Day 6 of my Barrow in Furness to Barrowford Walk 

Dent to Ribblehead via Whernside 11.5miles 2200ft

Leaving Dent village the first part of my walk followed the Dales Way trail up Dentdale

 

Looking back to the village

Starting the climb out of  Dentdale to climb Whernside - one of the fells of the '3 Peaks Challenge'

The sheep were playing 'I'm the King of the Castle'!

Looking across the valley to Arten Gill viaduct which I would be crossing on the train later in the day

Whernside summit ridge has several of these little tarns....

....followed by a final climb to the summit....

.....and again

The summit trig point at 2415ft making it the highest of the 'Dales 30 fells' ie those over 2000ft in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Starting the descent with Ingleborough on the horizon

....and again

A first sight of the famous Ribblehead viaduct....

....with the timely arrival of a train crossing it

My walk finished at Ribblehead station on the south side of the viaduct where I was catching the train part way back to Dent village

Besides being a passenger line it is also very busy with freight trains

I'm now on the train crossing the viaduct....

.....and again...

....and again....

....and finally alighting at Dent Station which is actually at Cowgill village about 5 miles from Dent! Fortunately I had lift arranged to take me back to my car in Dent village.

A lovely day's walk with a great finish over Whernside and a train ride over the viaduct! 

 Day 5 of my Barrow in Furness to Barrowford walk:

Killington Lake to Dent, 13miles 900ft

Setting off walking east from J37 on the M6....

....Killington lake just visible on the horizon

Looking back to the M6 motorway with the unamed fell from last week's walk behind

Passing Killington lake....

....and little further on passing Lily mere....

.....followed by the river Lune

Now walking on field paths towards Sedbergh....

....and again

The disused railway viaduct on the outskirts of Sedbergh

A morning break sat in the grass on Sedbergh golf course

Sedbergh just visible across the misty valley with Winder fell behind

My route took me past many pretty little cottages....

....until St Andrew's church Dent came in sight....

....and again

It's a very large church for such a little village

Dent has still retained its cobbled streets....

....and has an interesting heritage museum....

....and cafe where I waited for my lift back to the car

Now well and truly in the Yorkshire Dales the terrain and landscape is less dramatic but is neverless great walking country. Another wonderful day's walking.

 Day 4 of my Barrow to Barrowford walk

Levens to Killington lake

13.5miles 2000ft

Leaving Levens village heading for Levens Hall....

....crossing the A 590 to Barrow

....arriving at Levens Hall which has the reputation of having the best display of Topiary in the country.

Looking back to Levens bridge as I walked into the deer park....

There were plenty of deer around in the early morning

I then followed the river Kent towards Natland village

Crossing the river Kent....

....followed by the Lancaster canal which from Hincaster to Kendal is completely without water

Leaving the canal behind to walk into Natland....

....before climbing 'The Helm' which overlooks the outskirts of Kendal in the distance and....

....Natland below

....arriving at the trig point 607ft

Crossing the ridge before turning east to follow paths and country lanes through.....

....rolling hills....

....with views to the lake district fells....

....before climbing to another trig point which though unnamed has a height of 1096ft....

....affording views down to my destination of killington lake

Zooming in on the boating centre across the lake...

descending past a huge quarry....

....and crossing the M6 at junction 37

Walking down to the lake side....

....after meeting my lift back to Levens for my car.

Another  lovely day's walking in near perfect weather.

4 days walking completed has now brought me into  the Yorkshire dales where my next stop will be the village of Dent