Your walk today...

[SpokeyDokey]

Today's effort. Helm Crag Ridge, Grasmere, Lake District.

7.24 miles / 2139' ascent / 2.3 mph moving speed.

Very hot day, tarmac on access lane to Fells had lots of small tar bubbles on the surface.

Plenty of stops, heavy load of fluid taken and consumed.

Slowly building up fitness following long layoff due to illness. Particularly keeping an eye on my fluid intake and heart rate.

Route.

Couple of quick pic's.

Stats.

 

[PeteXXX]

Lovely 10 miles yesterday.
I parked in Youlgreave and headed down to the bank of the River Bradford to pick up the Limestone Way.

Leaving the River, I headed up a steep hairpin path where there was a group of, possibly, 20 be-rucksacked kids on a hiking expedition. Much as it was good to see them out in the fresh air, that many 14/15 year olds kind of broke the tranquility. I passed most of them, and exchanged hello's, as they were stopping quite frequently.

Once at the top, I was on tarmac for ½ a mile before the footpath cut across fields until a really steep set of limestone steps dropped me down into Lathkill Dale.

Probably a couple of hundred steps, some a bit crumbly!

From this point, I was on a route I'd done before up towards Ricklow Quarry where I wanted to look for some fossils. As it's a protected SSSI I didn't take any from the site but away from there, there's still plenty to find.

Fossilised shells in a dry stone wall.

The walk back down Lathkill Dale was quite quiet for a Friday afternoon.
Near Over Haddon, I needed to climb the slopes out of the Dale and back across fields of bovine things to Youlgreave.

Guarding the footpath was this beauty!!

Safely back to the car, ready for a few miles on the Brommie, on 10 miles, which is about my walking limit without feeling knackered!

 

[dicko]

Not exactly today but Tuesday last. Our last day on holiday in Llandudno we decided to walk up and around The Great Orme. This 9km circular trail taken us about 3 hours stopping for a brew and a toilet break about half way. This is a very popular route for cyclists of all ages more so with older folk on electric bicycles. After recovering we took the Fernicular railway to the top and walked back down to Llandudno pier.
A grand day out it was too for me and Mrs.

 

[UphillSlowly]

Not exactly today but Tuesday last. Our last day on holiday in Llandudno we decided to walk up and around The Great Orme. This 9km circular trail taken us about 3 hours stopping for a brew and a toilet break about half way. This is a very popular route for cyclists of all ages more so with older folk on electric bicycles. After recovering we took the Fernicular railway to the top and walked back down to Llandudno pier.
A grand day out it was too for me and Mrs.

Lovely. I think a stage of a recent Tour of Britain finished there recently. Also popular with rock climbers. The limestone sea cliffs are bolted in places

 

[dicko]

Lovely. I think a stage of a recent Tour of Britain finished there recently. Also popular with rock climbers. The limestone sea cliffs are bolted in places

It didn’t look like it, some were crumbling and looked unsafe I wouldn’t like to climb from what we saw . Inspected every day by the authorities we saw.

 

[potsy]

Took the hound on a short walk this morning, just over 2 miles.
Camping nearby so having a little mooch around.

 

[UphillSlowly]

It didn’t look like it, some were crumbling and looked unsafe I wouldn’t like to climb from what we saw . Inspected every day by the authorities we saw.

The climbing stage are below Marine Drive. The most famous being Lower Pen Trwyn (ctagsasked by little black logos). Think I have been there once but was too hard for me

 

[dicko]

The climbing stage are below Marine Drive. The most famous being Lower Pen Trwyn (ctagsasked by little black logos). Think I have been there once but was too hard for me

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Ahh I see now the climbing is between the sea and Marine drive. Along that stretch between the Marine Drive and the summit it looked very unstable as we walked that road.

 

[dicko]

The climbing stage are below Marine Drive. The most famous being Lower Pen Trwyn (ctagsasked by little black logos). Think I have been there once but was too hard for me

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Where the map says ‘Pigeons Cave’ there was a man down there with all his fishing tackle. There is a dirt path the sheep or goats use to get down there. He parked his car in ‘Pigeons Cave’ just off the road. Wish I had photos of it to show.

 

[numbnuts]

Some of you people live in lovely parts of the country
My walk today, crappy lane with horses poo, crossed the road with sticky tar, carried on the cycle path with very rude cyclists that don't have a bell, finished up crossing the park and seeing a man up to no good
Still I'm in sixth place with the garmin step challenge at 51,516 that will do me

 

[sevenfourate]

Up North of Lowestoft 🤣 for Son no 3’s Graduation (Maths at Durham). In Newcastle for a few days: so took time out to visit the lovely Whitley Bay for the first time…..

 

[ColinJ]

Up North of Lowestoft 🤣 for Son no 3’s Graduation (Maths at Durham). In Newcastle for a few days: so took time out to visit the lovely Whitley Bay for the first time…..

Congratulations to son #3!

That looks like a nice beach.

How much were the traditional fish & chips?

 

[sevenfourate]

Congratulations to son #3!

That looks like a nice beach.

How much were the traditional fish & chips?

Thanks 🙏

We’re spoilt in Lowestoft. But this was as good as anything I’ve had (Rated best in Town on most reviews). Medium’ish Cod and Chips was £11.50. Not awful by any means…..

 

[ColinJ]

Medium’ish Cod and Chips was £11.50. Not awful by any means…..

That's quite a bit more than I used to pay, but the chippy I shopped at closed down during the pandemic. The last time I bought F&C there was probably 4 years ago and obviously prices have gone up a lot in that time.

 

[sevenfourate]

That's quite a bit more than I used to pay, but the chippy I shopped at closed down during the pandemic. The last time I bought F&C there was probably 4 years ago and obviously prices have gone up a lot in that time.

For a place of this quality - £11.50 is on the cheap side these days; I’d say.

That’s right up with the cheapest in Lowestoft - and we’re supposed to be a deprived area ! Up the Coast at the higher end town of Aldeburgh (Again highly rated shop on Tripadvisor) they run around £13-£14. And my wife works in a glorified sea-front cafe in Lowestoft where they are around £15…..served and sitting down of course. **She had customers from London in recently who said their local takeout Fish and Chips was nearly £18 😳

Portion of medium chips was £3.50 in yesterdays joint for reference. And is more often than not £2.50 odd these days in places where we eat.. Since the Ukraine war, oil, fuel, wage increases - the lowly cooked spud pricing has shot up horrendously…..

Bon appetit ! 😎