Bassenthwaite to Calbeck – 13 April 2019
This is our first visit to the Lake District this year with all three walks starting from Chapel Bridge which is quite close to the village of Bassenthwaite but it is too difficult to get the coach into the village.
The 12-mile route goes up past Whitewater Dash and over Knott and High Pike before heading north towards Caldbeck. The 11-mile route goes over Little Cockup and Great Cockup before heading northwards down Yard Steel and out via Dale Beck to Caldbeck. The 10-mile route takes the easy way and heads around the Northern Fells using the Cumbria Way.
All the routes are heading into or around the Northern Fells which comprise a group of hills that lie behind Skiddaw and Blencathra. This group of hills are one of the areas least visited in the Lake District but its main claim to fame is that it is the area where John Peel the Huntsman was born and lived all his life from around 1777 to his death in 1854. John Peel’s passion was fox hunting and he kept a pack of foxhounds at his farm in Ruthwaite which is not far from Caldbeck. John Peel became famous after a song was written about him called D’ye ken John Peel. He is buried in St Kentigern’s Church in Caldbeck.
John Peel would have known all the hills in the Northern Fells but did he know that Great Cockup is the 127th highest Dewey in England or that Knott is the 93rd highest mountain in England and is also a Nuttall.
If you would like to walk over a Dewey or a Nuttall or fancy an easier walk in this part of the Lakes District you can contact us via our Contact Page on this website and you can download the walk descriptions below and the GPS routes here.
