The Dales High Way - Day 1 - Appleby to Newbiggin 13.5miles 1400ft ascent

The Dales High Way is a new  90-mile high level walk through the Yorkshire Dales from Appleby to Saltaire. 

This is in addition to the original Dales Way 

from Ilkey to Bowness on Windermere.

The walk leaves Appleby and the river Eden........

.......and the first part of the day is through gentle rolling counntryside

....and attractive riverside paths.....

.....with good views back to High Cup Nick....

......and the Cross Fell range.......

...before arriving in Great Asby in nice time for lunch.

The walk continues over Ravenstonedale moor past Sunbiggin tarn.

.....with the enticing prospect of the high level route over the Howgill fells for Day 2 on the horizon.  

Coniston & Ambleside

Leaving the car parked in Coniston with the Old Man behind

Coniston Water

Looking across Yewdale to Tilberthwaite

Tarn Hows cottages

Tarn Hows

This may have some distant memories for one or two LancashireCam visitors!

Looking to Little Langdale with Bowfell behind

Colwith Force after two days of  heavy rain

The River Brathay with Millers Bridge leading to.....

....Skelwith Force

Skelwith Bridge on the River Brathay

The Langdales (l to r) Pike o' Stickle, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark

Lily Tarn with Windermere now just visible

Windermere

Water Head jetties......

.... with the ferry arriving

Zooming in on the jetties

Descending into Ambleside for the bus back to Coniston

Zooming in Hayes Garden Centre

Appleby To Barrow - Day 9 - The final leg!

Following the Duddon estuary - tide out - all the way into Barrow

Salt lamb in the making with Millom village on the other side of the estuary

A view point to Black Coombe

Looking back to the Scafell and Coniston fells

Walking down Askham pier,  built with the slag from the now defunct steel industry in the area

A marooned barge on the saltmarsh

The unusual 'Red Hut' at Sandscale nature reserve

Looking across to Walney/Barrow airport

The final mile into Barrow past Ormsgill reservoir.......

.........and Barrow Football Club

A memorial to Emlyn Hughes; Barrow's famous footballer.

Journey's end at the Wetherspoons,  'Furness Railway' ......other pubs are available!