19th October 2011 - Walk No.613

Area:	Lake District	Ascent:	620feet
Walk No:	613	Time:	2hours 40minutes
Date:	19th October 2011	Parking:	A591 near Castle Lane
Distance:	4.50miles	Weather:	Fine & Sunny

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With another glorious day in store we were away in good time with no hard and fast destination in mind. Just after passing Thirlmere on the A591 Edith suggested we do the Naddle walk that she enjoyed the last time we were there. Not wanting to go into Keswick to get to Castlerigg I decided to park near Castle Lane. A lovely walk with just a couple of wet spots that were easily avoided with splendid views particularly to the two northern giants. The day however was spoilt a little when we were involved in a crash on the A591 coming back down Dunmail Raise which was my fault. Fortunately nobody was hurt but the poor Peugeot despite still being driveable was quite badly damaged which meant that it was off the road for a fortnight. Fortunately my Insurance broker did a splendid job in sorting everything out and the Peugeot was at the repairers the following day and we were supplied with a courtesy car.

Route Map

Having parked the car on the A591 near Castle Lane we had a short walk down the road to access our footpath near Low Nest shown here.

Looking southwards into the sun towards Brown Cove and Helvellyn.

Blencathra dominated the skyline in the other direction.

Looking through the gap between Low Rigg and High Rigg to Clough Head.

Looking over Latrigg to Lonscale Fell and the Skiddaws.

The track across the valley was a bit wet in places but the worst could be by-passed and we were soon approaching the farm at Sykes.

A look back across to Low Nest.

From Sykes our path was along a B.O.A.T towards the Youth Centre.

The Carlisle Diocesan Youth Centre.....more info HERE

Further along the track is the Church of St John's in the Vale. The present building dates from 1845, with the earliest reference to a church at the site being 1554.

On the opposite side of the track from the church we crossed a wall stile and took a path heading northwards towards Blencathra.

A look over to Threlkeld Knotts and Clough Head.

North Western fells as we make our way to Tewet Tarn.

The Skiddaw fells over Goosewell Farm and Latrigg.

Blencathra over Tewet Tarn.

Wonderful, just wonderful.

Tewet Tarn and what appeared to be two professional photographers. Well I thought so by the amount of gear they were lugging about.

Latrigg and Skiddaw fells over Tewet Tarn.

From Tewet Tarn we made our way down to the road.

We followed the road towards Naddle Bridge....

....from where we had a choice of road or field paths up to Goosewell Farm. With the fields looking very wet in places we opted for the quiet road.

Goosewell Farm.

The Helvellyn Dods from Goosewell.

Looking towards Clough Head and the Dodds from Castlerigg.

Castlerigg Stone Circle.....reputedly around 5,000 years old with Blencathra behind. It was was bought in 1913 by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, co-founder of the National Trust, and others. The stone circle is on land owned by the National Trust, and maintained by English Heritage.