It was a glorious day and such a treat to be in Teesdale, in wall to wall sunshine and only a gentle breeze! We did our usual walk: Hangingshaw carpark; down to the Tees; along to cross the river at Knott Hill; across to Widdybank and along under Falcon Clints; up to Cauldron Snout and back along the road by Cow Green reservoir; down to Langdon Beck and returned to Hangingshaw. A long day but well worth it! The flowers were perfect as they hadn't been rained on and battered by wind, the landscape as stunning as ever - it looks dry though and the turf by Cow Green was very dry. In this blog I'll focus on the walk ...following blogs will focus on the flora.
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| Looking down the dale from the road - Caltha meadows giving the land a yellow tint. |
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| Wheysike House, still derelict. There were lots of Common Sandpipers on this stretch. |
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| Spring Gentians and Bird's-eye Primroses. |
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| Mallard with young. |
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| It was nice to watch this Dipper collecting flies... |
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| Looking towards Widdybank Farm. |
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| Wood Anemones still out. |
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| Alpine Bartsia. |
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| That Gentian blue! |
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| Bird's-eye Primrose. |
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| Looking back down the river with Falcon Clints on the left and Cronkly Fell on the right. |
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| Falcon Clints - crags made from the Whin Sill - an igneous sill - that more famously outcrops at High Force waterfall. |
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| Heading towards Cauldron Snout - one of my favourite views. |
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| Mr and Mrs Ring Ouzel ..the Mountain Blackbird. |
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| Looking back ... |
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| Cauldron Snout. |
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| An ominous sky as we reached the dam. |
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| Cow Green is rather low at the moment. |
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| While we had seen many Mountain Pansies, this was a spectacular group - not suprisingly where sheep couldn't graze - a fenced off mine working. |
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