Blogging and trogging - Armathwaite, Stone and Sand.
Si's general blogs on what's been going on...
May 3rd 2010 Armathwaite, Stone and Sand.
Sandstone and the Lakes, Garlic and Bread... the two go together naturally?
250 square miles of the Lake District Nationl Park and you end up at a crag by a river made of Sandstone - what's that all about? Sandstone being a form of rock that actually snaps if you pull on the wrong holds - It's always a good idea to practice testing holds gently - and here's a whole crag made of it... mmm!
Well actually it's all extremely cool - with sandy riverside bays, a nature reserve bursting with wild flowers, rare birds and two of the best eating pubs you could dream up. Add all that to south facing sun warmed rock and you get the picture... family heaven with a few exciting surprises. We weren't however the first to find the place - no surprises there then. Stone carved faces and a poetic extract from The Complete Angler carved in the rock in 1855 were however the most exciting surprises as you traverse round the rocky bays just above the waterline - small giveaway clues to previous expeditions to the area methinks.
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