Great remote walk from the village of Braithwaite to Portinscale passing by the bottom of Cat Bells summit. Dog friendly.
Une randonnée assez isolé depuis le village de Braithwaite jusqu’au village de Portinscale en passant par le bas du sommet de Cat Bells. Accessible aux chiens.
Braithwaite to Portinscale walk information:
- Distance: 12km
- Duration: 3h30
- Ascent: 300m
- Level: Easy
- Car Park: Braithwaite village
- What3words: backswing.colder.motoring (start of the walk)
- Dog friendly: Yes, fields with sheeps

The weather forecast for the weekend was announced to be especially bad due to the arrival of the storm Ciara on the British coasts. But with my friend Tania, we saw that it should only deteriorate from Saturday afternoon, so we took advantage of a moment of calm to go for a walk on Saturday morning. Since there was quite a bit of wind, we wanted a hike in the valley and fairly sheltered from the wind. This is how we found this one which we thought would be pleasant.
La météo pour le weekend s’annonçait mauvaise notamment à cause de la venue de la tempête Ciara sur les côtes britanniques. Mais avec mon amie Tania, nous avions vu que cela ne devait se dégrader qu’à partir du samedi après-midi ainsi nous avons profité d’un moment de calme pour aller marcher le samedi matin. Vu qu’il y avait pas mal de vent, nous voulions une randonnée dans la vallée et assez protégée du vent. C’est ainsi que nous avons trouvé celle-ci qui nous semblait agréable.

This hike does not present any particular difficulty because there is not much ascent and the path is visible practically all along. The path begins along the Newlands Beck stream before climbing the slopes of Cat Bells, then passing along Derwent water and crossing the pretty village of Portinscale.
Cette randonnée ne présente aucune difficulté particulière car il n’y a pas beaucoup de dénivelé et le sentier est visible pratiquement tout le long. Le sentier commence par longer le court d’eau Newlands Beck avant de monter sur les flancs de Cat Bells, puis de passer le long de Derwent water et de traverser le joli village de Portinscale.

Overall this hike is not very popular, and we only encountered some people once on the way to Cat Bells and on the descent to Nichols End and Portinscale. We were very surprised by the beauty of the place especially the banks of the Newlands Beck river and the valley between Newlands and Skelgill. The winter colours were also beginning to give way to those of spring with some buds appearing on the trees.
Dans l’ensemble cette randonnée n’est pas très populaire et nous n’avons croisé du monde qu’une fois sur le chemin de Cat Bells et la descente vers Nichols End et Portinscale. Nous avons été très surprises par la beauté de l’endroit notamment les bords de la rivière Newlands Beck et la vallée entre Newlands et Skelgill. Les couleurs hivernales commençaient également à faire place à celles du printemps avec quelques bourgeons qui apparaissaient dans les arbres.

It was also an opportunity for me to test the camera on my new mobile phone and I must say that I was impressed by the result.
Ce fut également pour moi l’occasion de tester l’appareil photo de mon nouveau téléphone portable et je dois dire que je suis impressionnée par le résultat.
Do you know all these small villages?
Connaissez-vous tous ces petits villages?








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I’ve stayed in Braithwaite 3 times for a weeks holiday and it is probably my favourite place to stay in Lakes when we come up. I love the pubs there, the small village shop and there is a play park for the kids by the school. The Newlands valley is also the best valley in the Lakes in my opinion, and with two iconic walks of the Newlands Round and Coledale Horseshoe starting from Braithwaite and Stair its a great place to walk.
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Thank you for your comment. I haven’t done Newlands Round and Coledale Horseshoe maybe this summer.
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Lake District is my most favourable are in the UK, Can t wait to return to it again one day! C etait un plaisir de lire cet article!
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Merci pour votre commentaire.
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