Misty Barrow



Little Braithwaite Bridge on the day it reopened

 Skye and I ran up Stile End and Barrow today with a friend and her Border Terrier Oscar - well, I walked uphill rather than ran; still suffering from the remains of a chesty cold!.  Oscar is just a year old and Skye is just two so they enjoyed themselves and were able to be off the lead quite a lot.  No views today I'm afraid since there was low misty cloud on the tops of even these little hills.
It's much easier to reach Barrow from Portinscale now that the bridge over the Newlands Beck has been replaced. It was one year to the day since the floods when the bridge reopened in November.  At the moment the footbridge over the beck a bit closer to Braithwaite is in the process of being rebuilt which will reopen another path for Skye and I to trot along.  What we really want is the path along the side of the beck up the Newlands Valley to be repaired because it is a very popular path. I'll keep you updated on progress.