Sanatorium Sanity

Sometimes walking is as much for the mind as the body. Right now that's what we need and staying close to home on territory that we know well enough not to have to plan anything is what feels right to us at the moment

We had parked at the Sanatorium and headed along the terrace. Breeze does her usual anticlockwise whirly thing as we set on our way

Quite dramatic clouds are the theme for today

and water!

So we've got to the top of the balcony by now and turned right towards Skiddaw House. I think I'm being watched!

Looking south

Just before we reach Skiddaw house we head up Burnt Horse

Easy navigating!

Behind us the drama in the sky continues

Mrs Herdy has a nap

An area known as Flag Pots

Striding out - Great Calva pops out of the cloud in the background - that's the first time we've seen it's summit today

and then the cloud rolls in again

Lunch with a damp dog. I know it doesn't look much like it, but she does like having her jumper on at lunchtime!

We were sitting in cloud at this point - but suddenly some eerie looking silhouettes began to appear

As the clouds roll away, it gradually becomes more apparent - the shoreline of Derwentwater

Never miss a posing platform!

Jenkins Hill

Waiting impatiently

Beautiful autumn colours 

Just after crossing the Glenderaterra Beck we met a gentleman who was trying to get to Keswick on the old railway path (which has been closed since the storms in Dec 2015). To cut a long story short, it became clear that he had managed to get himself a bit lost and was not capable of making it either into Keswick, or back to Threlkeld where he had started out from, having arrived by bus.

Having considered the options (somewhat limited it became clear) we walked him back up to Derwentfolds where we left him while we walked back up to the sanatorium to fetch the car. 

The sanatorium appears to be getting a new roof!

We then had a 3 mile drive to get from our car parking spot, back to the spot where we had left him, picked him up and returned to Threlkeld village where we left him at the pub to wait for the bus! Our good turn for the day we felt.

So a bit of a strange end to the walk - about 8 miles walked and nearly as many driven back and forth around Threlkeld!