A Day out at Ribblehead

I like when a day goes to plan. We set of from Langholm at 7.45am and even Tom was on time. The plan was to catch the 8.55am train from Carlisle to Ribblehead on the Carlisle to Settle railway line. At Carlisle station we met Ken who had travelled down from Edinburgh and at Ribblehead we were joined by Ken's partner Anne who had travelled from Blackpool. Bang on time we set of on a 5 mile walk on a route from the famous Ribblehead Viaduct. The weather was perfect and at times very warm.

Ken finds he cannot walk and talk at the same time so is always bringing up the rear

A freight train crosses the viaduct 

At a farm we came across these 4 pigs enjoying the warm summer sun

It's a good job we have a geologist in the party as Niall was able to explain this limestone outcrop to us. 

Yet another train crosses the viaduct

The meadows were full of wild flowers 

This was a huge fungi at the base of a tree trunk 

Back near the railway station this was our final view of the Ribblehead Viaduct. We had time for a pint and a light lunch in the Station Pub and then bang on time caught the 2.05pm train back to Carlisle to be back in Langholm by 4.30pm after a perfect day.