Then a couple of Osprey’s appeared above us I didn’t manage to get good video of these using the gopro’s tiny lens but I am not prepared to take my Nikon on a wildcamp trip, in fact it be up forsale on ebay soon.
Arriving at the top of the hill we had a great 360° view of the Derwent on one side

and Braithwaite on the other, this as I mentioned in my video was going to be my new favourite hill.
It has a bit of everything, cover in all directions if winds were bad and has trees for hammocking to.
Paul had his Terra Nova Voyager and I had my Terra Nova Jupiter Bivi bag and alpkit rig 7 tarp and two 6ft tarp poles which I was trying out for the first time.

As the sun was falling out came Daveswildcamping Kitchen and what a treat I had in store it was my best to date and was gonna prove hard to beat.
Bolognese it was gorgeous, with a dash of red wine what I took up especially and I could see the envy on Kilburnicus’s face as that wine was been tipped into some of the finest ingredients my kitchen has ever seen.

When it was cooked I spilt a little on my setup as you will see and hear in the video as I wasn’t best happy.
After eating our food and darkness had set in we seen a powerful spot light scanning the area below we dived down to take cover thinking it maybe police looking for us noticing our cars had been left in the pub carpark. We thought it could have been someone thinking we were out poaching the Ospreys. As the wind started to increase we sat and talked and felt like we were on the run, lol.
Sometime later after gulping half the wine we decided to call it a night I climbed into my bivvy and without using the pole, just open enjoying the breeze on my face and watching the clouds cover the sky and the rain was starting to come down.

I then remembered waking up to increased winds and had to take down the tarp before it and the poles were damaged and finished my sleep off in a zipped up bivi without the pole as it was burried somewhere under the tarp which my backpack was holding down.
The rain got heavier as it got light and I was looking over to killys tent wishing he would wake up and get the bacon and eggs on and pass me a plate containing a slap up breakfast as my options of cooking wasnt much of one.

After many attempts of trying to wake him I new once I climbed out of my bivvy bag I wouldn’t be going back in it dry. On going over to his tent we decided just to pack without breakfast.
Once again it was a brilliant night, great food and crack with a great gentleman.
Watch my video below and comment on my YouTube channel.
Cheers.

Daveswildcamping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNwf84_sApQ

Beef was on the menu tonight cooked in Paul’s Dutch oven, I had some veggies wrapped in foil on the fire for me and Kilburnicus, Paul themuss prepared the Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
Whilst stuff was cooking it was time to put up my hammock which went up easy but had a bit of a chow with the tarp this time as light was fading I started my usual swearing behaviour, no sooner I had my hammock and tarp up and it was time to slice open the succulent beef.

First time for a full joint of beef boiled in the Dutch oven as we usually spit roast it, and it was as nice or possibly nicer this way unless I had just forgotten what previous feasts were about. Bacon seen here was actually a starter couldn’t wait till the beef was cooked.

Drink wise I had a few bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale which went down a treat, I used to be a big drinker of (brown dog) when I was in my twenties and early thirties.
It was a clear sky with a bright moon shining on the river, the fire lit well and was raging with plenty of dry dead wood at our disposal, we talked, joked and laughed till late when themuss decided he’d had enough booze and headed to his hammock where he climbed in and rolled back out haha.

Me and kilburnicus chatted a while longer and Paul telling me how good it was meeting myself daveswildcamping and themuss one year ago nearly to the month and me feeling rather humbled again been built up by the great Kilburnicus, the feeling was very mutual.

It was time to head to the hammock for me I can’t remember the time but it was late. I slept with the tarp folded back off the hammock as still to have the amazing view of the clear sky through the trees, watching the moon and stars for what seemed like 15 mins before I fell off to sleep.
I remembered waking in the morning to voices thinking it was the two Paul’s up , then themuss came over to my hammock says get up that was the game keeper with his gun asking us to get off his private land “own by some lord”. We done well not to be discovered till morning which I was pleased about judging by the raging fire we had which we tried covering slightly with a tarp and a wide tree to the direction of any buildings.
We had a visitor in the morning a good lad in the shape of Ian Cathcart who turned up on a previous woods camp with Chris Sumner and the three of us. Paul themuss headed out of the woods with Ian (after covering over the fire pit) as he had work early afternoon. Me and the other Paul cooked breakfast of bacon, 6 eggs and sausage, after clearing the area LNT “leave no trace” as usual and we headed out.

Thanks to the two Pauls, Kilburnicus and themuss for a great night and watch and comment on my video below which appears to be doing really well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZDRdPCs_E

Me and Paul on summit.

Causey Pike Summit in Distance

Paul telling me where its at.

The wind was quite intense on the way up and at the top, feeling there was no suitable place to pitch two tents on the summit we continued walking and decided to pick a spot a about a hundred yards away, the spot we picked seemed calm so erecting the tents was a breeze.
We chatted and I cranked up the dragonfly for a brew whilst killy messed with his new Primus Omnilite Ti after trying out some vodka and orange we decided to head indoors as cooking outside wasn’t an option with the continuing showers.
So on firing up the stove for a second time on went some chicken see my video (bottom of page) for the full story on my food.
I managed to get my cooking done before the winds started hitting us more, a slight change in wind direction and the angle had lowered, what was going over the top of us from the steep ridge beside us was striking us now with some strong gusts.
The winds carried on throughout the night, kilburnicus was out several times firming up his tent and mine;) and pushing pegs back in whilst I just laughed away.

Mine and Paul’s Aktos

Morning came it was still very strong wind and I had problems with a persistent peg coming out the bottom of my tent I found myself at one stage reaching over with my foot to put weight on the end of tent and trying to grab the pole I managed to pull a bedroom cord and tore it off. Unzipping the vent on the door to hold onto the pole as the tent was lifting about five inches off the ground because both guys had came out the sides of tent. Out came kilburnicus to bring some of his teabags as I had misplaced mine which later I found in my jacket pocket, whilst he was out he tended to my guys again giving me enough time to cook my bacon before another peg popped out.
Pulling on my boots I decided to head outside to see what all the fuss was about lol. I found a set of titanium pans on the side of hill what Paul had lost when a gust of wind had swept them out of his porch probs when he was out pegging down my tent haha.
We both enjoyed a wildcamp which had lived up to its name and look forward to the next which turned out to be a total contrast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbYjOLpL0DE

camping and cooking, wild as usual, next……

I arrived at our meeting point the travellers rest early as usual, so it was too the bar for my first.
Paul came approx 30 mins later it was now around 13:00 hrs.
A couple of hours spent drinking and catching up on matters we headed to the wildcamping location which would be one of 3 woods which I picked out in earlier videos.
Walking deeper into the woods we were amazed at seeing still a covering of snow still here as was seen in my prusik knots and tarp setup video.
I took alone my Clark Camo Nx-250 hammock and Vertex fly and Paul (Kilburnicus) his Dutch army Bivi and tarp.
No sooner we were putting final touches to our setups Paul (themuss) had arrived. Me and The muss had made arrangements the day before to meet here for him to see what he was missing and to have a bit of overdue crack, he wouldn’t be staying tonight on this occasion.

Paul helped us with the fire as he is always keen to look after his friends he prepared some kindling and a fire area for us.
After Paul’s departure it was time to crack open a can and sit by a raging hot fire we had bacon for a starter.

Me and Kilburnicus had quite abit of catching up to do as well which would take us into the early hours.

I started my cooking off first with a Lamb Casserole cooked on the fire with a new pan I had been buying the day before. I will let the video do the talking here as its hard to explain in writing.

Paul set away his new hexi stove which he purchased for £4 and cooked two minted lamb steaks and he was well chuffed by the performance of his new stove.
I only took my usual 4 cans with me and spilled practically a full can and came home with one in backpack, am not sure on killys intake but I can guarantee it was more than that.
Out came my stove to make a brew to drink whilst in my hammock but ended up drinking while we nattering well into the morning. My mobile was saying 04:30 the clocks were going forward on to BST that morning and I wasn’t sure that my phone had done this for me so was thinking it could be even 05:30. It was time to retire to our beds.
We were awaken about 09:00 with shotgun fire which carried on for a few hours I new then there was no more sleeping so it was a slapup breakfast cooked for two in my new pan, six rashers of bacon, mushrooms, pepperoni and six eggs.

There was no hurry to pack away so we hung around a few hours soaking up the occasion.
On leaving the woods someone else was interested in our activities as our vehicles had been reported to the law after explaining things and me forwarding on my website daveswildcamping.com they were happy and went on there way.
Thanks to my mate Paul themuss and to my friend Paul Kilburnicus for the great evening a one to go into my catalogue of memories that will follow me the rest of my life.
please watch my video below you can comment on the video on YouTube on my channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/daveswildcamping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu-0ESvLpks

On the evening of 16th March 2013 myself and Paul “Killy” set off to the Northumberland Coast to check out the ruin of Dunstanburgh Castle,  unsure on the spot where we would camp or cook.
We picked a spot right outside the castle grounds with a Fab seaview.

The cooking location would be just below us sheltering the wind in 3 directions and proved to be a smart choice.
Six firelogs we had this time as opposed to three at Hadrian wall.
Food I had was two types of mushrooms, onions, beansprouts, Serloin Steak and two chicken Breasts fried in garlic butter. Absolutely beautiful best ever . Been at this historical place, the castle in the backdrop the sound of the sea the boom of the crashing waves against the rocks the light of the fire the starry skies and some great company made this a special evening had by both of us.

After this fine feast we walked back up the bank to the tents and watched the flickering glow of the fire light up the rocks. Talked for hours and just as we retired to our tents around 01:30 it started to rain it was magic hearing that sound of the sea and the spray of light rain on the tent like it had been waiting for us to retreat undercover. We both were awaken by something around 06:30 opened the top of my akto door and seeing a dull wet morning I decided to switch of my alarm which I had set for 07:00 and go back to sleep. Awaking again at about 08:30 I went to see if Paul was awake and he was still sound asleep. We both had a couple of cups of tea and went to pay the castle a visit.

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Dunstanburgh Castle
Northumberland
Entrance of Dunstanburgh Castle from the north-west
Shown within Northumberland
Coordinates	grid reference NU258220 55°29′28″N 1°35′35″W / 55.491°N 1.593°W / 55.491; -1.593Coordinates: 55°29′28″N 1°35′35″W / 55.491°N 1.593°W / 55.491; -1.593
Current condition	Ruins
Current owner	English Heritage, National Trust

Dunstanburgh Castle lies on a headland on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton.

The castle is the largest in Northumberland^[1] and the site shows traces of much earlier occupation before the erection of the castle was started in 1313 by the Earl of Lancaster.^[2]

• History
• Description
• See also
• References
• External links

History

Recent evidence suggests that the site of the castle was occupied in prehistoric times: however, the principal remains date from the 14th century.^[3] In 1313, Earl Thomas of Lancaster, cousin of Edward II of England began construction of a massive fortress. By the time of his execution in 1322, the castle was substantially complete. John of Gaunt improved the castle in the late 14th century as the Duke of Lancaster.

The castle did not play a significant part in the border warfare against Scotland. In the Wars of the Roses the castle was held for the Lancastrians in 1462 and 1464. The damage done was not made good and the castle fell steadily into decay. A report in 1538 mentioned it as being a "very reuynus howsse and of smalle strength" and another source in 1550 described it as in "wonderfull great decaye". It continued to deteriorate and was robbed of stone for the building of other places in the area. The last private owner Sir Arthur Sutherland donated the castle to the Ministry of Works in 1929. The castle is now owned by the National Trust and in the care of English Heritage. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. It lies within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Turner painted Dunstanburgh many times, usually rising at dawn to do so. One of his oil paintings of the subject is in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Another is in the National Gallery of Victoria.

Description

Dunstanburgh Castle. The Lilburn Tower is towards the centre; at the right is the gatehouse keep; to the left the cliff drops away suddenly

The castle occupies a prominent headland about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Craster. On the south side there is a gentle slope towards the castle. The northerly approach is much steeper and the northern perimeter juts into Embleton Bay forming a 150-foot (46 m) cliff. The headland itself is part of the Great Whin Sill, a geological formation stretching across Northumberland.

There are signs of medieval rig-and-furrow on the slopes near to the castle - possible evidence of subsistence farming for the castle inhabitants.

The present castle encloses the entire 11 acres (4.5 ha) headland. The southern approach is protected by a long enceinte wall punctuated by two rectangular towers (the Constable and Egyncleugh towers), two turrets and a large twin-towered gatehouse at the western corner. From the gatehouse, the wall carries northward along the hilltop to a rectangular turreted watch tower, known as the Lilburn Tower.

The twin-towered gatehouse served as the principal residential block of the castle. Under John of Gaunt, the gateway was blocked, and the entrance to the castle carried around to the left via a mantlet wall and tower, rendering the gatehouse a more secure traditional keep. The area at the rear of the twin-towered gatehouse was enclosed in a courtyard by walls and a tower to form an inner ward, with access on the east side.

The remains of the massive gatehouse-keep

Composed of two tall D-shaped towers, the gatehouse-keep is a masterpiece of 14th century castle design. Each tower was of four stories, and was originally capped by four turrets about 80 feet (24 m) above ground level. The long gate passage was protected by gates at each end and two soldiers' barracks line the passage at ground level. On the first floor the gatehouse was divided into three rooms, with the central one controlling the portcullis mechanism. On the second floor above ground level there was a large room running across the entire width of the gatehouse, comprising a hall and chambers. The arrangements of the other stories and above have not survived.

The castle had a very high standard of masonry, comfort and design, and was likely intended to house Earl Thomas and his entire retinue. Well-lit residential chambers furnished with fireplaces may be found in the Lilburn and Constable towers as well as in the gatehouse. The large, apparently unused land in the middle of the castle may have served as a billeting area for troops.

Recent evidence suggests that there may have been an additional defensive enceinte of the castle, enclosing the low flat land around the foot of the main fort. Evidence has been found of a wall originating on the north near the Lilburn tower and extending around, anticlockwise, to the coastline on the east, where there may have been a medieval port.

See also

• Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
• List of castles in England

References

1. ^ Linda Jonas and Laurie Jonas, The Heritage Trail, Heritage Trail Publications Limited, UK (1998)
2. ^ Lumina Technologies, Reconstructive History of Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland, England, Santa Rosa, Ca. July 7, 2006
3. ^ Prudames, David. [1] Archaeologists unlock hidden past of Dunstanburgh], 17 March 2004, Culture24. Accessed 26 November 2009.

• Images of Dunstanburgh Castle
• English Heritage's 2003 excavations of the site^{[dead link]}

• English Heritage (1993). Dunstanburgh Castle - Guide. London: English Heritage. pp. 36 pp. ISBN 1-85074-350-9.
• (Albion Press, 2002) Glen Lyndon Dodds, Historic Sites of Northumberland & Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 79–84

External links

Media related to Dunstanburgh Castle at Wikimedia Commons

• Visit Northumberland - The Official Visitor Site for Northumberland from Northumberland Tourism
• Dunstanburgh Castle information at the National Trust
• Dunstanburgh Castle information at English Heritage
• Information for teachers: English Heritage
• Risk assessment information for teachers: English Heritage
• CastleXplorer Dunstanburgh page
• Find public transport to Dunstanburgh Castle - buses stop about 45 minutes walk from the castle

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Our Pitch photo taken in the morning

The location we picked had a view of Crag Lough Sycamore Gap and Milecastle 39,

The remains of Milecastle 39, near Steel Rigg.

Milecastle 39, also known as Castle Nick, is a Roman fortification along Hadrian's Wall.

Milecastle 39 was partly excavated by archaeologists in the 19th century, and more fully in the 1980s by conservation workers. The milecastle measures 19m long by 15.5m across with stone walls standing 1.75m high. The excavations in the mid-1980s^[1] revealed that barracks blocks that were initially built inside the milecastle had later been replaced by small individual buildings. The milecastle was occupied continuously until the fourth century AD.

• References
• External links

References

1. ^ Photographs and commentary from the dig during the mid-1980s that revealed the milecastle as it is seen today can be found at http://www.twoatlarge.com/ralph/archaeology/newarch/hadrianswall-1.html

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Media related to Milecastle 39 at Wikimedia Commons

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Coordinates: 55°0′13.12″N 2°22′32.74″W / 55.0036444°N 2.3757611°W / 55.0036444; -2.3757611 (Milecastle 39)

A photo below of Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall was used for the scene when Robin first confronts the Sheriff’s men.

Another of Sycamore Gap

Below is Milecastle 39 where we cooked.

After the tents went up it was time to retire to The fort for a drink and something to eat, steak was on the menu for me and Paul had some fried Chicken in Garlic butter.

This to date was my tastiest steak it was absolutely beautiful we had some good laughs in a great historical place something to remember thanks to Paul for the idea and coming alone with me, before leaving we made sure we left no rubbish or any signs we had been there and the fire was on a grid raise off the stone to take heat away from.

Watch my video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaTLbTTmMc

All photos used are taken by myself.

On the 8th of December 2012 on my tour around Cornwall I first camped in Exmoor National Park carried on to Bodmin Moor where I wildcamped and then around the north coast to Lands End I was then going to carry on along the south coast take in St. Michaels Mount and onto Dartmoor.

But my Wildcamping on Cape Cornwall was to be my last on this trip the problems with my Exped Downmat caused me to lose a day looking for a replacement and the plan to cross over to St Michaels Mount at the time of arrival I would have been met by darkness and didnt fancy crossing and looking for a spot to camp in darkness.

I had a chart for the firing times on Dartmoor and the two day window I planned to camp was gonna be to tight now, dark nights were becoming a problem moral wasnt at its best, packing up going into town for breakfast travelling around to my next unplanned location, using my mobiles Internet to plan my next spot (this is great in the summer months when daylight is plentiful)  and hoping to arrive there in daylight to survey the wildcamp spot.

After visiting Lands End I had then to look into wildcamping spots I was looking at the map and looking at extreme Western headlands and Cape Cornwall was the one I settle for I first surveyed the spot during daylight and walking around the side to discover an occupied lookout tower and thought this could be a little tricky camping here unseen.

 National Coastwatch look out

On seeing my pitch I then needed to pass some time and find somewhere I would park overnight, the golf club 5 Min’s walk away would prove to be the answer.
Heinz Monument (the 1864 chimney of the former Cape Cornwall Mine in Background.

After downing a few pints here the prospect of meeting that Coastwatch guard didn’t seem as much of a problem lol.
I took mt backpack from my car and walked up the path I had gone previous, it was pitch black. I proceeded to errect my tent only using the red light on my head torch in-case of been seen.
I didn’t cook on this camp due to noise of the stove and a slap up meal I had earlier in the golf club, but I did have four cans of lager with me to enjoy on the top on Heinz Monument.
Heinz Monument Below

The View from Heinz Monument

More of the Akto

Looking up to the Monument

Checkout my video at the bottom of page.

Coordinates: 50°07′37″N 5°42′22″W / 50.127°N 5.706°W / 50.127; -5.706

Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh Ust, meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just.^[1] A cape is the point of land where two bodies of water meet and until the first Ordnance Survey, 200 years ago, it was thought that Cape Cornwall was the most westerly point in Cornwall.^[2]

Most of the headland is owned by the National Trust. There is also a National Coastwatch look out on the seaward side. The only tourist infrastructure at present is a car park (owned by the National Trust) and a public toilet and refreshments van during the summer.

The Brisons, two offshore rocks, are located approximately one mile southwest of Cape Cornwall and are the finish line of the annual swimming race from Priest Cove.^[1][2]

Heinz Monument (the 1864 chimney of the former Cape Cornwall Mine) visible in the centre. It commemorates the purchase of Cape Cornwall for the nation by H. J. Heinz Company. The ruins of St. Helens Oratory also can be seen in the left. The two offshore rocks called Brisons are located approximately one mile southwest of the cape.

Just one mile from the Cape is the westernmost school on the British mainland, Cape Cornwall School. This is Cornwall's smallest secondary school with (as of January 2008) about 450 young people aged 11 to 16. Commonly known as "Cape" it is Cornwall's only school that specialises in art, photography and music. Most of its pupils come from the town of St Just in Penwith and the nearby villages of Pendeen, Sennen, St Buryan and St Levan but over 10% travel to the school from Penzance and further east.

• Etymology
• Early history
• References
• External links

Etymology

The name Cape Cornwall appeared first on a maritime chart around the year 1600 and the original Cornish name Kilgodh Ust has fallen out of use. In English it translates to "goose-back at St Just", a reference to the shape of the cape.^[3] An alternative name, Pen Kernow, is a recent translation of the English.

Early history

Pottery found in cists on the Cape have been dated to the Late Bronze Age and the presence of another cliff castle nearby (Kenidjack) may indicate that the area was important in the Iron Age. On the landward side of the Cape is the remains of the medieval St Helen’s Oratory, which replaced a 6th-century church. A font in the porch of St Just church may be from this building.^[2]

Cape Cornwall Mine, a tin mine on Cape Cornwall, operated intermittently between 1838 and 1883. The mine's 1864 chimney near the peak of the cape was retained as an aid to navigation, and in the early 20th century the former ore dressing floors were for a time converted into greenhouses and wineries. In 1987 the site was donated to the nation by the H. J. Heinz Company. The remains of Cape Cornwall Mine now form part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
2. ^ ^{a b c} Joseph P. 2006. Cape Cornwall Mine. British Mining No 79. Northern Mine Research Society. Sheffield. pp.111. ISBN – 13: 978-0-901450-60-9.
3. ^ Weatherhill C. (2007) Cornish Place Names and Language. Ammanford: Sigma Press.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cape Cornwall

• Cape Cornwall at DMOZ

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Catbells
The classic view of Catbells from near Friars Crag on the opposite side of Derwent Water
Elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)
Prominence	86 m (282 ft)
Parent peak	Dale Head
Listing	Wainwright
Location
Catbells Cumbria,  England
Range	Lake District, North Western Fells
OS grid	NY244199
Coordinates	54°34′07″N 3°10′15″W / 54.56865°N 3.17083°W / 54.56865; -3.17083Coordinates: 54°34′07″N 3°10′15″W / 54.56865°N 3.17083°W / 54.56865; -3.17083
Topo map	OS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL4

Catbells is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. It has a modest height of 451 metres (1,480 ft) but despite this it is one of the most popular fells in the area. It is situated on the western shore of Derwent Water within 3 miles (5 km) of the busy tourist town of Keswick. Its distinctive shape catches the attention of many visitors to the Lakes who feel compelled to climb to the summit after seeing it from the viewpoint of Friars Crag on the opposite side of Derwent Water. Renowned Lake District writer and walker Alfred Wainwright acknowledges the popularity of Catbells among fellwalkers of all ability by saying:

"It is one of the great favourites, a family fell where grandmothers and infants can climb the heights together, a place beloved. Its popularity is well deserved, its shapely topknott attracts the eye offering a steep but obviously simple scramble."

• Name
• Topography
• Geology
• Ascents
• Summit and view
• Mining
• Notes
• References

Name

The fell's unusual name may well have come from a distortion of "Cat Bields" meaning shelter of the wild cat, although this is not certain. The fell's name is sometimes written as Cat Bells and is so printed on some maps.

Topography

Catbells is the last fell on the ridge separating Derwent Water from the Newlands valley. It rises due south from Hawse End, reaching the summit in two distinct steps. The lower top is named Skelgill Bank. Beyond the summit of Catbells is the steep sided depression of Hause Gate, before the ridge broadens and twists south westward to Maiden Moor.

Geology

The Catbells ridge is an example of the Buttermere Formation, an olistostrome of disrupted, sheared and folded mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.^[1]

Ascents

The ascent along the northern ridge facing the summit to the south

Nearly all ascents of Catbells start from Hawse End at the foot of the northern ridge; there is car parking here but the spaces soon get taken on busy summer days. Hawse End is also served by the Derwent Water Motor Launch and this enables visitors to Keswick to combine a sail on the lake with an ascent of the fell. Many walkers who reach the top of Catbells return to their starting point after admiring the view, however, strong walkers can continue along the ridge to take in the fells of Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson to give a horseshoe walk which ends in the Newlands valley close to Hawse End.

Summit and view

The summit is all rock with many loose stones lying amid the small outcrops. The view from the top of Catbells gives a fine panorama which is dominated by the aerial view of Derwentwater. Bassenthwaite Lake, the Newlands Valley, Skiddaw and Keswick all show well to the north, while the view south has a fine vista of Borrowdale.

A 360 degree view from the summit of Catbells. The view North of the summit (middle of the image) takes in Skiddaw, Blencathra and Keswick on the edge of Derwentwater.

Mining

Although Catbells is renowned as a "family fell" it does have some dangers especially from the disused lead mines on its slopes. The Yewthwaite mine, which is on the western side of the fell has extensive spoil heaps and shafts. Many of the shafts were previously open and dangerous but most have now been blocked off. The Brandlehow and Old Brandley Mine worked a lode for lead ore on the Derwent Water (eastern) side of the fell. All three mines ceased production in the 1890s. On the lower slopes of the fell above Derwent Water stands Brackenburn Lodge, now holiday accommodation but formerly the home of Hugh Walpole who wrote the Herries series of books when he lived here from 1924 to his death in 1941.

Notes

1. ^ British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps, England & Wales Sheet 29: BGS (1999)

References

• A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, The North Western Fells, Alfred Wainwright ISBN ISBN 0-7112-2459-5
• The Mountains of England and Wales, John and Anne Nuttall, ISBN 1-85284-037-4
• Catbells Pale Ale

v t e Wainwright's North Western Fells Ard Crags Barf Barrow Broom Fell Castle Crag Catbells Causey Pike Dale Head Eel Crag (Crag Hill) Grasmoor Graystones Grisedale Pike High Spy Hindscarth Hopegill Head Knott Rigg Ling Fell Lord's Seat Maiden Moor Outerside Rannerdale Knotts Robinson Sail Sale Fell Scar Crags Wandope Whinlatter Whiteless Pike Whiteside Full list of Wainwrights by area

v t e Hills of the North Western Lake District Lord's Seat Whinlatter Ullister Hill Barf Graystones Ling Fell Sale Fell Ladies Table Harrot Powter How Watch Hill Cockermouth Golf Course Slate Fell Grasmoor Crag Hill Sail Wandope Scar Crags Whiteless Pike Causey Pike Ard Crags Outerside Knott Rigg Barrow Stile End Rannerdale Knotts Brackenthwaite Hows Grisedale Pike Hopegill Head Hobcarton Crag Whiteside Dodd Braithwaite How Dale Head Hindscarth High Spy Catbells Castle Crag High Doat Holm Crag Robinson High Snockrigg Swinside

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Coordinates: 50°33′45″N 4°36′48″W / 50.5625°N 4.6132°W / 50.5625; -4.6132

Geological sketch showing Bodmin Moor in relation to Cornwall's granite intrusions

Rough Tor

Bodmin Moor (Cornish: Goon Brenn)^[1] is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 208 square kilometres (80 sq mi) in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history.

Bodmin Moor is one of five granite plutons in Cornwall that make up part of the Cornubian batholith^[2] (see also Geology of Cornwall).

The name 'Bodmin Moor' is relatively recent, being an Ordnance Survey invention of 1813. It was formerly known as Fowey Moor after the River Fowey which rises within it.^[3]

• Geography
• Parishes
• History and antiquities
• Legends and traditions
• See also
• References
• External links

Geography

Dramatic granite tors rise from the rolling moorland: the best known are Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall at 417 m (1,368 ft),^[4] and Rough Tor at 400 m (1,300 ft). To the south-east Kilmar Tor and Caradon Hill are the most prominent hills. Considerable areas of the moor are poorly drained and form marshes (in hot summers these can dry out). The rest of the moor is mostly rough pasture or overgrown with heather and other low vegetation.

The Moor contains about 500 holdings with around 10,000 beef cows, 55,000 breeding ewes and 1,000 horses and ponies.^[5] Most of the moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Bodmin Moor, North,^[6] and has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as part of Cornwall AONB.^[7] Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Rivers and inland waters

Siblyback Lake

The De Lank River at Garrow Tor

Bodmin Moor is the source of several of Cornwall's rivers: they are mentioned here anti-clockwise from the south.

The River Fowey rises at a height of 290 m (950 ft) and flows through Lostwithiel and into the Fowey estuary.^[8]

The River Tiddy rises near Pensilva and flows southeast to its confluence with the River Lynher (the Lynher flows generally south-east until it joins the Hamoaze near Plymouth). The River Inny rises near Davidstow and flows southeast to its confluence with the River Tamar.

The River Camel rises on Hendraburnick Down and flows for approximately 40 km (25 mi) before joining the sea at Padstow.^[9] The River Camel and its tributary the De Lank River are an important habitat for the otter and both have been proposed as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)^[10] The De Lank River rises near Roughtor and flows along an irregular course before joining the Camel south of Wenford.

The River Warleggan rises near Temple and flows south to join the Fowey.

On the southern slopes of the moor lies Dozmary Pool. It is Cornwall's only natural inland lake and is glacial in origin. In the 20th century three reservoirs have been constructed on the moor; these are Colliford Lake, Siblyback Lake and Crowdy reservoirs which supply water for a large part of the county's population. Various species of waterfowl are resident around these waters.^[11]

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  Rivers south of Bodmin Moor

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  Rivers southeast of Bodmin moor

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  Rivers northwest of Bodmin Moor

Parishes

Church in St Neot

The parishes on the moor are as follows:

Advent Altarnun Blisland Bolventor Camelford Davidstow Lewannick Linkinhorne

North Hill St Breward St Cleer St Clether St Ive St Neot Warleggan

History and antiquities

Prehistoric times

King Arthur's Hall

Kilmar Tor

10,000 years ago, in the Mesolithic period, hunter-gatherers wandered the moor when it was wooded and had a temperate climate. There are several documented cases of flint scatters being discovered by archaeologists, indicating that these hunter gatherers practised flint knapping in the region.^[12]

During the Neolithic era, from about 4,500 to 2,300 BC, people began clearing trees and farming the land. It was also in this era that the production of various megalithic monuments began, predominantly long cairns (three of which have currently been identified, at Louden, Catshole and Bearah) and stone circles (sixteen of which have been identified). It was also likely that the naturally forming tors were also viewed in a similar manner to the manmade ceremonial sites.^[13]

In the following Bronze Age, the creation of monuments increased dramatically, with the production of over 300 further cairns, and more stone circles and stone rows.^[13] More than 200 Bronze Age settlements with enclosures and field patterns have been recorded.^[14] and many prehistoric stone barrows and circles lie scattered across the moor. In a programme shown in 2007 Channel 4's Time Team investigated a 500 metre cairn and the site of a Bronze Age village on the slopes of Rough Tor.^[15]

King Arthur's Hall thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site can be found to the east of St Breward on the moor.^[16]

Medieval and modern times

Hawk's Tor, north of Temple

Where practicable areas of the moor were used for pasture by herdsmen from the parishes surrounding the moor. Granite boulders were also taken from the moor and used for stone posts and to a certain extent for building (such material is known as moorstone).^[17] Granite quarrying only became reasonably productive when gunpowder became available.

The moor gave its name (Foweymore) to one of the medieval districts called stannaries which administered tin mining: the boundaries of these were never defined precisely. Until the establishment of a turnpike road through the moor (the present A30) in the 1770s the size of the moorland area made travel within Cornwall very difficult.

Its Cornish name, Goen Bren, is first recorded in the 12th century.^[18]

Monuments and ruins

Roughtor was the site of a medieval chapel of St Michael and is now designated as a memorial to the 43rd Wessex Division of the British Army. In 1844 on Bodmin Moor the body of 18 year old Charlotte Dymond was discovered. Local labourer Matthew Weeks was accused of the murder and at noon on 12 August 1844 he was led from Bodmin Gaol and hanged. The murder site now has a monument erected from public money and the grave is at Davidstow churchyard.^[19]

Legends and traditions

Dozmary Pool is identified by some people with the lake in which, according to Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur to The Lady of the Lake.^[20] Another legend relating to the pool concerns Jan Tregeagle.

The Beast of Bodmin has been reported many times but never identified with certainty.

See also

• List of topics related to Cornwall
• Brown Willy effect

References

The Cheesewring, a granite tor on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor

A wild horse on Bodmin Moor

1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
2. ^ [1] Charoy, B. (1986) Genesis of the Cornubian Batholith (South West England): the example of the Carnmenellis Pluton in: Journal of Petrology; 1986 Oxford: OUP
3. ^ Pounds, Norman John Greville (2000). A History of the English Parish: the culture of religion from Augustine to Victoria. Cambridge University Press. pp. 593. ISBN 978-0-521-63351-2.; p. 72
4. ^ GENUKI: Cornwall
5. ^ The Bodmin Moor Pages ~ The History
6. ^ "Bodmin Moor, North". Natural England. 1991. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002227.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
7. ^ http://www.cornwall-aonb.gov.uk/documents/12_bodmin_character.pdf
8. ^ Cornwall Rivers Project|Geography | Fowey and Lerryn
9. ^ Cornwall Rivers Project | Geography | Camel and Allen
10. ^ The Rivers of Bodmin Moor - The Bodmin Moor Pages
11. ^ Bere, Rennie (1982) The Nature of Cornwall. Buckingham: Barracuda Books, pp. 63-67
12. ^ Tilley, C. (1996) "The Power of Rocks: landscape and topography on Bodmin Moor", in: World Archaeology; 28, p. 165
13. ^ ^{a b} Tilley, C. (1996) "The Power of Rocks: landscape and topography on Bodmin Moor", in: World Archaeology; 28, pp. 151-176
14. ^ channel4.com - Time Team - Bodmin Moor, Cornwall - text only
15. ^ "Bodmin Moor, Cornwall". Channel 4: Time Team. 8 April 2007. http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/2007_bod_found.html. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
16. ^ Secret Cornwall; Bodmin Moor and its environs
17. ^ Clifton-Taylor, A. "Building materials" in: Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall. 2nd ed. Penguin Books, p. 29-34
18. ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names. Westport, co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 6
19. ^ The Murder of Charlotte Dymond
20. ^ Cornish Archaeology; No 34, 1995

• Weatherhill, Craig (1995) Cornish Place Names & Language. Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure ISBN 1-85058-462-1

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Things turned a little nervy around midnight we were hearing some strange sounds one of which seamed like a girls cries, been just above the caves we though maybe someone was in some sort of trouble I said to Paul get the axe which was stuck in the tree so we went to investigate, no sooner we started walking then the crys stopped, Paul said maybe it was just an animal or something.
After making a pig of ourselves on the meat, yorkshire puddings, potatoes and veggies we decided to call it a night. Paul was asleep first as usual I could hear the snoring pretty loud then I seen what appeared to be flashes on the side of my tent this happened over a few seconds period then disappeared, then it happened again about a minute later over the same period then it repeated again then a got out my sleeping bag put on my boots, I was convinced this was someone with a torch heading into the woods possibly a couple of lads I didn’t feel to comfortable I started to call “Paul” “Paul” “snore snore” was my response, the flashes appeared a few more times so I decided to have a peak out the top of the door of my tent which was facing away from the lights, I popped my head through the gap in the door and over the top of the tent to notice some glowing embers of the fire then I seen a leaf blow onto the embers and ignite and flare up, I was overcome by some relief so decided I can get some sleep now.

When morning came we had bacon for breakfast, Paul had his on first as I had some problems with my MSR Dragonfly stove a fuel leak from the pump which caught alight so in a panic a let loose on it and started kicking it all over the place not thinking about pouring on liquid as Paul said do. So I ended up cooking it on Paul’s stove using my frying pan which wouldnt fit his stove so he made some makeshift legs from some twigs you will see on the video it worked a treat.

Something worth mentioning happened the next night, me and my sister were out in the car and had visited my usual haunt Mc Donalds drive through, we parked up to eat our burgers when a police called pulled along side me, I wound down the window and he was asking why my car was parked up last night I said are yes there would have been another car next to it he described Paul’s car to me I replied me and my mate were camping out in the woods, he replied were you not frightened I said yeah at one point I was a bit when I seen what I thought was torches shining on the side of my tent, before I could say anything else he said that would have be us and he also said someone was going to throw themselves off the bridge.

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