Route
Walk Leader | Michael |
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Route | Grizedale Visitor Centre, Grizedale Forest. |
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Weather | Hot and humid, sunny periods at first then it became a bit overcast and there was a slight smirr of rain towards the end. Very still throughout. |
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Walkers | Michael, Michelle, Ron, Sandy, George. |
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Excuses | Ashley - in Thailand Bernie - preparing school reports Carol - Anne's birthday Ken - injured knee |
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Comments | Parking was expensive (£7). Most of the walk was in Grizedale Forest where there was a great variety of trees. There were several long, hard, sweaty climbs. There never seemed to be the corresponding easy descents. Length 10.2 miles. We saw a rare Cinnabar moth. On the initial ascent, we encounterd Sophie on her bike being told by her mum to “pedal Sophie” up a steep bath. Then we met Barney the cairn terrier, who shook himself dry next to Michelle’s legs after a swim in a small pond. There were good all-round views from the trig point on Carron Crag – Weatherlam, Old Man of Coniston. We managed to find several of the sculptures en-route. One resembled a “Stargate” while we were uncertain as to whether a curved stone passageway through a wall was a sculpture or pre-dated the project. The marker posts were frequently ambiguous, leading us and several others not to know where they were on several occasions. We helped a family of bikers work out where they were. We had a midge-infested lunch spot in the trees. George was nearly eaten alive. There was a nice table with a natural moss table cloth. We watched a party on segways go past. We took a short standing second tea break on the lilac path. We found several clockwork trees and saw a Gruffalo in its house. Wildlife / Flora / Animals: Birds: two robins, a skylark and a blackbird as well as one unidentified small brown bird. Plants: fox and cubs, three purple orchids, foxgloves, hollyhocks, dogrose, red campion, buttercups, daisies, bluebells, long stemmed bluebells, large toadstool and cotton grass. Mammals/others: Rabbits, horse, lizard, toad, dung beetle, dragonflies, green and red mayflies, cabbage white butterfly, Cinnabar moth (rare), dead mole and shrew. |
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Meal | Brackenrigg Inn, by Watermillock – excellent meal – service a bit disorganised.
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Photo Gallery |
June Walkers
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Purple orchid |
Cinnabar moth |
Panorama
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