Heading along the gill after leaving Gunnerside village

Gunnerside Beck had a milky look to it today, probably just a reflection of the sky?

Old field barns

The first part of the walk in through pastures on the east side of the gill

More field barns, very typical in this part of the dales

Heading onto the open moor and the first of the old mine workings

The dressing floor of the Sir Francis mine, where the lead ore was separated from the spoil

Tim leading the way along side the beck

The remains of the Sir Francis mine on the opposite side of the valley

Botcher Gill

Approaching the most heavily mined area of the gill

Looking along the gill towards the distant Blakethwaite smelt mill, the old flue can be seen going up the moorland behind

The whole area is covered in vast spoil heaps, it's been hundreds of years since the mines closed but very little has grown on them

Looking across at the Lowanthwaite Mine from the remains of the Bunton Mine

What's left of the old water wheel at the Bunton mine

The entrance to the Bunton level

This was a big surprise to see, a new cairn with a sword in the middle of it!

A close up of the inscription on the sword

Heading towards Blakethwaite smelt mill

The remains of the peat store, with the smelt mill behind and the line of the flue climbing steeply up the fellside

Gunnerside Beck

Looking back at the old buildings at the Blakethwaite smelt mill as I started back towards Gunnderside

This shot should give you a good idea of the extent of the mining around the Bunton mine?

The pastures and old buildings at the 'Winterings'

A wider angle view, my outward path was through the lower pastures

Finally back at Gunnerside village