Friday 30/10/2009. Today we got the local Borrowdale bus down to Rosthwaite and from there walked back home taking the old packhorse bridge over the river Derwent to join the route of the Cumbria Way as it wanders by the river's edge through the woods passing the remnant quarry workings below Castle Crag. The trees are truely beautiful this autumn; we seem to have had the right combination of weather conditions to ensure a super display of kaleidoscopic autumn colours, these wonderful sessile oak woodlands managed by the National Trust are quite splendid and lots of walkers are out enjoying them today. And I found a copy of a short walks guide to the Keswick Area near the camp-site at Hollows Farm at Grange, a little bit of good fortune to set against my own tendancy to lose things on walks, an egregious fault at the moment! We detoured into Grange and had a pot of tea and a bit of cake, Joy being able to get some gluten-free biscuits, making the cafe very supportable. The last part of our walk takes the lovely shorepath along the west bank of Derwentwater, through Brandlehow Park (where Joy almost lost her walking pole), on to Portinscale where we split, Joy going directly back to the lodge me heading into Keswick to replenish the drinks cabinet, a mission of mercy you might say! Another lovely walk completed in very good weather, what more could you ask for?
Friday, 13 November 2009
ROSTHWAITE TO KESWICK WITH JOY
Friday 30/10/2009. Today we got the local Borrowdale bus down to Rosthwaite and from there walked back home taking the old packhorse bridge over the river Derwent to join the route of the Cumbria Way as it wanders by the river's edge through the woods passing the remnant quarry workings below Castle Crag. The trees are truely beautiful this autumn; we seem to have had the right combination of weather conditions to ensure a super display of kaleidoscopic autumn colours, these wonderful sessile oak woodlands managed by the National Trust are quite splendid and lots of walkers are out enjoying them today. And I found a copy of a short walks guide to the Keswick Area near the camp-site at Hollows Farm at Grange, a little bit of good fortune to set against my own tendancy to lose things on walks, an egregious fault at the moment! We detoured into Grange and had a pot of tea and a bit of cake, Joy being able to get some gluten-free biscuits, making the cafe very supportable. The last part of our walk takes the lovely shorepath along the west bank of Derwentwater, through Brandlehow Park (where Joy almost lost her walking pole), on to Portinscale where we split, Joy going directly back to the lodge me heading into Keswick to replenish the drinks cabinet, a mission of mercy you might say! Another lovely walk completed in very good weather, what more could you ask for?
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