The start of a new long distance walk 

Bootle (West Cumbria coast) to Brough, (North Pennines)

Day 1 Bootle to Ulpha  11miles 2400ft

To save a long drive  I first caught the train here at Foxfield.... 

.....with a view from the platform to Black Combe 

.....before leaving the train at Bootle

Crossing Kinmont beck

Looking back to a hazy Cumbrian coast....

....and again

Eskmeals railway viaduct and the mud flats of the river Esk

Climbing towards the col between Burnmoor & Buckbarrow fells

 Whitfell, my highest climb of the day now lies ahead

Whitfell from Burnmoor fell

Whitfell trig point 1880ft where I had lunch in the warm sunshine....

Looking back the way I'd come before....

.....descending into the Duddon valley

The Old Bobbin mill on Holehouse beck

Arriving at the bridge over the river Duddon in the hamlet of Ulpha

Looking down the river Duddon

Finally a last look at the bridge before my lift back to Foxfield

I always like to explore a new route and today's was my first time crossing this area of Cumbria. 

It lived up to my expectations and was a great start to new long distance walk