Faulds Brow from Caldbeck

Sun 1 Aug 2004

Route: Caldbeck - Faulds Brow - Whelpo - The Howk - Caldbeck

Distance: 4.50 miles

Ascent: 600ft

Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

With: On Own

Notes:

Warm, sunshine.

A. Wainwright's 'Faulds Brow' walk in his book 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland' [page 210]. I took the footpath back along Whelpo Beck past The Howk rather than using the road back to Caldbeck.

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Cottages in Caldbeck

St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck

John Peel's grave, St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck

John Peel's grave, St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck

The Roughton Stone

Carrock Fell and High Pike from the road out of Caldbeck

The ITV mast near Waverhead from the disused quarry on Faulds Brow

Faulds Brow summit cairn

The back o' Skidda fells from Faulds Brow summit

The valley leading to Roughton Gill is on the far left and Skiddaw is the pointed peak in the centre of the photo from Faulds Brow

Looking back to Faulds Brow from the descent to Whelpo

Whelpo Bridge

Part of the limestone gorge that Whelpo Beck flows through

The remains of The Howk bobbin mill, Caldbeck

The Old Brewery, Caldbeck

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