Day 2 - Burnley to St Bees

I started the day with a slow 3 mile run, as per my plan.   I found it quite hard and still ached from Sunday.  The Premier Inn is situated within 3 very well maintained parks so it was easy to find good off road paths.

Bank Hall Miners Memorial
Bank Hall Park

River Brun

Geese and Goslings in Thompson Park

Bridge over boating lake
Thompson Park

Rhododendron in Queens Park

Queen Victoria Memorial
Queens Park

Our first stop after leaving the hotel was the Singing, Ringing Tree, a sculpture high on the moors above Burnley and our main reason for

coming here.  It is made of different sized pipes which make a musical sound as the wind blows through.  Today was very windy so it made some quite loud sounds, which were quite eerie.  The views were not great as it was cloudy and misty but on a clear day it is possible to see some of the peaks in the Yorkshire Dales.



Path to the sculpture

Information board

View over Burnley from the Sculpture

Singing Ringing Tree

Paul at Sculpture to give idea of size.

We saw a lot of skylarks on the way back tothe car.  One was nearby and completely oblivious to us. 

Skylark

We then made our way to Settle to see Scaliber Foss, one of the large waterfalls in the area.  This one was only 80m from the parking area so easy for Paul to get to. It wasn't spectacular as there hasn't been much rain recently. By this time the sun had appeared but there was a cold wind.  We drove a bit higher and found somewhere with a nice view to park up for our lunch break.

Scaliber Force

Lunch view

We had a walk around Settle, where we stayed about 3 years ago and had an ice cream in The Naked Man Cafe, where there were no men, let alone naked ones. 

He refused to oblige as it was too cold.

Settle Market Square - houses on top of shops

We had planned another stop at Sizeagh, a National Trust site near Kendal but it closed at 4 so we wouldn't have had much time there.   

We checked into our hotel, had dinner there and went for a short walk to the coast path.  It is here that the coast to coast path starts/ends depending on where you start from.

St Bees Head

Looking South from St Bees beach.






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