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Lat/Long: 54.598176, -03.065447
OS Grid ref: NY 31263 23077
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Lots of rain on my dark drive to Cumbria but it stopped as I
arrived at Wanthwaite Bridge. I set off walking east and stopped
briefly at the old house by the bridge that is being renovated.
I spoke to a workman there who said they'd probably be working
on it for the next year! Up on the B5322 I turned right to head
for the main start of my walk up the fells at Fornside. The main
problem was the traffic so I wore my high viz jacket but it
didn’t seem to make much difference as the vehicles still didn’t
give me much clearance. |
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Wanthwaite Bridge. |
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Bram Cragg bridge. |
Treehouse at Fornside. |
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I wanted to get this stretch of road out of the way as soon as
possible but I inadvertently took the wrong left turn off the
road and ended up heading for Beckthorns. I had to retreat to
the next and correct left turn to Fornside. Through a couple of
gates with path markers I started the walk up the fell, passing
the treehouse on the way. The track is a bit scrambly at first
but higher up is well engineered including sections cut out of
the rock. When the gradient eased I reached the old collapsed
stone sheepfold with the outline of Calfhow Pike above. |
The old path above Fornside. |
My next objective was Clough Head so instead of heading for
Calfhow Pike I took a pathless route NE to join the main path.
Once on it I continued to Clough Head and was treated to some
nice views, though not too clear. I didn’t hang around as the
westerly wind was quite strong and around 5degC. I descended
west towards Bennesty Knott to join the diagonal path down below
Red Screes. It was a bit wet in places but not too bad. |
Clough Head trig post. |
Clough head with Blencathra in the background. |
By the Old Coach Road. |
Once on the main track down Wanthwaite Bank I still had to
be careful on some stretches of loose stones. Approaching the
quarries I descended through the woods to join the track that
was originally the old coach road. It was then a short walk back
to the car. |
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