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OS Grid ref: NY 31263 23073
Lat/Long: 54.598136, -03.065433
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With a good weather forecast ahead it was a pleasant drive to
Wanthwaite Bridge, Cumbria and the road side parking area.
I
set off back along the road and over Wanthwaite Bridge. I
noticed the house by the bridge had a ‘sold’ sign outside. I
reached the road and crossed it to set off up the old coach
road. As I got higher and through the gate I could hear the
familiar sound of the Hydram pump working in the field over the
wall. The outlet pumps to a blue alkathene pipe and as I
continued up the lane kept a lookout in the field to see it I
could see where it went. There was no sign of it. |
Old Quarry access route. |
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Higher up I reached the crossing track that was one of the
quarry access routes. I turned left and followed it along to a
gate with a no access sign. To the right was a track that I
followed then left it to turn right up the fell to an old mine
heading. The spoil heap outside the entrance was rock so it
hadn’t been a lead mine. A short distance up the fell I came to
the ruined walls of the ancient settlement that I've visited a
couple of times before. |
Old mine entrance. |
Ancient settlement and Blencathra. |
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The weather was nice but windy so I found shelter behind a rock
and stopped for an early lunch. It was very pleasant when the
sun came out. I continued on the contour for a while then
descended to Newsham House. It always seems empty when I pass
but this time there was a car outside. Down the lane I came to
the bridge over the River Glenderamackin but didn’t cross it. |
Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum. |
The Brown Glutton.
Primary Stonebreaker Leeds England |
Museum interior. |
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I turned left through a gate and across a field to a track that
took me up the Threlkeld quarry area where there is a museum
higher up. It was open but the entrance charge of £7.50 was for
the museum and exhibits higher up. I explained that I didn’t
have time for a visit but would come back again. He let me have
a quick look inside before I left and returned to the rail route
footpath below. I followed it to Threlkeld Bridge and the road
where I turned left. At the top of the hill I followed a path
through the field to Burns Farm and a track across the road back
to my car. |
Bogey. |
View of Blencathra from the old railway bridge and its rivets. |
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