Sunday 5 March 2017

Brothers Water - March 2016

We decided to have an afternoon jaunt to Brothers Water on a Sunday afternoon in March last year. We packed a picnic tea (to eat in the car - still too cold for a southerner like me to consider eating outdoors) and jumped in the car. We arrived at the car park to the north of the tarn at about 4pm.

Wikipedia tells us that "The name Broad Water was changed in the 19th century after two brothers drowned there."  Nice.  I didn't mention it to the boys we'd taken with us... just how lovely it was to spend time with them: brothers at Brothers water.

Armed and ready for battle against imaginary foes
As we walked along the river, Brothers Water came in to view. In the late afternoon Spring sun, it was a breathtaking site.



It's only a small body of water, so quite a lot of the walk was further south than the lake itself.



Yeah.... what?



The mist and the sun behind the cloud was uber atmospheric. And particularly difficult to capture on camera. John did a good job though.

Travelling back up the eastern side

View North

View South


I *think* boy3 is being a pirate


Obligatory Dog on a Rock photo 1


 We then took a little detour to Hartsop.  The floods caused by Storm Desmond the previous December meant that bridges were unusable, and there was much debris on the riverbank.
 



Nosy doggy much?




Obligatory Dog on a Rock photo 2


 

Boy3 and John scrambled down to the ruins (note intrepid explorer holding map).  Boy2 sat down on the path above and waited, bored.


Traditional cottage with spinning gallery. I.e. a gallery where the spinning of wool would take place.  Not a gallery which spins.  (Unless it wasn't working that day.)



  We wandered back to the car to eat our tea.  Very yummy it was too, aided by watching the light sinking below the mountains.

One last view from behind the car park before we drove home.

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