Sunday, 24 May 2009

Hawksdale to Gaitsgill – circular walk

A stunning spring morning saw us set off from Shirley’s house just before lunch. We followed an easy footpath through the fields behind Pincushion Hill to Lime House school and then headed off down a muddy bridleway to Gaitsgill. The going was a little heavy but the views towards the fells of northern Lakeland more than made up for the slipping and sliding underfoot. Arriving in Gaitsgill we were pleased to stamp our feet and remove all the mud from our boots. Then we set off up the lonning that skirts round the back of Gaitsgill on the north side of the Caldew to Buckabank. After that it was a quick (very quick, those cows were big!) trek through the fields down to the Bridge End and home again in time for a late lunch.

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