On Sunday we got the bus to Hayton Lane End, near Brampton in north east Cumbria. We had a long walk planned to make up for yesterdays disappointment of no wild camp. We walked through Gelt Woods from Low Gelt Bridge, always a pleasure.
The River Gelt near Middle Gelt Bridge
We had good views today, the low cloud from yesterday had lifted. There wasn't any rain either and hardly any wind. Not a bad day at all.
Castle Carrock Fell from the path to Greenwell
Once at Middle Gelt Bridge we carried on next to the Gelt on the way by Greenwell, a lovely little place, very nice houses and friendly people.
Beefy on the way through Greenwell
The bridleway through Greenwell
Lovely flowers in the fields
An orange tip butterfly
We had to google it to find out what it was, we had no idea. This is the male, the female has no orange tips
On the bridleway to Castle Carrock
Castle Carrock ahead
This is another very pretty place Castle Carrock and more nice houses
We stopped for some lunch just passed Castle Carrock before walking up the lane toward Jockey Shield and Geltsdale.
Fine views of Talkin Fell
We dropped down to Geltsdale and crossed the river at Low Hynam then reascended the other side of the valley onto the bridleway to Talkin Head
Bluebells at Low Hynam
The view from the bridleway to Talkin Head
A turkey at Talkin Head
On the way to Talkin Village more lovely houses and flowers
We turned right at Talkin Village heading for Farlam and the footpath to Talkin Tarn
We thought this sheep looked like The Joker
Lilies at Talkin Tarn
Nice reflections at Talkin Tarn
We stopped for a break sitting on a bench. The tarn path was busy with families and it wasn't a peaceful sit down! At the tea shop area we left the tarn on the footpath toward Tarn Road.
On the footpath by Wreay to Capon Tree
Back to peace again on this lovely footpath. A little rain threatened here but stopped after a minute. We got our bus at Brampton, we had tired legs but were very happy to have had such a nice walk. Nice weather although we could have done with some sunshine. The countryside in Cumbria is very pleasant, we normally only see these places in the winter, nice to see it in summer with all the trees in leaf and all the pretty flowers about. Our route was Hayton Lane End - Low Gelt Bridge - Middle Gelt Bridge - Greenwell - Castle Carrock - Jockey Shield - Low Hynam - Talkin Head Farm - Talkin - Farlam - Talkin Tarn - Wreay - Capon Tree Wood - Brampton.
21.4km with 300m ascent