The weather wasn't great in the Lake District on Sunday so we did a local walk. We parked in Castle Carrock to walk around the reservoir. It was very muddy!
Castle Carrock Reservoir
The walk is only 2.25 miles so as we walked I thought about where we could go next. Back at the car a short drive up the road to the Jockey Shield layby where we had our lunch in the car.
Talkin Fell from Jockey Shield
The wind wasn't that bad here, we'd expected it to be really strong so we did our 2nd walk from here. We descended to Low Hynam Bridge and turned left and climbed uphill on the footpath to join the access road that leads to The Greens and Talkin Fell if you want to climb it. We didn't want to climb the fell today
Castle Carrock Fell from the path to The Greens
The old farm machinery caught my eye
Castle Carrock Fell again
Looking into Geltsdale
Nicer views than the last time I was here on New Years Day.
Castle Carrock Fell and the Jockey Shield layby on the right
Lots of mud near The Greens
There was about a mile of mud to plodge through before we got to a dry bit.
The view as we descended to High Hynam
The wind was really bad here, we couldn't understand it as we were lower down and the higher path had been quite sheltered. It blasted in our faces for about 15 minutes until we got closer to the river.
The bridge at Low Hynam
River Gelt from Low Hynam Bridge
The Jockey Shield walk was 3.25 miles with 340m ascent. The route was Jockey Shield - Low Hynam - The Greens - High Hynam - Jockey Shield. It was too early to go home so we had a drive about and we ended up at Banks Signal Station car park on Hadrian's Wall. It was really windy here.
I quickly took this shot of the view with the Tindale Fells at the rear
The weather is looking better for this weekend so we are going to make the most of it before we are all confined to barracks
