A Walk in the Countryside

Cauldron Snout - waterfall, reservoir and rocks

Langdon Beck. 18 November 2005. Frosty.




We've been waiting for a sunny day to go walking for 3 weeks now and it's finally arrived. English countryside is one of the best things the country has to offer. Fresh air. Nature. It's like entering dreamland.


We started at Langdon Beck hotel and followed the icy footpath past Widdy Bank Farm (cows...YAY!!!). Then turning onto the river path, we walked along the beautiful riverside track, distracted only by the crushing sounds of ice (Jean-Pierre couldn't resist stepping on the ice puddles...sigh!).

We were a wee bit disappointed when we got to the waterfall. There was only a tiny trickle of water down the hill. Not quite what we had expected. But alas, silly cows, that was not THE waterfall we were looking for. Half a mile later, we found it - Cauldron Snout! What a sight!

It was a fairly easy walk with a rocky scramble. Never mind I suffered a bad fall (short legs...grrrr!), the environs of Langdon Beck and Cauldron Snout made it all worthwhile. (The sandwiches were great too!) I'll let the pictures do the talking ....