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Fair Snape and Parlick |
A sunny, balmy day at last after so much cloud and rain! Although it was after lunch I decided to go up over Hazelhurst Fell with my Meindl shoes on for speed and lightweight walking. I left the car at around 2:15.
It was great to walk quickly and effortlessly up the track by
the wall from Stang Yule, and there was a wonderful feeling of joy on what felt like a mid-May spring day. I stopped to take a photo over
the Fylde.
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The Fylde coast and Morecambe Bay |
I continued to the fell
track where the direction board has been on its back for many years, wondering yet again if it were possible to set it up again. I walked further up to the viewpoint on the right over Bleasdale with the lovely views of Fair Snape and Parlick. I then crossed over to
the thin path, now almost hidden by newly-growing heather, and reached 'my' cairn, still standing tall and firm.
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Standing tall and firm |
A little way over to the right I noticed something flashing
in the sunlight and went to investigate. It was perhaps the remains of a silver
balloon, and it had a long coloured tape attached. I put it in my bag and
returned to the track.
I was about to continue my walk when I realised I no longer
had my walking pole. I checked first at the viewpoint: no pole. I didn't go to my
cairn because I felt certain I didn't have it at the time I had been there just a few minutes before and that I
would have to go down to where I had stopped either at the direction board or
where I had taken a photo. But it wasn't at either place!
I was still feeling
very loose and fit, so up I went again to the cairn, this time directly from the notice board. There was no pole visible at the cairn and I was just going to check where I had found the silver balloon when I spied
the pole almost hidden amongst the heather behind the cairn. What
a relief! But also what a pity I hadn't checked the cairn earlier.
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'We'll keep an eye on the cairn for you.' |
There was an exhilarating feeling all the time on the walk,
and I found the warm air and the sunshine such a welcome change from prolonged wet and grey conditions. I sat for a fewEasy Stroll minutes enjoying the place and the view.
A very good afternoon, which I shall remember with great
pleasure.
