Wednesday, 17 September 2025

A new long distance walk

A circuit of a selection of central &  northern fells & valleys.

DAY One Hartsop to Grasmere via Dovedale, Dove crag, Hart crag, Fairfield, Grisedale tarn & Great Tongue 9 miles 2900ft

Setting off early morning along the side of Brotherswater after leaving the bus at Hartsop
Looking back down the path
Hartsop Dodd (fell) south east across the valley...
....and Angletarn pikes to the north east
....continuing up Dovedale with Dove crag now on the horizon.....
....and alongside Dovedale beck...
....now crossing the beck....
....and climbing to the waterfalls...
....and again a little higher
Zooming in on Dove crag with the priest's hole (cave) 
Zooming in further on the Priest's Hole
Looking back down Dovedale....
....and again...
....and again
....now on the summit ridge looking to Fairfield
Looking to Ambleside and lake Windermere from Rydal Head
It was pouring with rain on Fairfield so no photos until Grisedale tarn came into view on the descent
Seat Sandal and Grisedale tarn again
Looking down Tongue Gill....
....with Grasmere in the valley
The base of Great Tongue meeting Tongue Gill 
Finally arriving at the Swan hotel in Grasmere
A great first day's walking on my planned circuit, just a shame about the cloud and rain on Fairfield.
Watch this space for the next leg of the circuit!

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Wednesday, 10 September 2025

 Back to Lakeland!

Bowness Knott to Cogra Moss

via Brown How, Clews Gill, Great Borne & Gavel fell 8.5miles 2750ft


Starting the climb up Bowness Knott from the carpark at the west end of Ennerdale, with a view over the lake to Crag fell

Continuing the climb with the lake still in view

Arriving at the heather clad summit 1093ft....
....and again
Crag fell again
Looking down the south face

 A short descent and climb to Brown How summit 1083ft was worth the effort for this view of my next climb up Clews Gill to Great Borne

One of the several waterfalls in the Gill....
....with a view back down from above it....
....and the continuing climb ahead before emerging from the gill....


....and continuing to Great Borne summit 2021ft


Grasmoor and the Newland fells from just below the summit....
.....and the view ahead to Gavel fell...
Arriving at Gavel fell summit 1726ft
The rounded shape of Knock Murton stands just above my next destination of....
Cogra Moss with it's attractive descent to...
....its lake side....
where I had a surprise encounter with a horse and rider!
It's also a popular place for anglers.
It was then just a short walk to the roadside where I'd arranged my lift back to the car.
It's long drive up to North West Cumbria but once in a while
it's certainly worth it for a great day's walking such as this had been.

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Wednesday, 3 September 2025

 This week's walk is a one off!

Radcliffe Park & Ride to St Mary's aka  "The Hidden Gem church", central Manchester, via the Schoenstatt Shrine Kearsley.

My friend and fellow trustee in our little registered charity: The Rwanda Group Trust has been doing a sponsored walk to raise funds for the poorest of the poor in Rwanda through our contacts there, see link below

www.Rwandagrouptrust.org

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mark-ibison-rgt-jubilee2025?utm_term=DnppQdQ5y&utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Mark has been walking 70miles on a pilgrimage walk visiting the 5 Jubilee churches in the Salford diocese. Today's walk which was his Day 6, I joined him for the last leg of that journey. The first few photos are from the first 5 days of his walk

Day 1 St Mary's Brownedge to St Peter's in Stonyhurst college

Day 2 St Peter's  church in Stonyhurst college to....
......St Albans church Blackburn 
Day 3 & 4 St Mary's church Burnley and on to Rawtenstall....
Day 5 ....he didn't visit any churches but Mark walked on to  Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
Day 6 today's walk
We set off from the Park & Ride in Radcliffe....
....and crossed the river Irwell and on to....
Schoenstatt shrine in Kearsley Mark's 4th Jubilee church.....
....then back to the river and passed this lake in Clifton park
We continued along the river and the saw part of the skyline of Manchester.....
..... and another section
Our path crossed back and forth across the river several times
Nearing the city centre I saw this crane perched on the tower it was building. I wouldn't have fancied being the crane driver in that on a windy day!
We were then soon at Mark's 5th and final Jubilee church, St Mary's "Hidden Gem".....
....and again
Finally we walked on to St Peter's Square and took the tram back to Radcliffe
Every penny of the  sponsorship money raised goes direct to our trusted friends in Rwanda who distribute it to the poorest of the poor in their area.
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