We always like to go to Teesdale in early to mid May, but we were away this year, so we didn't get over until the Whitsun bank holiday weekend. We knew that the Spring Gentians were fabulous about three weeks prior, so we were pleased to find one perfect one fully out, ironically at a lower altitude than the more abundant ones at Cow Green Reservoir. A splendid walk and Rocky even manged the Cauldron Snout scramble - we just avoided the one really 'bad step'. A more plant-based blog follows...
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| Still the house I would like to live in! |
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| A lucky find - a Spring Gentian still out. |
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| Globe Flower with the Whin Sill behind. |
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| Marsh Marigolds. |
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| Spot the tiny dots of the many Mountain Pansies. |
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| Bird's-eye Primrose. |
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| Alpine Bartsia. |
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| Looking back down the Pennine Way from Falcon Clints. |
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| Falcon Clints where we saw the pair of Ring Ouzels. |
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| Cauldron Snout... |
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| ...and proof that Rocky managed it, with Cow Green Dam in the background. |
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