Walking in the Lake District - Coledale

After another visit to Keswick, as it was on the way anyway, we drove onwards to the nearby village of Braithwaite and parked in a small layby on the road leading to the Whinlatter Pass.

There was a footpath leaving the road by the layby which followed the deep valley formed by the Coledale Brook.

Soon the narrow footpath which followed the contours joined a vehicle track with a firm and flat surface of small gravel.

As we were walking, we could see a quantity of rain coming our way in the distance, so I stopped to replace my Paramo Fuera Ascent wind-proof jacket with my Paramo Viento jacket which I then kept on for the remainder of the day.

The vehicle track continued along the valley side at around 230 metres in height for about 3 kilometres heading for old mine workings at Force Crag Mine at the head of the valley.

A few hundred metres before the mine buildings there was a rough track leaving the vehicle track and crossing the beck to the opposite side before gradually rising to bring us near a saddle at the top of Low Force between Eel Crag and Sand Hill at around 450 metres.

Karen wasn't feeling very well so we decided to stop hear to have a sit down and eat our sandwiches. Afterwards we followed the same route back to the car.