Evening on the Howgills

As part of this years Wainwright Society Challenge "The Best of the Rest" we had opted to walk the route up to Black Force. This route would be  new to us and loked interesting with the possibility of a bit of scrambling up alongside the gill. We chose to go over later in the day as the air would have been a bit cooler for the dogs. Also, after looking at the map I judged that the fells here would have been good to view the sun going down behind the Lake District Fells.

Not every thing went according to plan as you will see by visitng the full photo report on the website. Still, it was a great way to spend a couple of hours on some quiet fells, in fact we saw no one else during our time walking.

Evening on the Howgills

Too nice an evening to miss the chance to get a short walk in so I headed off west to visit the Howgills, the range of fells between the Pennines and the Lake District Fells. Wainwright even wrote a book on walks in these quiet hills so I took the chance to follow one of his shorter routes from that book. Very enjoyable it was too, easy walking but with some interesting geology, wildlife and views. The walks in the Howgills and in AW's other books such as Limestone Country and the Outlying Fells of the Lake District will all be covered by members of the Wainwright Society as part of this years "challenge". Why not check it out, a good chance to explore different areas and raise money for a good cause at the same time?

Yes, I mean "Ewe"!

The photos from this evenings outing can be found by clicking here and following the Fell End link.

A day away.

A bit of an unusual day for me today as I had a bit of business to do down near Wrexham, however it did give me a chance to call and see my Mother who lives down that way. A fair bit of driving was involved and an early start was called for. Fortunately the first part of the journey towards the M6 does involve passing close to the Howgills. The dawn was just breaking as I passed the Cross Keys Inn so I couldn't resist this photo.

Cross Keys Inn.

The Howgills are a great range of Hills basically lying between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. They offer some quiet fellwalking over some rounded hills that give excellent views. This year The Wainwright Society's Challenge involves walks on the Howgills and other areas featured by AW in some of his lesser know guide books. To find out more click here. It's a great opportunity to cover new hills (and of course raise funds for a good cause.)

 A long day of driving was worthwhile but reminded me of why you dont see me too often on Motorways.