Saturday we went for a walk around Silverdale. We picked it as it was between home (we had to attend the cycle club AGM before leaving) and Carlisle, where we were spending the weekend. We found the walk in an AA book of walks that Andy bought a while ago and what a fantastic walk it proved to be! It was called ‘A Quart in a Pint Pot‘ as it contained a bit of everything. It started in a small National Trust car park for Eaves Wood. We went up and through Eaves Wood. The bluebells were just starting to come out.

   

We left Eaves Wood and walked down some tracks and roads around Silverdale.

  

We then were suprised to find ourselves at the coast!

   

We passed Jack Scout, an old limekiln, which was quite interesting.

Then we followed along the cliffs for a while.

   

The walk then took us along the and out on to a salt marsh.

Next we headed back up hill and through another wood.

The route then took us down a path to Woodwell

Up the rocky staircase and through some more woodland.

     

We were then back on the road again at Silverdale Green before heading along some lovely tracks to Burton Well.

From the well the path took us cross  a little wooden bridge in Lambert’s Meadow.

   

We then made our way to Banks Well.

The route then took us along the roads back to the car park where we started from, even passing a fake cow in someone’s garden.

The walk was actually great, although the day was a little damp. There were flowers, woods, coastline, village – a little bit of everything or a ‘quart in a pint pot’ as the walk was called!