An afternoon walk on a Friday in the silly season? We tried to pick one we knew would be quiet. Leaving the car on the wide verge just before Moorahills Farm (seen ahead), someone is pleased to be out!
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| Carhullan holiday accomodation |
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| Heading into Cawdale |
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| A lovely, lonely valley |
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| At the head of the valley are the remains of Cawdale quarry. This was one of the reasons for coming this way today, to have a good explore |
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| An adit attracts our attention |
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| I don't fancy going in there, but you can just make out about 20 - 30 yards once your eyes have adjusted to the dark (or with the help of the flash!) |
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| Looking down as we make our way up Sealhole Grain |
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| and come to more derelict buildings |
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| and another mine shaft |
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| Having finished our exploration for now, we head up above the mines and onto the featureless summit of Low Cop before heading onto Bampton Fell |
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| Then we make our way down to the mis named Drybarrows |
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| Then having followed the intake wall, we come across this lovely little slab bridge |
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| Closely followed by this Packhorse bridge |
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| at Stanegar, just below the car. |
We only walked 6 miles, but there was so much to see and this is such an interesting area, we could easily have taken all day over it. Despite the forecasted showers, the weather was ideal and we didn't see a single soul (unless you count sheep)
