a seat for at least 4 people carved from a felled tree

the trail is mostly on a boardwalk through the bog ..

.. with some attractive shelters en route

sunshine on Binsey from the trail

another shelter with Cockermouth golf course on the hill beyond

looking back at the shelter

Binsey again

Skiddaw and Ullock Pike

some of the Back of Skiddaw fells

Scots Pines on the edge of the reserve

the return path close to the A66

autumnal beech with traffic roaring by on the A66 just behind

near the end of the circuit with Sale Fell ahead