According to Wikipedia: "The Duddon Valley is a valley in the
Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows
through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale,
before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness." Also
according to Wikipedia, the valley is frequently called Dunnerdale, but the
walker and illustrator Alfred Wainwright preferred the name Duddon
Valley.
I have stayed twice (at least)
at the Turner Hall Farm/Campsite. It is a friendly and quiet campsite at
walking distance from the Newfield Inn and nearby interesting rocky outcrops.
The climbing site in the photo is Birk's Bridge Crag and can be found in
the middle of a verdant Forestry Commission woodland, which looked ancient. To reach it, we crossed the famous 18th century stone bridge, Birks Bridge. The climb was easy but still challenging for someone with quite a few
"additional" kilos. This area is very picturesque and far from the
Lakes summer crowds, so it is very tranquil. The only annoying thing is that
the closest pub, as most pubs in England and Scotland, stop serving food very early. In
the summer, when it does not get dark until late (~11pm), it does not make
sense for pubs to close the kitchen at 8pm (at least for a Portuguese, and I would think for a Spanish too) - they would not survive in Portugal or
Spain. The only advantage is that we save lots of money by having to cook the meals in the tent. Maybe if they knew what was about
to come (COVID-19) they would have made an effort!
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