Tuesday 19 June 2012

The Beautiful Eden Valley

The Upper Eden Valley is a gorgeous area for walking. If you take a holiday there you can choose between high fells and gentle pasture land. The River Eden flows down from the heights of Mallerstang, opposite Wild Boar fell, through Kirkby Stephen, and then on to Appleby.

Above Kirkby Stephen are the fells. From then on the river flows through rolling pastures, constantly twisting and turning, often tree-lined. This is majestic walking country, especially on a day like today when I took this photograph looking upstream from Musgrave Bridge near Warcop.

There's more about the Eden Valley on my Around-England blog.