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Cold Fell and Bee-eaters, grand day out.

By Hugh Stewart September 1, 2015 Leave a Comment

If there exists a reader of these blogs apart from the two I know, I would like to apologise for the absence of a decent walk since May (2015), as the Pennine Way crippled my knee and I am limited to short hobbles.

Hearing about the exotic bee-eater birds at Gelt Sand Quarry near Brampton, Cumbria, and the RSPB having set up telescopes to view, we combined this unusual event (they summer in southern Europe usually), with a hobble up Cold Fell nearby, a “Nuttall”. Looks uninteresting on the map, but is a good 5+ mile outing with excellent views on top, the Cheviots, Hadrians Wall, Cross Fell, The Lakes and the Dumfries and Galloway hills. A circular walk as outlined in Nuttall’s book is good from Clesketts (Car Park just beyond), but dont make a beeline for the summit as they say, keep on the “track” till 20 yards beyond some metal pieces, really at the col, then turn south for the summit and some small paths do exist, coming and going, and a quad track near the top. Heading down to Tindale Tarn, at the wall corner, it is easier to keep right of the wall, although technically not on access land lower down.

Hurry, the bee-eaters will soon have eaten all the bees, fledged their young and rushed back home. Check on the RSPB website.

Cold fell summit.
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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

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Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

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With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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