Date & start time: Monday 3rd November 2008. 10.30 am start.

Location of Event : Windebrowe Stables, Keswick, Cumbria, Uk ( NY 277 240 )

Places visited : Whinny Brow, Latrigg, Brundholme, River Greta and the railway path, back via Brundholme Woods on the other side of the river.

Walk details : 5 ml, 1375 ft of ascent, 2 hours.

Highest point : Latrigg Summit 1203 ft ( 368m)

Walked with : Myself and the dogs, Harry and Bethan.

Weather : Fine and sunny, but rather hazy into the sun.

The Calvert Trust Memorial Stone at the stables

Monday and Ann is off to help with Riding for the Disabled at The Calvert Trust in Keswick.

I take the chance of a walk up Latrigg while she's busy.

It's Autumn and what leaves are left after the storms are turning colour beautifully..

Bassenthwaite Lake and Ullock Pike from the Whinlatter Road. It's a fine day and a fine view.

Click here or on the photo above for an enlarged panorama.

My walk started from the stables . . .	. . . over the A66 fly over and onto Latrigg Fell.

The path I chose skirts round the base of Latrigg before climbing the fell so the first section here follows the A66 road.

The trees are looking good today.

The sheep ignore the open gateway, preferring the grass at the top of the field.

Rounding the fell I get the first views of Skiddaw.

A patch of light cloud clips the top of Dodd Fell.

Click here or on the photo above for an enlarged panorama.

A large Chestnut tree as I join Spooney Green Lane.	A coffee stop enhanced the view for this couple.

A diversion in an upward direction allowed me to reach the mobility path

quicker than if I had followed the lane up and join it in the far distance.

At it's end, a bench with a view !

Below is a hazy Keswick, Derwent Water and the Newlands Valley.

Sail Fell and Grisedale Pike are in and out of the cloud, but Swinside at the foot of the lake has slightly more colour.

The recognisable double profile of Catbells, leading on to Maiden Moor and High Spy.

Centre, but lacking the distinctive crinkled top, is Causey Pike.

Turning my back on the view I call the dogs and we continue along the eastern ridge of Latrigg.

That's Blencathra, in particular Blease Fell, ahead.

The direct path back down descends by the side of the forest.	The path to Skiddaw climbs in the opposite direction.

Beautiful contrasts of the evergreen . . .	. . . and the bronze of the deciduous Beech.

Lonscale Farm with it's bright green fields and cheerful paintwork.	Across the way, Wescoe Farm below the Blencathra Centre.

In between, the colourful trees and valley of the Glenderaterra.

A photo hide by the track, but it's seen better days.	I pass the sturdy Glenderaterra bridge below Wescoe Farm.

In the bottom of the valley is the popular railway walk along the old track of the Penrith, Keswick and Workington Railway.

The old bridges still stand and provide good access across the river.

However, I chose to leave the main path and head off along the opposite bank of the river.

This is the Greta as it curves round under Brundholme Woods.

Up the steps and there's a fine view down through the trees.	More colour as we cross the small footbridge in the woods.

The A66 flyover appears through the trees.	An impressive and award winning structure.

It's peace and calm down here, with the sound of the river replacing the sound of the traffic.

The bridge cottage and a colourful garden.	"There be dragons" in the garden on the other side of the bridge.

It was now just a short uphill walk that brought me back to the stables where Ann had been this morning.

Work over, the horses are returned to their stalls and enjoy some fresh hay at lunchtime.

Ann says goodbye to Bailey for another week.	The tack room.

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Technical note: Pictures taken with with my Cannon G7 or Ann's Ixus 75 Digital cameras.

Resized in Photoshop, and built up on a Dreamweaver web builder.

This site best viewed with . . . the surviving Autumnal colours on the trees.

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