23rd July 2006

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Newbiggin-on-Lune - Green Bell - Randygill Top - Weasdale - Newbiggin-on-Lune


the field path from Newbiggin-on-Lune with Green Bell in the distance


limekiln near Beckstones Farm


looking back over Newbiggin-on-Lune to the distant Pennines


on the intermediate top called Stwarth


looking up Great Swindale from Hunthoof Pike - a typical Howgills valley


the Lakeland skyline from Hunthoof Pike - the dark fell behind the cairn is Carrock Fell


Green Bell summit


heading from Green Bell to Randygill Top, the highest point of the walk


looking down Weasdale


on Randygill Top


descending from Randygill Top to the col called Leathgill Bridge


on the long grassy ridge of Hooksey


descending from Hooksey with the Pennines in the distance


barn in the hamlet of Weasdale ..


.. and a rather more decrepit one in a nearby field


looking back at our descent ridge


new trout pond on the edge of Newbiggin-on-Lune ..


.. with dozens of damsel flies