The road into Tilberthwaite alongside Holme Fell.
Grid Reference 306010
The road into Tilberthwaite alongside Holme Fell.
Low Tilberthwaite...parking area on the left.
Under the road bridge...... very little water in Yewdale Beck.
Low Tilberthwaite Cottages.
.......and one of the routes onto Wetherlam.
High Tilberthwaite Farm.
The sheep here are penned whilst the farmers mark them with dye - when they finish talking - as an ownership mark, called a Smit Mark. You will notice that the mark is in the same place and of the same colour on all the stock....position and colour distinguishes ownership when the flocks mix on the fells. It's usually done in conjunction with a Lug mark. The marks for each individual flock is recorded in the Shepherd's Guide.
Wetherlam.
High Tilberthwaite road through to Little Langdale.
Highland Cattle.
Mobile Shepherd....from High Tilberthwaite Farm.
Harrison Stickle.
Looking towards Dunmail Raise and Fairfield.
Langdale Pikes.
Cold Pike in shadow......the shoulder of Pike of Bliscoe in front.
Blake Rigg and Fell Foot.
The remains of quarrying.....and how life springs from it.
Tilberthwaite Gill cutting through the Furness Fells.
Behind Low Tilberthwaite cottages.
On the path beside Tilberthwaite Gill looking back to High Tilberthwaite.
....on the footpath.....a Green Tiger Beetle. One of the most common tiger beetles and a member of the ground beetle family. This was a large specimen approximately 20mm long.
The old quarry road leading to Betsy Crag on the lower slopes of Birk Fell.
....obviously working again.
The top of Tilberthwaite Gill......the lower slopes of Wetherlam are riddled with old mine workings and levels...evidence is all around.
The footpath down to the bridge that spans the gill.
Only the odd puddle at the moment.
The path back down to Low Tilberthwaite.
Disused Quarry.
Holme Ground.
High Tilberthwaite Farm....Fairfield Horseshoe in the distance.