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Holyday 2010

A longer walk, based on a description bought at the site. On the second part, after Elterwater, we lost our way, but we made it back to the track - after a steep descent

OS OS.jpg 1380x700 (171kB)	Today's route on Google - the numbers point to the... Google Google.jpg 3219x1776 (778kB)	On our way through the meadow, looking back to the... 01-Slope 01-Slope.jpg 5470x2226 (1.2MB)	Mother and child. The lambs are born black - to heat up... 02-MotherAndChild 02-MotherAndChild.jpg 2920x1410 (568kB)	A bit of a haze over the valley 03-HazyView 03-HazyView.jpg 3072x2304 (377kB)
Passing walls 04-Style 04-Style.JPG 3072x2304 (327kB)	View out of the valley, halfway to the nearest village 05-Valley 05-Valley.jpg 5080x2010 (780kB)	An old building - without mortar. At least: little 06-DryStoneWall 06-DryStoneWall.jpg 3072x2304 (992kB)	Bridge on our way, being repaired at one end: it was... 07 SheepGate 07_SheepGate.jpg 3072x2304 (594kB)	Well asleep - under the tree 08-YoungLeaves 08-YoungLeaves.jpg 2592x3872 (1.3MB)
Twins - older ones, according their colour. 09-Twins 09-Twins.jpg 1268x928 (172kB)	Riverbed. 10-Stream 10-Stream.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	Feeding Frenzy 11-FeedingTime 11-FeedingTime.jpg 3064x1528 (496kB)	The village of Capel Curig - an old miners village. 12-ChapelStyle 12-ChapelStyle.jpg 3060x1780 (369kB)	The church, donated to the village people by the... 13-Church 13-Church.jpg 2990x1920 (678kB)
Block of rock 14-Outcrop 14-Outcrop.jpg 3072x2304 (562kB)	A slate mansion 15-SlateBuilding 15-SlateBuilding.jpg 3005x1665 (506kB)	Foreman’s dwellings at the road, opposite the village... 16- MainStreet 16- MainStreet.jpg 3072x2304 (1016kB)	Shelter at the bus stop 17-Busstop 17-Busstop.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	On our way to Elterwater 18-Haze 18-Haze.jpg 3872x2592 (1.2MB)
The Wainwright Inn - named after the explorer of the Lake... 19-TheInn 19-TheInn.jpg 3072x2304 (538kB)	The river near Capel Curig, from the bridge behind the inn. 20-TheRiver 20-TheRiver.jpg 2304x3072 (1.4MB)	Crossing 21-Crossing 21-Crossing.jpg 2304x3072 (1.2MB)	An island of trees, lifted above the surroundings. 22-TreeIsland 22-TreeIsland.jpg 7344x2358 (2.5MB)	Bridge near a farm, leading to (or from) a simple camping... 23-Bridge 23-Bridge.jpg 3872x2592 (2.2MB)
Low ends near Elterwater 24-Stones 24-Stones.jpg 3872x2592 (2.2MB)	Passing the debris of a quarry - there have been many in... 25-Waste 25-Waste.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	Battered stones in the river below. 26-ErodedRocks 26-ErodedRocks.jpg 3072x2304 (1.1MB)	The river hidden between the trees. 27-Cascade 27-Cascade.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	Quarry entrance - closed because of possible danger inside 28-QuarryEntrance 28-QuarryEntrance.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)
Looking into the shaft 29-HoleInTheHill 29-HoleInTheHill.jpg 2592x3872 (788kB)	Wall and ceiling 30-WallAndCeiling 30-WallAndCeiling.jpg 7083x5301 (1.7MB)	Debris fields that are now covered with grass 31-Meadows 31-Meadows.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	Follow the wall. 32-SlateWaste 32-SlateWaste.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	lookout over the valley 33-WorkingQuarry 33-WorkingQuarry.jpg 3872x2592 (931kB)
More slate remains 34-BareHills 34-BareHills.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	On open slopes 35-AlongFerns 35-AlongFerns.jpg 3072x2304 (458kB)	Elterwater downhill 36-Village 36-Village.jpg 3872x2592 (880kB)	In front of the mine. There is a narrow path on the... 37-OpenQuarry 37-OpenQuarry.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)	... leading to the mine entrance in a straight wall. 38-Gate 38-Gate.jpg 2592x3872 (1.8MB)
Close by, you see how low and narrow it really is. 39-Shaft 39-Shaft.jpg 2592x3872 (1.4MB)	Further down the path, into the mist. Soon, we missed... 40-SlateWall 40-SlateWall.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	..and got to an end. Following the wall from there, we... 41-PathUp 41-PathUp.jpg 2592x3872 (2.0MB)	Route of a torrent - straight down. 42-StoneRiver 42-StoneRiver.jpg 2592x3872 (1.7MB)	looking onto the peak - at the back 43-Crags 43-Crags.jpg 2592x3872 (1.5MB)
A sudden end of the wall. From here, there was only one... 44-WallEnd 44-WallEnd.jpg 2592x3872 (1.9MB)	... down, following the curvy wall in wild grounds... 45-FollowTheWall 45-FollowTheWall.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	...At times, the descend was quite steep... 46-Steep 46-Steep.jpg 3872x2592 (1.5MB)	...and elsewhere, the grounds were more even - but still... 47-AlmostThere 47-AlmostThere.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)	... until we finally got to the road again. 48-BackOnTrack 48-BackOnTrack.jpg 5256x2058 (1.3MB)
Once lower, the route to the camping site was rather even. 49-LiftingClouds 49-LiftingClouds.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Traversing the slope 50-ToTheSite 50-ToTheSite.jpg 4992x2010 (1.1MB)

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