Name of walk	Bigland Barrow
Date of walk	2018-07-03

On Tuesday I made an early start, beginning my solo, circular walk at 8am, when it was still cool. Bigland Barrow, via Bigland Tarn. A walk of just under four miles. Another glorious day! Bigland Barrow is one of Wainwright’s Outlying Fells. This is not his route up, but I think this one has more interest.

I parked in the lay-by almost opposite the start of the walk, on the B5278 road to Cark, 200m past the hamlet of Low Wood.

Heading up through Birk Dault Wood. The path is part of the Cumbria Coastal Way.

Boarded walkways across the boggy areas.

Ruined huts above Birk Dault Wood.

Bigland Tarn. The Cumbria Coastal Way continues along the western side of the tarn.

The route to Bigland Barrow passes through a kissing-gate to a track along the edge of the tarn.

The boat house.

It is well disguised.

Beautiful!

Looking south over Bigland Tarn with Bigland Heights on the right

I take the path on the right that is sign posted 'High Gate'.

A resident of Bigland Hall Stables.

Peek-a-boo!

Cross over the main road and through the gate, where Bigland Barrow is directly ahead.

Views to Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man.

The observation Tower on Bigland Barrow can be seen..

I follow the track.

I look over the wall stile to Bigland Barrow Tarn, this will be my route back.

I take the Hazelrigg path, turning off for Bigland Barrow here.

Looking from the gate over to Bigland Trout Fishery, an artificial tarn created by the damming of Black Beck.

The old Royal Observer Corp Orlit 'B' post on the summit of Bigland Barrow.

I don't venture up, it doesn't look very safe.

Looking out towards the Leven Estuary.

Close up on the Haverthwaite Railway.

Greenodd.

Backbarrow and the Coniston hills.

View back the way I came up.

Bigland Trout Fishery from the summit of Bigland Barrow.

Three photo panorama of the view to all the fells. Left click to enlarge, click again to return.

A closer view of Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man.

I return back to the sign post at the wall stile, and cross it....gingerly!

I head past the tarn following the grassy track down to High Brow Edge.

The track.

Another wall stile.

Another faint track.

The walled path beside the farm leads out to the road.

Sheep!

At the road, turn right then directly left down a 'road', sign posted 'unsuitable for cars'. Houses lead off this 'road'.

This takes you down to another larger road where you go left.

Continue heading down until the hamlet of Low Wood is reached.

Low Wood.

Low Wood bridge view of the River Leven. From here I walk the 200m back to my car.

A good little walk with no difficulties. My two walking stick handled poles are working out quite nicely! I am walking slowly, so this walk took me three hours. A fit, able bodied person, could walk it in half the time. I stopped off at Roy’s Ice cream van on the Coast Road, on the way home, just to stretch my knee. Driving any distance still poses a problem…..the enormous waffle cone banana and chocolate ice cream was purely coincidental……honest! 😉

Jo.