Beck and waterfall below Blease Fell
Loop ride from Keswick to enjoy the sound of moorland running water - and ride through some of it. Ascent through Brunholme Woods, joining the dog walkers on the Cumbria Way at Latrigg Saddle. Technical path in to the Glenderaterra Valley through Lonscale Crags. Picnic at the head of the valley where the becks converge from Skiddaw, Lonscale Fell and Blencathra. There are bridges but fording is more fun and my cyclo-cross shoes drain readily. A long cruise down to Threlkeld. The railway path was busy so I chose the byway up to Wescoe, then the home run through the colours of Brundholme Woods. You see Glenderaterra Valley from the A66, it separates the Skiddaw and Blencathra massifs.
Picnic at Glenderaterra Beck bridges
Sinnen Gill ford
Roughen Gill ford and clapper bridge
Beck and waterfall below Blease Fell
Trees in the Gorge of the River Greta
Brundholme Woods
The previous day, I’d enjoyed a wet, wild and windy ride and slide session in Brundholme Woods. I can’t say that every slide was fully controlled but I stayed sunny-side up.
