Green Road Station to Silecroft Station

....and now for something completely different - 

Green Road Station to Silecroft Station on the Furness Peninsular 13.5 miles 350ft                         

My route this week was to follow a newly opened stretch of the England Coast Path between to two coastal railway stations on the Cumbria coast.

Joining the path on the coast in the direction of the town of

Millom 

Looking back to the Coniston and Dunnerdale fells  

Passing the town of Millom

The path then goes right up to the water's edge around the river

Duddon estuary with Kirkby in Furness on the other side 

The Coniston and Dunnerdale fells again across the estuary

It was only a very watery sun but with some interesting cloud

formations

ditto

The trig point on today's highest climb Hodbarrow point 66ft!

 On the other side of the sea defences is Hodbarrow nature reserve

created after the iron ore mining ceased

 The path then continues to the village of Haverigg with it's own

little harbour

 It's also the site of Haverigg prison, where I spent some time many

years ago! (working of course - well what else were you thinking?)

The path then heads north to the seafront parking area at

Silecroft. When the tide is out there is a beautiful sandy beach here, which can be seen with galloping horses in the opening sequences of the BBC's Countryfile programme.

Silecroft station is just a half mile inland