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OS Grid ref: NY 26319 37466
Lat/Long: 54.726676, -03.144198
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Skiddaw in the distance. |
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A misty M6 motorway drive to Cumbria. Over Shap the sunrise
broke through and there was a clear sky for my drive to Hesket
Newmarket and on to the start of my walk on the road towards
Uldale. I reached the small laybye and there were two vans
already there and it turned out they’d been there overnight. |
Settlement ditch. |
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I set off walking east downhill along the road to a low point
where I turned left to follow a faint path across the grass
which soon increased to a grassy track up to some old limestone
quarries. The old map calls them Gillhead Quarry. I turned left
to climb west up above the quarry to a minor grassy path up
towards Dale Hows and Aughertree Fell. The weather was great as
I walked over the summit and started down to the west to
investigate some ancient settlements shown on the map. I reached
the first one and it was identified by a ditch with embankments
roughly circular. I walked round it then round the second before
finding a nice spot to sit down and eat my sandwiches.
Apparently they are Romano-British making them around 2 or 3
thousand years old. |
Aerial view image from the web. |
View from the road. |
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The map shows Soursike Well but there were just rushes and no
running water anywhere. I headed north across open ground to
reach a path and turn left to head towards Aughertree and a
collection of houses. Through a gate I came to a road and
followed it towards Uldale. A sign said it was unsuitable for
vehicles and before long it deteriorated to bits of tarmac with
more grass in the centre to where it was just a dirt track. |
Aughertree. |
Snooty Fox Uldale. |
Weather Forecasting Stone. |
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The OS map indicates it is adopted but I wouldn't want to try
and drive along it. I reached the village of Uldale and the
Snooty Fox Pub which was closed today. I turned left at the road
to head off back to my car. Heading up the steep hill I left the
road to follow a nice grassy way by a wall until I was high
enough to rejoin the road and an easy walk back to my car. |
Weather Forecasting Stone in Uldale. |
Skiddaw in the distance. |
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