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Above: The river Gelt running through Gelt Woods

Last Month I went on a walk through the lovely Gelt Woods. Gelt Woods is a ancient wood make up of beech, oak and pine and is hidden in an old quarry that was excavated over several centuries ago by the Romans to build Hadrian's Wall. Many of the buildings in Brampton were also constructed with stone from this area.

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Above: Next to the small car park at Low Gelt Bridge there is a sign which shows a map and some of the wildlife in the area that you might see.

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Here are some of my best photos from today showing this lovely wood with some autumn colours starting to show.

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Above: View from under Helbeck Bridge

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Above: Water dripping down the sides of the cliff banks

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Above: View of the path running along side the cliff walls

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Above: Going uphill with outer perimeter wall in the distance

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Above: Golden Saxifrage on the cliff walls

Thanks for reading this blog, if you enjoyed this post please join me on my next post were I will be looking at some of the wildlife in Watchtree Nature Reserve

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I Visit Gelt Woods, Cumbria

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