'Bronte country' 10.5miles 1800ft

The bridge on Ponden reservoir leading to Ponden Hall
(Thrushcross Grange in 'Wuthering Heights')

Lower Laithe reservoir on the outskirts of Haworth

The Bronte Bridge on the path to Top Withins (Wuthering Heights)

Top Withins appears on the skyline

Looking down the Worth valley from Top Withins

Ponden Clough on the path to Stanbury

'The Wuthering Heights' in Stanbury,  The Bronte family's favourite
pub - (Probably!!!!!)

Crossing the dam on Lower Laithe reservoir

The centre of Haworth near the Bronte parsonage

Haworth railway station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway,
which featured in the film of E. Nesbit's book 'The Railway Children'

Along comes the train from Oxenhope right on cue!

Looking down the Worth valley to Keighley from the climb up
Penistone Hill

Nearing the trig point on the top of the hill

A final view of the Worth valley from the descent to the start

A tour of the Silverdale,

             Arnside, Storth area on a very grey day 13.5miles 1500ft

Looking across to Silverdale
after setting off from the Waterslack car park

St John's Church Silverdale

Looking back to Morecambe bay from the path up Arnside Knott

Grange over Sands from Arnside Knott

The railway viaduct over the Kent estuary

Walking along the front into Arnside

Someone getting stuck in the Fairy Steps!

The little tarn of Hawes Water in the Gait Barrow nature reserve

That's enough of that - Take me back to the Lakes, Fells, Moors and Dales please!

Longsleddale

My walk started in Longsleddale or "Postman Pat" country!  

A Sadgill round Great Howe, Grey Crag, Tarn Crag, Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts. 10.5miles 3150ft.

Sadgill Bridge from the climb up Great Howe

The upper reaches of Longsleddale

Arriving at today's first lowly top - Great Howe

Next the path to Grey Crag

Then on to Tarn Crag this is one of the survey posts used in the
construction of the aqueduct from Haweswater reservoir

Windermere and Morecambe Bay from Tarn Crag

Haweswater from Harter Fell summit today's highest point 778m,
2552ft

Blea Water with High Street towering above

Kentmere reservoir with Ill Bell above from the path to Kentmere
Pike

Looking Back to the start - Great Howe and Grey Crag from the
descent of Shipman Knotts

Back at the start - Sadgill Bridge

Another exhilarating day in the magnificent Lakeland scenery.
 

Cockermouth to Maryport 10.5miles 850ft

The final day of my 6 day walk from Appleby to Maryport 70miles - 13,500ft  

First light on the River Derwent flowing through Cockermouth

Looking back over a misty Derwent valley to the spire of All Saints
church Cockermouth

Zooming in on the church spire

Cockermouth town centre with the Lakeland fells behind

The Solway Firth and the Scottish coast getting closer

Christmas dinner in waiting

St Mungo's church in the village of Dearham 

Walking besides the River Ellen still in spate after the weekend's
heavy rains

Crossing the West Cumbria line from Carlisle to Barrow

Approaching Maryport harbour

Lunch-time harbourside before the bus back to Cockermouth