Today we visited Kirkby Stephen and walked the 1¼ miles of railway track-bed between Stenkrith and Hartley which contains the  Podgill & Merrygill viaducts nice walk along a basically level grade withe information boards and poetry carved in to stones along the route.

View from Podgill Viaduct

Merrygill Viaduct

 Dropping down from the old railway line we walked cross country to the River Eden and back to the car park

Sunshine three the beech trees

 

Looking up to the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith

Looking down from the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith

Looking down from the Millennium Bridge at Stenkrith
I love the swirls caused by the water

We drove to the Black Swan at Ravenstonedale for lunch, which I can recommend, then we visited Pendragon Castle

its only a Hawthorn but I liked the shape

Asher hunting for moles at Pendragon Castle

 So there had to be some Fungi