Therapy in Mosedale

We walk around Grainsgill most weeks at some point, at least once. I virtually never take my camera and rarely even take any phone pics. But I did take some phone pics today.

We need a bit of therapy at the moment and it doesn't come much better than this. Close to home comfort, no-one else in sight and just out for an hour or two making it up as we go along.

I've no idea how far we walked or exactly how long we were out, but we all enjoyed it and that's all that really matters.

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!

Wet as Wet Up Bowscale

It's a tad wet round these parts today. Not put off by a bit of watter I decide to get togged up and head up Mosedale for a blast with Breeze. We have an important appointment tomorrow which means leaving fairly early and not knowing what time we'll be back. Aunty Sarah will attend to Breeze's needs for us but it's nice to know she's tired on days like that!

Anyway, I set out with good intentions, only to be thwarted when I got to the Old Bridge at Mosedale - the road was flooded. So quick change of plan, I headed up the lonning at Bowscale instead.

Looking down into Mosedale - that's where I was headed!

The track was a river today

Leaving the tarn

Looking back - all that water isn't normally there

There is a road down there - that I had intended to drive along. If you look closely you can see a cyclist who is contemplating making the crossing - they didn't!

A classic case of getting out whatever the weather. A couple of hours of solitude - just me and the dog (it would have been even better if Husband had been with us but he had other things to do this afternoon).

Lingholm and Martindale with Mum

Mum has been up for a bit of R & R and we have had a couple of outings planned all week. For a few reasons neither have happened until today, but as luck would have it the weather has played ball and we have the perfect morning for a visit to Lingholm Kitchen

Lingholm was where Beatrix Potter spent her holidays and as such was the inspiration for many of her stories.

The Kitchen Garden was the inspiration for Mr McGregor's garden. It was rebuilt last year and is being beautifully maintained

After a coffee we walked down to the launch

Before walking back up to the kitchen garden and Cafe for a lovely lunch

Following a brief visit into Keswick to collect a few bits of shopping, we drove to Martindale to see the Red Deer again. This time the rut is getting underway and there was plenty of roaring 

A pair of Stags started having a fight while we were watching 

there were Deer all around - it just takes patience to get your eye in and spot them.

I didn't realise until I looked at this photo that there were two in this shot, a stag and a hind