June 1st -- Caldbeck, Cumbria | |||||
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Almost Summer at last! | |||||
The C group went east from Caldbeck through Parson's Park then through Hesket Newmarket and Nether Row to Potts Gill. Back through Fell Side, Braithwaite and Whelpo. | |||||
Early in the walk and group stil looking fresh 'ish' | This incline feels more like a hill! | ||||
Is it something I said! | Taking a breather by some woolly acquantences | ||||
Welcome lunch! | On the hill rather than over it! | ||||
Cute! | Bridge over untroubled waters | ||||
A litttle horsing around | Final descent and pub bound | ||||
Just one B walk this time: west from Caldbeck along the beck to Whelpo, then head south towards Low Pike. A steepish climb up from Potts Gill to the disused mine, then head east across the lower slopes of Low Pike, then back via Wood Hall, Hesket Newmarket and Parson's Park. | |||||
Picture-book cottages | and a bit of industrial archaeology | ||||
Flowery meadows | along Whelpo Beck | ||||
Everbody loves.. | |||||
..a pony | |||||
Congestion in the chicane | |||||
another dire warning | |||||
Bonus pub stop at the cooperatively run Old Crown at Hesket Newmarket | |||||
Derek (welcome back!) took the A team up High Pike across to Carrock, then down via Hesket Newmarket & the Cumbria Way conveniently finishing an inch in front of the bar at the Oddfellows Arms in Caldbeck. | |||||
Shaun practising his post pub walk | False summit number 42 | ||||
Another Primark moment from the Coolest Dude on the fells | Group Selfie | ||||
Post Climb & lunch smiles (and Shauns sorted his legs out) | Tony celebrates not falling in the river like he did last time at Caldbeck with yet another Primark pose | ||||
Happy Faces | How Big! | ||||
Marching boldly on | Too hot to handle for some | ||||
This way to the pub | WelL fancy that...a pub...with familiar faces too! | ||||
Like true explorers, we checked out the interior | Theres always one...but which one | ||||
We found this local couple fixing this style..good on them | Oddfellows in Caldbeck | ||||
Well deserved refreshments | It had been a very smiley day. | ||||
Photos by Jeremy Haworth, Derek Hesketh, Colin Jacobs, Linda Lennon and Jenni Visser |