We did a low level walk on Saturday, the wind at height was going to be a bit frisky so we played it safe. We tried to park at Gutherscale in the Newlands Valley but the car park was full and I had to reverse all the way back to the start of the Catbells Terrace road. Thankfully Beefy was there giving me advice
I hate reversing and it felt like it was a mile yet is only 1/8 of a mile. We got parked near Brackenburn on the other side of Catbells and we walked toward Manesty to access the Catbells Terrace path.
On the road to Manesty
Skiddaw and Blencathra from the terrace path
It was very windy but it was behind us. We had great views and we even had some sunshine, not bad at all.
Looking back toward Kings How and Rosthwaite Fell
Across Derwent Water to Bleaberry Fell
There are a few ups and downs on this path
Erosion Control notices
Sadly some walkers are ignoring these signs and still using the paths that are fenced off. We saw a group of about 10 people using the fenced off route.
Zooming in on Blencathra
Causey Pike from the end of the Terrace Path
It was a make it up as we went along walk, with not being able to park in Gutherscale and we had abandoned the planned Newlands Valley walk. We decided to use the Derwent Water shore path to get back to Brackenburn.
A robin near Hawes End
Old Brandlehow jetty
Brandlehow Point
Looking back at Skiddaw and Blencathra
We walked through Manesty Park and rejoined the Catbells terrace road and made our way back to the car for our lunch. It was a very nice walk and one we had expected to get a little wet on but we were dry if a little wind swept, not a bad day out at all. It was about 5 miles with about 200m of ascent.
As we drove toward Penrith it started raining so we had timed the walk to perfection. Storm Ciara had arrived and Saturday night and Sunday morning were pretty wild. Appleby in Westmorland had flooding issues, yet again as did other parts of Cumbria, Warwick Bridge was, which is near where I live. We managed to get out for a walk on Sunday to Talkin Tarn at lunchtime when the weather had got better. The River Eden was still rising although the rain had stopped and we were lucky to get over Warwick Bridge on the way back and we saw the houses near it were going to be flooded; the road next to the houses was already closed because it was flooded. Carlisle was very close to being flooded again, a part of Warwick Road was closed for a while on Sunday evening due to the road being flooded but no houses were affected. The river level had peaked and started going down at midnight thank goodness. Let us hope Storm Dennis isn't too much of a menace, it looks like it could another weekend of fingers crossed.