WWW.KARLSWALKS.CO.UK
PICTURES AND TRIP REPORTS FROM MY WALKS IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
|
E-mail - karl@karlswalks.co.uk |
A fairly short walk today. David and I both had something on for later so this round was ideal and we both wanted to get out on a day with half decent weather after the very wet and dull conditions in the first two weeks of December.
Our day started very promisingly with blue skies and a bright winter sun which is now lighting up Sour Howes. We had parked at Moor How and are walking along the Dubbs road which passes the Dubbs reservoir.
And there is the Dubbs reservoir.
Looking back from further along the track.
A tiny slice of Windermere is just visible and the sun is catching the hills above Troutbeck. It was about here that we climbed over a locked gate and started climbing the hillside towards Backstone Barrow.
.
The higher fells beyond the Troutbeck valley are all cloud covered and as we climbed the cloud started to come our way.
Looking back it's still clear for us and over Windermere.
But by the time we'd reached Backstone Barrow we were in cloud.
And still in cloud on Sour Howes.
And on Sallows. It's a shame we had no views because the view of the higher fells all around are quite good.
Rather than drop down off the end of Sallows to reach the main path as I've done before we headed down to the quarry below Sallows shown on the map. If the weather had been clear we probably would just have made a bee line straight there but as we couldn't see anything we stuck to the path which loops back quite a way before turning towards the quarry. The quarry itself wasn't that interesting having only shallow workings but I was more interested to explore the track which headed down to the bridleway around Whiteside End
I thought it was a good way down and as a bonus we had dropped out of the cloud and had good views of the hills around Staveley and Kentmere.
Following the bridleway back home now. Hugill Fell is the higher ground in the distance.
I've walked this path a few times and always enjoy this little section just before High Borrans. The sun has returned and very welcome it was too.
A quite attractive temporary tarn has formed in the hollow by the High Borrans road which made a nice foreground to the old barn and Sour Howes
Previous walk -- Kirk Fell from Honister