans the opportunity to sing the praises of their favourite podcast.

Jane admitted that winning the award would change things for them: “It would be amazing, it would put the podcast on the map.

“We have worked really hard over the past year on the podcast so it would be good to get some recognition and to be a voice of Cumbria.

“Me and Steph know, even though we’ve lived in the area for a long time, that we’re not the best so by visiting these places we’re making ourselves better Cumbrians.

Steph added: “It would be a great reminder that people are listening, it’s very easy to forget it’s not just me and Jane chatting about the things we love about our area.”

In a medium that is dominated mostly by older men, the pair bring a fresh perspective to the miraculous beauty of the Lake District.

“One of the reasons for doing this podcast is that it seems like there’s a lot of older men speaking about or posting pictures about Cumbria,” said Jane.

“If you see something on the BBC its always some 60-year-old man presenting a show about the Lake District, it’s never someone young who knows there stuff doing it.

“There are young people here as well, especially women, who are going out and doing amazing things and they don’t really seem to have a big voice.”

Highlights for the women have included Derwent House and Muncaster Castle - the latter is down to an incident with the falconry show.

“The bird didn’t come back for 20 minutes so we were watching these women slowly panicking but really professional and just having to keep talking and talking,” Postlethwaite said.

“They couldn’t get the other birds out because this bird would kill them.”

One of the less enjoyable attractions for Steph was the ghost walk at Lowther Castle, although she is quick to say that it isn’t because of the walk itself.

“It’s not that it was bad, it’s just that I was so scared I nearly kicked three actors and swore heavily in front of a lot of under 10s,” she recalled. “It didn’t bring out the best in me at all.”

Miraculous Cumbria hasn’t even celebrated its first birthday yet, but its listeners stretch beyond the county, and even the country. They have listeners from across the globe - America, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Kuwait, and Thailand.

Steph said: “People should vote if they’ve listened and enjoyed what we’re doing, or if they’ve not listened they could simply vote to help give a platform to people in their local area.”

To vote for Miraculous Cumbria, visit www.britishpodcastawards.com and click on the Listeners’ Choice Award.