Thursday, 12th July 2018
I was still feeling a bit "off" today despite it being overcast and a bit cooler with an occasional spit-spot of rain. I had in mind to do a walk up and over the hill and along the river to Low Bridge End Farm tea room for a cuppa and a scone.
In the end, Moira (one of the neighbours) asked if I wanted to do a walk to the ice cream van at Castlerigg Stone Circle. A bit of company would be nice and we had a jolly good natter on the way round.
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| Cows and babies behind the farm |
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| Williams Beck - bone dry |
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| Climbers on Skelthwaite Crag |
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| Blencathra and Tewet Tarn from Low Rigg |
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| Derwent Fells over Tewet Tarn |
Sadly, there was no ice cream van at Castlerigg Stone Circle.
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| Castlerigg Stone Circle |
.. so we headed back over the fells towards High Nest.
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| Looking down to the campsite |
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| Baby Herdwick |
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| High Rigg with the Helvellyn range behind |
The water company are building a transit pipe and have diverted the footpath for the access road.
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| Nice polite notice on the diverted RoW |
After we got back, the clouds started to look a bit ominous - possibly a bit of rain to come?
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| Ominous clouds over High Rigg from the caravan |
A smashing little walk. Lots of little ups and downs to give the legs a rest. And the longest walk I've done all week!
Friday, 13th July 2018
Today saw me packing my stuff away and cleaning the caravan ready for my journey home. I would have stayed until Sunday but Sheila's son was coming to the van for the weekend so I needed to be out!
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