Rac to the Rescue and Watch Hill
Weekend went well even with the weather, after the awful week we had had all over the North West and what we had to work in to enable us to pour the level 15 slab on Friday, it was a nice morning.
Got up at 5am to get in and do the washing, we have no washing machine on the boat but are lucky that BW ( British Waterways) provide one in the anderton toilet block which is adjacent to the basin our boat is tied up in. Any way up early and had washing finished and dogs walked by 8.30, just a trip to National to get a puncture repaired and then off out for the day…. Eerrr not quite… left wheel aqt national and retired to a layby on warrington road near marston (adj to a butty van J ), sat reading for ¾ hour with a cup o’Tea and when decided to return to pick up wheel couldn’t get the car started, flat battery, what a fool I felt.. Quick call to the RAC and the wife as phone was out of power, they both turn up, car restarted easily a jaunt around Pickmere village to get some charge in the battery and finally returned to National for the tyre.. not done as needed approval to replace it .. £102… grrrr.. Waited for that and then home by 11am. Wasted morning. Got up early, stupid me should remember to turn ignition off when sat listening to radio… could kick myself..
Watch Hill
So a late leave up to Cumbria; left at 11.50 am and got to Cockermouth by 1.50 so not a bad run, a little argy bargy ahead of us on Thelwall viaduct and again at the 4 lane section at Preston, but motoway relatively quiet. A66 was busy down to Keswick though.
Blencathra and Skiddaw had the head in clouds so cloud base was around 3000’, but we weren’t planning on that high.
Dropped in at Jennings brewery to pick up some cases of ale for the forthcoming party, and then headed out of cockermouth to a parking spot just off the old A66 and started up the bridleway that forms part of the Allerdale Ramble to climb thje ridge of setembury common and watch hill See Leany’s photos Watch Hill and Setmurthy Common (Thu 26 Apr 2007) - theLakelandFells.
Great walk up the ridge, lots of sheep but Mollydog behaved herself with a little help from the clicker , Cassiedog just wasn’t too bothered as usual.
Picked up 3 caches
1, The Hay by MeisMook, great hide in some braken took a while to find
2. Setmurthy common – a micro hidden under a boulder built in next to the stone wall, She just managed to reach it with her fingertips, was worried that this has gone as previous log was a dnf, but it was there,
3. Watch hill, a Charlie cache, she found this one too, only copz I stayed on’tother side of the stile with the dogs, left team shadowwalkers winnie the pooh tb and took a few photos
To get back I was expecting to retrace our steps along the ridge but Ms Bargee thought otherwise and decided to head down through the woods… A very steep desent followed on a path that wasn’t really there but we made it down to the road safely, was fun really… a yomp back of 2 miles to the car making a wallk of around 3-4 miles, very enjoyable.
Grabbed another cache at Bassenthwaite view by Golem, water high in the lake and we stayed for 1’2 an hour throwing sticks for cassiedog to chase,
We were at the base 9of the lake.. or is it head,,, where the river leaves the lake and becomes the river there were some quite strong flows, cassie was struggling to swim upstream when we threw the sticks for her.
A photo is on the log -(GC124MQ) Bassenthwaite View by The Golem
After this it was around 6.30pm so decided to head home, Mrs Bargee wanted to try to go back via Caldbeck round Back o’Skiddaw, great drive except for the fact that I hadn’t noticerd I was running on empty…… Just made it to Penrith fopr a fill up. Quick visit to townhead chippy as reccomendedby the girl in the petrol station… very good chips and fish..mmmm.. we will be going there again, stopped in a layby opn the A6 just out of Penrith to eat them.
Grabbed cache No. 5 We all Scream, Let mrs Bargee do that one as the gate we were parked in was a littke muddyJ. Nice cache and dash, and then homeward bound, got on M6 at Shap and swapped drivers at the Kendal turn off.
Home for just after 9pm
Long day 5 caches
Find count up to 1038
Really enjoyable day despite the car troubles.
Weekend went well even with the weather, after the awful week we had had all over the North West and what we had to work in to enable us to pour the level 15 slab on Friday, it was a nice morning.
Got up at 5am to get in and do the washing, we have no washing machine on the boat but are lucky that BW ( British Waterways) provide one in the anderton toilet block which is adjacent to the basin our boat is tied up in. Any way up early and had washing finished and dogs walked by 8.30, just a trip to National to get a puncture repaired and then off out for the day…. Eerrr not quite… left wheel aqt national and retired to a layby on warrington road near marston (adj to a butty van J ), sat reading for ¾ hour with a cup o’Tea and when decided to return to pick up wheel couldn’t get the car started, flat battery, what a fool I felt.. Quick call to the RAC and the wife as phone was out of power, they both turn up, car restarted easily a jaunt around Pickmere village to get some charge in the battery and finally returned to National for the tyre.. not done as needed approval to replace it .. £102… grrrr.. Waited for that and then home by 11am. Wasted morning. Got up early, stupid me should remember to turn ignition off when sat listening to radio… could kick myself..
Watch Hill
So a late leave up to Cumbria; left at 11.50 am and got to Cockermouth by 1.50 so not a bad run, a little argy bargy ahead of us on Thelwall viaduct and again at the 4 lane section at Preston, but motoway relatively quiet. A66 was busy down to Keswick though.
Blencathra and Skiddaw had the head in clouds so cloud base was around 3000’, but we weren’t planning on that high.
Dropped in at Jennings brewery to pick up some cases of ale for the forthcoming party, and then headed out of cockermouth to a parking spot just off the old A66 and started up the bridleway that forms part of the Allerdale Ramble to climb thje ridge of setembury common and watch hill See Leany’s photos Watch Hill and Setmurthy Common (Thu 26 Apr 2007) - theLakelandFells.
Great walk up the ridge, lots of sheep but Mollydog behaved herself with a little help from the clicker , Cassiedog just wasn’t too bothered as usual.
Picked up 3 caches
1, The Hay by MeisMook, great hide in some braken took a while to find
2. Setmurthy common – a micro hidden under a boulder built in next to the stone wall, She just managed to reach it with her fingertips, was worried that this has gone as previous log was a dnf, but it was there,
3. Watch hill, a Charlie cache, she found this one too, only copz I stayed on’tother side of the stile with the dogs, left team shadowwalkers winnie the pooh tb and took a few photosTo get back I was expecting to retrace our steps along the ridge but Ms Bargee thought otherwise and decided to head down through the woods… A very steep desent followed on a path that wasn’t really there but we made it down to the road safely, was fun really… a yomp back of 2 miles to the car making a wallk of around 3-4 miles, very enjoyable.
Grabbed another cache at Bassenthwaite view by Golem, water high in the lake and we stayed for 1’2 an hour throwing sticks for cassiedog to chase,
We were at the base 9of the lake.. or is it head,,, where the river leaves the lake and becomes the river there were some quite strong flows, cassie was struggling to swim upstream when we threw the sticks for her.
A photo is on the log -(GC124MQ) Bassenthwaite View by The Golem
After this it was around 6.30pm so decided to head home, Mrs Bargee wanted to try to go back via Caldbeck round Back o’Skiddaw, great drive except for the fact that I hadn’t noticerd I was running on empty…… Just made it to Penrith fopr a fill up. Quick visit to townhead chippy as reccomendedby the girl in the petrol station… very good chips and fish..mmmm.. we will be going there again, stopped in a layby opn the A6 just out of Penrith to eat them.
Grabbed cache No. 5 We all Scream, Let mrs Bargee do that one as the gate we were parked in was a littke muddyJ. Nice cache and dash, and then homeward bound, got on M6 at Shap and swapped drivers at the Kendal turn off.
Home for just after 9pm
Long day 5 caches
Find count up to 1038
Really enjoyable day despite the car troubles.
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