11th September 2007

Today's walk (outside the Lake District but still in Cumbria): Smardale - Nettle Hill - Crosby Garrett


Smardale Gill viaduct with the gill below


shadow of the viaduct on the other side


the dismantled railway line south of the viaduct


looking back along the line to old lime kilns


bridge over Smardale Gill


looking south to the Howgill fells from above the railway


view southwest from the slopes of Nettle Hill


Nettle Hill summit looking northwest to the Eden Valley and the Pennines


Wild Boar Fell from Nettle Hill - thistles but no nettles


the path northeastwards off Nettle Hill


descending to Crosby Garrett ..


through the very hilly golf course


entering Crosby Garrett under the Settle to Carlisle railway


the Settle to Carlisle railway crossing Smardale with Nettle Hill beyond