This is my last day and as I don’t have a long walk back to the car I decided to spend some of the morning reading in the tent. By late morning I was on my way down the fell to the old wooden shooting hut at the valley bottom.

Told Shooting Hut by Crogin Water

the track on the way to the large barn

I followed the new road a short way before hopping over Stockdale beck to join the old track running along the valley bottom on the north side of Croglin Water. In the distance I saw a lone walker heading up the valley, the first person I’d seen on this trip.

the large barn in the middle of nowhere

inside the barn

We stopped to chat for a while then continued in our opposite directions. Instead of following the official footpath I stayed on the track up to a substantial barn and on to investigate some old mine headings. I saw two entrances and surrounding spoil heaps. Their old access track soon took me up to the main track accessing the fell.

one of the mine levels

the Church back in Croglin

This was my way off the fell so I continued down and past Town Head Farm. Once on the road I continued back to the car.