coast to coast walk, Brian & Gail's Wainwright coast to coast walk, C2C photo diary, Day 1

Wainwright Coast to coast walk St Bega statue at St Bees

St. Bees :
Statue of Saint Bega on the outskirts of St. Bees village.

The legend of St Bega tells of an Irish Princess called Bega, escaping across the Irish Sea from an enforced marriage, landing here and building a nunnery on land which the local landowner said she could have if it was covered by snow - on midsummer day. The statue shows St Bega after landing at St Bees in her coracle boat.

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St Bees - starting the Wainwright Coast to coast walk

St. Bees

Walking from St Bees village towards the beach

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St Bees at start of Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

St. Bees

The obligatory photograph on St Bees shore front before starting the walk.
The walk starts along the cliffs in the background.

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Looking back at St Bees from the Cliffs - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Looking back to St Bees from the nearby cliff top

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Along the St Bees cliffs - St Bees at start of Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Beautiful cliff scenery

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along the cliffs - St Bees at start of Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

An abundance of sea birds along the cliffs

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St Bees cliffs at start of Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Saltom Bay is just ahead.
Here we turn inland past Birkham's quarry and on to Sandwith

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Dent hill - St Bees at start of Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Dent hill can now be seen in the distance

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Looking back to St Bees - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

The view from Dent summit back towards the sea and St Bees.

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Heading for Nanny Catch - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Heading off Dent hill towards Nannycatch.
The fells of the Lake District are now clearly ahead.

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At Nanny Catch - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

At Nannycatch.
Wainwright referred to Nannycatch as "a shyly hidden ravine - a charming place"

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Ennerdale - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

The first view of Ennerdale.
Ennerdale Water can just be seen through the trees.

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Ennerdale - Wainwright Coast to coast C2C walk

Ennerdale Bridge village is now in sight.

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