4th August 2004

Today's walk in the Howgill Fells (Keswick rambling club): Sedburgh - Cautley Spout - The Calf - Calders - Arant Haw - Sedburgh


on the banks of the River Rawthey


looking east across the Rawthey Valley


heading north on the bridleway above the valley


Cautley Spout in fine form after 2 inches of rain overnight


lunch stop halfway up beside the waterfall


just a small section of Spout Force


looking down on Cautley Holme Beck from near the top of the falls


The Calf summit - highest point of the Howgills


Howgill ridges - note the walkers on the nearest ridge


leaving Calders with Arant Haw ahead


on the steep descent from Calders looking down on the Lune Valley


looking back at the Calf and Calders


tea stop on Arant Haw with the Lakeland fells lost in haze beyond the Lune Valley


descending beside Settlebeck Gill with the Rawthey Valley below


the lovely green path lower down Settlebeck Gill


traffic jam!