CUMBRIA WAY - Day 1 (Hike and Wild Camp Ulverston to Tarn Hows)
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2021
- Hiking and wild camping the Cumbria Way capturing the autumn colours as we descend into winter. Backpacking from the south to the north across the Cumbria county we travel 117 km (about 73 miles). With diversity of landscape and with the majority served from the Lake District we witness lakes and high fell tops contrasted with lower valleys at the start and finish.
This video will form the first part of a series of four videos describing the journey of the Cumbria Way. If you are planning to do this hike, this video will help you to avoid navigational errors which are particularly likely in the first part of the hike.
In this video we start at Ulverston admiring the official start with the sculptured cairn and compass. We then view the information board that is situated at the Gill. This includes information on the Cumbria Way and a metal plate that states ' THE START OF THE CUMBRIA WAY'.
We then begin by moving in a westerly direction out of the urban valley of Ulverston. We cut across the farm Higher Lath and into a woods before emerging into a series of fields. Eventually, we visit the church of St John the Evangelist.
From here we then pass through the village of Broughton Beck. From this point we begin to see the distant fells of the Lake District. Eventually, we summit the Blawith Fells to arrive at the remote Beacon Tarn, Here we linger for a lunch break and enjoy the peaceful moment.
Next we are hugging the shoreline of Coniston Lake and immediately come across the Sunny Bank Jetty. From here we are following the shoreline before we eventually gain some hight to visit the village of Coniston. It is here we visit the Black Bull Hotel and enjoy a pint of Coniston Old Man.
Now we move north of Coniston taking a footpath that eventually leads us to a footpath overlooking Tarn Hows. By this time the daylight is fading and therefore we venture a little further to find a wild camping spot just past the tarn.
Great video, we're starting the Cumbria way in two weeks time and plan to camp around Tarn Hows day 1. Would you recommend it for a wild camp or would you push on a little further and find somewhere a little higher?
Strangely, when I did the CW that was my plan as well. However, Tarn Hows is very busy and more so in the holiday season so there are a lot of people around at all times of the day, plus actual spots are quite difficult to find. If you push on a little further there is a small body of water (unnamed) marked on the map just on the east side of the trail that is a good spot. Best to fill up with water as you're passing through Coniston or the stream that runs into the Tarn at the North end. In addition to watching the rest of the series of which there there are three more videos, I have a video on 4 season sleep system which I filmed at the very spot I am describing, you can grab this from the channel page. Hope that helps and best of luck with your adventure.
@@AmblingTrails thanks alot. I was thinking it may be a little busy, plus there are three of us so it'll be hard to be discreet. I'll check the map and look for the body of water you're describing. Will check out the rest of your trip. Subbed. Keep the vids coming 👌
Much-lived territory. Enjoying this very much.
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoy the full series.
You have a very relaxing voice. Makes your videos very satisfying to watch
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching.
We really enjoy your videos, the Cumbria Way is our favourite walk. Looking forward to day 2.
Glad you enjoying the videos, first time for me on the CW it was great to experience the variety of the landscape . Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the series.
Its a Really Nice video and Beautiful nature. I like to do the hike Some day too. Thanks for sharing this great video.Hope to See more from your Channel soon.Atb Søren. 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Yes here's hoping we can all travel freely again soon, so we can hike the world! Thanks for watching.🏕
Really enjoyed this video! Cant wait to catch the rest of them!
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoy the series😁⛺️
I'd love to do the Cumbria Way. Great video. Thank you.
And I do hope you get the opportunity to the Cumbria Way, it's been one of my favourite hikes of the year. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series. Happy New Trail Year!
Excellent part 1. I enjoyed your observations of the unusual. Yeah that gate was easily 17th C or earlier. Full view with my foot in an ice bucket. All the best. Mark
Thanks Mark, hopefully the New Year will see you back on the trails.
@@AmblingTrails A pleasure. Yeah me to - it's all dependent on healing my injuries.
I live in Ulverston and did the walk from here to Coniston for the first time ever, a couple of weeks ago.
Route finding is a bit patchy in places, because I think that some home owners have tried to hide the official foot path which goes through their land.
Was a very wet trip and I struggled near the end, due to lack of fitness, but I hope to try for the full Cumbria Way some time.
Totally agree that some home owners not totally encouraging the use of Public Footpaths, but the more we use the paths the tracks left behind hopefully encourages more to their use. Must admit, I’m struggling this time of year with fitness levels due to the restricted opportunity to get out, the weather has curtailed a few trip so well done on you finishing your Coniston leg against the rain, that would have been tough this time of the year. Best of luck with your crack at the full way.
I wish I watched your video properly before I did my first stretch... I did not see this little waymark on the ground before Keldray Farm. Took me ages to figure it out lol.
Nice vid. Thank you.
Thanks Linda, that little way mark makes a really BIG difference! Well at least your laughing 😀👍🏼,
Thanks for the tips, your gps shows a different route through the farms than the o/s maps
Yes you'r completely right, it was a bit of a shock to discover the GPS route was slightly different than my 'map' route which was Harveys. Thanks for watching and enjoy the series.
@@AmblingTrails thanks for all the tips especially the path from stake pass to Rossthwaite. i am plotting my route ready for later in 2022