After June's trip to Grasmere,
I was expecting to have to wait until January before seeing the
fells again, but David had booked us on a surprise weekend coach
trip to Cumbria, which encompassed a couple of rides on steam trains
along the way, and a trip to Glenridding.
Although there would not be time for any fellwalking, it was a
great opportunity to visit the Lake District again, and the views
are always wonderful, regardless of whether you are on high or low
ground, and having some steam railways thrown in was an added bonus.
Our first stop of the day was Settle, where we would ride on the
Settle to Carlisle railway to Carlisle. |
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Although I have seen many shops that were
"Closed", this Settle shop is the first one I have ever
seen that was literally "Shut" |
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Waiting for our train at Settle |
| From Settle, the railway winds its
way along the Northern Pennines and into Cumbria. |
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Between Settle and Dent |
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Near Dent from the Settle to Carlisle Railway |
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Near Dent from the Settle to Carlisle Railway |
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Passing Dent Station |
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Passing Appleby-in-Westmorland Station |
| We arrived in Carlisle just in time
for lunch and a walk round the town. |
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Carlisle |
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Carlisle Cathedral |
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Carlisle Cathedral |
| We looked at the Castle, but decided
that there was not enough time to look round it properly, so this
would have to wait for another day. |
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Carlisle Castle |
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Carlisle |
| We did, however, manage a quick look
around the Museum, where I was delighted to find quite a lot of information
about the town from the time of the Civil War, a period of history
which I am particularly interested in. |
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Siege Coins from the Civil War in the museum at Carlisle |
| Then it was back to the Railway Station,
where our coach was waiting to take us to Glenridding. |
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Carlisle Railway Station, with our coach on the right |
After a scenic trip along Ullswater, we arrived in
Glenridding, where the others on the coach headed for the local
teashops and the Lake shore, while we took the opportunity to do
some mini-fellwalking.
From the car park we followed Glenridding Beck , then climbed up
the lower slopes of Birkhouse Moor where we had some good views
of Ullswater before it was time to return to the coach. |
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Glenridding |
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David by Glenridding Beck |
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Ullswater from above Glenridding |
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Ullswater from above Glenridding |
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Above Glenridding looking towards Heron Pike and Glenridding
Dodd |
| Back in Glenridding thre were still
some flowers hanging on by the side of Glenridding Beck, and there
was a little Dipper in the Beck, taking no notice of us at all. |
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Welsh Poppy |
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Himalayan Balsam |
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Dipper in Glenridding Beck |
