Faulds Brow from Caldbeck (Sun 1 Aug 2004)

Walk Information

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Walk route: Caldbeck - Faulds Brow - Whelpo - The Howk - Caldbeck

Distance: 4.50 miles

Ascent: 600ft

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Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

With: on own

Conditions: Warm, sunshine

Comment: 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.

Photos

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Cottages in CaldbeckSt Kentigern's Church, CaldbeckJohn Peel's grave, St Kentigern's Church, CaldbeckJohn Peel's grave, St Kentigern's Church, CaldbeckThe Roughton StoneCarrock Fell and High Pike from the road out of CaldbeckThe ITV mast near Waverhead from the disused quarry on Faulds BrowFaulds Brow summit cairnThe back o' Skidda fells from Faulds Brow summitThe valley leading to Roughton Gill is on the far left and Skiddaw is the pointed peak in the centre of the photo from Faulds BrowLooking back to Faulds Brow from the descent to WhelpoWhelpo BridgePart of the limestone gorge that Whelpo Beck flows throughThe remains of The Howk bobbin mill, CaldbeckThe Old Brewery, Caldbeck

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