A visit to Uncle Monty's holiday cottage

Mon 26 Jan 2009

Route: Wet Sleddale Reservoir Dam - Sleddale Hall - Sleddale Grange - Thorney Bank - Cooper's Green - Wet Sleddale Reservoir Dam

Distance: 3.50 miles

Ascent: 375ft

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

With: On own

Notes:

Blue sky and sunshine.

Sleddale Hall in Wet Sleddale was used as 'Crow Crag', Uncle Monty's holiday cottage in the cult film 'Withnail and I'. Recently it has received lots of press attention as United Utilities its current owners are selling it.

For more information on the film see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I.

The guide price was £145,000 but it sold at auction on Monday 16 February 2009 for £265,000!

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Wet Sleddale Reservoir

Looking back to Wet Sleddale Reservoir's dam

Approaching the ruin of New Ing

The higher buildings are Sleddale Hall

Looking up the valley of Wet Sleddale

The new 'packhorse' bridge across Sleddale Beck. Erected by Manchester Corporation so not so new now!

Sleddale Hall

Sleddale Hall, inside the quadrangle

One of the many famous quotes from Withnail & I

Sleddale Hall, inside the quadrangle

Sleddale Hall from inside the quadrangle

Sleddale Hall

Sleddale Hall and Wet Sleddale Reservoir

Sleddale Hall

Wet Sleddale Reservoir from Sleddale Hall

A last look back to Sleddale Hall

The track from Sleddale Hall to Sleddale Grange

The road from Sleddale Grange

Zooming in on the works at Shap and a blue Argos lorry on the M6 motorway

Looking back to Green Farm and the slopes of Seat Robert

The new footbridge across the outflow of Wet Sleddale Reservoir which becomes the River Lowther

Water coming over the top of the dam

A close up...

...and from a different angle

Sleddale Hall from Wet Sleddale Reservoir's dam

Previous Walk: Black Crag and Tarn Hows (Sun 25 Jan 2009)

Next Walk: Three Tarns (Sat 7 Feb 2009)

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