BB1528 : Would You Like Your Lamb Pink, Sir?

Thursday 6th August 2015

Pink lambs.  And sheep.  Whatever next?  As we walked along north from Hartsop, that was the sight which confronted us.  Obviously we have seen sheep colour-marked before, especially by whichever tup had serviced them (or in the case of those lucky multicoloured ones, which tups).  But never for them to be more or less totally recoloured.  Seemingly it is to deter theft but what it does to the value of their wool, I don’t know.  But there again, perhaps wool has little value currently.  Though I suspect it must be worth something otherwise they probably would not be sheared.

The rain didn’t seem to bother them.  Nor did it bother my five companions who had come prepared.  However, fool that I am, I had more faith in the forecasters who predicted that it was going to clear before we started soI travelled light.  And indeed clear it did.  Just not quite soon enough.

Fortunately by the time we reached the top of Boredale Hause it had stopped.  Here we turned south east with the objective of the twin peaks of Angletarn Pikes.

Tony was suffering with what sounds like a tendon problem in the back of his leg so, for once, we were kind and allowed him to eat at his preferred time of noon, perched on a ledge below the Pikes and overlooking the lovely Angle Tarn.

For a moment we thought that Terry was going to give us a repeat performance of skinny-dipping but, for some strange reason, he wimped out.  He said it was because there were two people sat by the tarn.  However, even after they moved he still was too shy.

Brock Crag followed, an excellent viewpoint over Brothers Water, Ullswater and Hayeswater.  This was an out and back episode, following which we carried on along the track to the decision point.  Terry wanted to continue to The Knott so that he could bag it for his Wainwright count.  Tony's leg had had enough climbing and neither Martin nor John seemed that interested in going up The Knott just for the sake of it.  So Stan took Terry up to the top whilst I joined the others on the descent to Hayeswater.

The vegetation hasn’t yet grown back and weirdly there are walls that can be seen going down across the bare patches and into the water.  No doubt these predate the reservoir.

Initially we were perplexed as we could find no means of crossing the beck. The bridge had vanished.  It was just too wide and in spate for boulder hopping. Fortunately, John discovered another bridge a little downstream.

We had almost reached the car when Terry and Stan caught up with us. Apparently Stan had taken Terry down a virtually vertical gully  He was still shaking from the near death experience until once again we saw creatures whose imminent demise was rather more certain.  

More coloured ovines.  

Would you like your lamb pink, Sir, and a nice red wine to go with it?

Don, Thursday 6th August 2015

Addendum:

At the Staveley Brewery subsequently, Tony relinquished his role as Kitty Master in favour of Terry.  

Thanks for looking after the cash, Tony.  

Another round please, Terry!

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