Brock Barrow

Time for a late afternoon walk up to Brock Barrow after a fabulous day of sunny weather – there are great views from up there on a day such as this.

Everywhere I went this morning there were heavy snow showers with it settling on the roads in many places. I ended up deciding on a short walk to somewhere that was not too high given the wind strength down at valley level and ended up getting a pleasant surprise with the way the weather turned out. Given the earlier conditions I don’t think I could have asked for any more.

Should I, shouldn’t I, should I, shouldn’t I…oh, go on then – time was very short this morning and I did intend to have a low level walk with the boys around Coniston somewhere but then was magically drawn skywards by diminutive Brock Barrow. It was a bit drab and a bit cool but watching Fletcher made me smile – it wasn’t so long ago (July 11th to be exact!) that he climbed this as a small pup and I worried whether it would be too much for the little fella. Now he is as big as Dougal and positively bounded up here…he’s going to be a fine fellwalking dog that Fletcher.

Today seemed as good a day as any to get out on the fells with young Fletcher – of course, with him being so young it had to be short and sweet but he seemed to take to it okay even in the hottest of summer conditions. It was absolutely gorgeous up there today, certainly the warmest weather I have been out in for a while.

Casper enjoyed it so much the other day I thought I’d give him the opportunity of another jaunt to a small fell, it was good to have him back although nothing has changed – he is still officially retired unfortunately.

It was really warm this morning – Connie, we are going out for a walk…your choice…!

Summer has returned to the Lake District and it has been warmer than warm this week. I have not been doing much walking this week but have been out and about with my camera as shown in the first set of shots. Today I had a short walk up to Brock Barrow at the southern end of Coniston Water.

Connie is still off school so we went for a walk to Brock Barrow above High Nibthwaite. Around the fringes of the southern Lake District it was really sunny but further in it was a little overcast.

It was a lot cooler this morning and altogether more autumnal than of late. The colours were really showing up in the sunshine and Coniston Water was completely calm with a polished mirror finish making for some great photos at the end of today’s short walk.

It wasn’t the walk we set off to do earlier today but we were glad to have changed to the sunny eastern side of Coniston Water and we enjoyed a walk up to Brock Barrow and along the ridge in beautiful weather amongst the sweet smelling Ling. I think the views of Coniston Water and the Coniston fells are amongst the best from here and are certainly the best for minimal effort.

I had no plans for a walk today but saw the early morning dense fog and decided I would go for it! It is always nice to be able to get above the cloud like this and being out early gave me the chance to have two bites of the cherry as I firstly had a look from the east side of Coniston before a quick travel to Blawith Common for a look from the west side.

I just about had time for a quick walk at the southern eastern end of Coniston Water today and I think it caught the best of the early weather as there was lots of low lying mist, but also the high fells were covered too. This is a good walk for the effort/view ratio and there is rarely anyone around here.

What a fantastic and clear day it was today – too nice to stay in, so Connie and I took the dogs for a short walk somewhere. We didn’t end up where we intended, read on to find out why…

There was just time for a quick walk with the dogs at the south eastern side of Coniston Water this afternoon. I thought I would have escaped the rain but as soon as I made the top, the heavens opened. It is very rare to see anyone up on this side but I bumped into three people who just happened to be StridingEdge fans today – nice to meet you all.

Underneath the dense cloud it was chilly but the sun soon burned it away this morning leaving conditions sunny and warm for a short walk at the southern end of Coniston Water. I had my first outing with some new boots on and will give a full review of them soon. What I can say is that they were fantastic and will be well worth checking out…