Cathedral Cave & Hodge Close Quarry // The Lake District

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good morning everybody welcome back to the channel and of course as always welcome back to the wonderful wet district really great to have you here and i'd also like to welcome back somebody else that you know you guys asked for a back you're desperate to have it back under the vlog so here she is hi you ask and i give get dinner back she's back she's back so what we've got planned today i'll tell you what why am i talking why don't you tell everybody where we're going today we're going to the caves which caves cathedral caves yes cathedral caves cathedral cavern whatever you want to call it and we're also going to where we're going can't remember we've got the hodge gloss so we're actually going to hodge close first and then we're going to mosey on round to cathedral cavern spend a bit of time around there then probably cross later bridge through uh little langdale which is pretty much the shire and um to the pub i think for a pint and then walk back um did you know that hodge cloth was in the witcher yes i know i i i actually showed that to you oh yeah i saw that this morning it's like oh forgot about that but there's a scene in the witcher where they've got the skull uh the one i photographed a few years ago i'll put on the screen right now i think i did a better job i did a better job on the whole of the production team of the witcher anyway whatever i'm talking absolutely rubbish it's a really beautiful day today isn't it you know it is gorgeous fork has to be overcast today that's why we said it's going through the caves because it doesn't matter um and then the forecast completely changed and it's bright blue sky uh and it's cold sunshine yeah and it is really cold very cold indeed i mean it's so cold but this puddle here look got a lot of ice on it yeah i was going to tell you a lot of stuff about this walk but i can't remember any of it it's too early just typical but um you know the roots in the description anyway so you'll be able to see it's a nice circular walk right before we carry on don't forget to like subscribe and comment yes well done got it right yeah really important to like obviously that bumps up the algorithm stuff on youtube and more people see it so dean is very excited about today these caves are fantastic you know the one of the the iconic places in the lake district really fantastic walk because it's low level not a lot of uphill involved and yeah beautiful views all over the place so let's get on we're going to get onto the hodge claws first and go and check out the uh the quarry works around there it's quite amazing let's go all righty now got to hodge claws yes dina if we head off in that direction which we'll do uh shortly after we've been down to the quarry itself we'll be heading towards cathedral cavern um but like i say we're gonna head off down now into the pit check out the spooky stuff down there and and interesting history and all that shiban it is a great place look at this so it first looks a little bit intimidating as you drop down but it's not at all this is the much easier way of going down and heading into that bit above the water rather than from the other side which i think is the west side that's a little bit more of a scramble down but this is really easy steps birds so [Music] a witcher was here [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so okay here we are in hodge close quarry what an amazing place isn't it this here this um what dean has done now there's actually a remains of an old crane that was once stood here and what is actually quite fascinating this is 150 meter high cliff but it also goes another 150 meters down into the depth so it's a 300 meter drop altogether so this is all obviously all flooded years ago you get a lot of rock climbers climbing here and you get a lot of uh scuba divers going down into the different chambers and tunnels and all that kind of stuff down there so it's yeah that's amazing it is amazing yeah wow it's bizarre and over there you stand over down that bit there and look back towards these holes so this one and i'll pop over to the one it's actually where you see the skull this is the eye of the skull and when it's reflected in the water of the quarry that's when you get the the two eyes brilliant shame about this sort of stuff though real shame and somography on the rock there feel the need to do that but i don't know over there you go wander around over here it's quite wet round here all the water dripping off the uh the roof here right so now stood in the eye of the skull so that photograph that i took of the accordion as i call it taking over there looking back this way and this is the eye that then gets reflected in the water at least we're still there really not quite still enough today really it's a little bit a little bit of chop on the water so it might not work all of you did a long exposure then it'd work perfectly right we've had a good scout around here now and checked it all out and take some photographs on the video and all that kind of stuff i enjoyed it no one around really surprising that there's no one here and it's so quiet what time is it it's land around my head 10 o'clock yeah also maybe maybe that's why it's probably a bit too early for the masses at the moment but uh yeah really nice so we're gonna head up back up here now back out of the the quarry pot and then uh have a slow wander over to cathedral camp enjoy the sunshine because it's quite cold in here yes i'm getting cold so i need to warm up now cold and windy weird the wind is going straight through right let's go okay so we just got to the top of the the quarry there got the blood pumping a little bit didn't it yes surprised you've still got your caught on actually well it's still cold it is there's definitely a an icy chill in that breeze so yeah we're gonna head over to cathedral quarry now it's gorgeous around here it really is absolutely beautiful the little buildings and as we head further around towards cathedral cavern and slater bridge it looks very much like the shire because you're in little langdale proper there and it does look like the shire are we gonna get run over here let's uh yeah we're just gonna duck out the way here because we've got some land rovers coming up i don't know whether these are locals farmers or green landing people i don't know [Applause] chief moose nothing like a bit of diesel fumes when you when you're walking around the lakes fill those lungs with the black plume of death birdies can you hear the look at the birdies shut up i love them look at this i think i think i mentioned this one on the last vlog i did i think it's a horn fell vlog around this area but look at this little um cabin here i want to live in that i'd quite happy to live there i'd rather live there to be honest with you but i could definitely live there right let's get on down this path to uh la langdale caravan here has been here for years and this i don't know what the hell this is this little building but really creepy i think this is a murder house i think there's probably a huge pile of bodies in there festering away flies all over the place you're up the door to that there'll just be flies coming out and look at it he's creepy you gotta admit it feels out of place here when you look around see all this gorgeous beauty it's uh yeah it's a it's a shame like something from a deep south come on dina okay right so we're just getting to stang end now it's a cute little farm here cottages and we can see little langdale proper now dropping into it so we're not a million miles away from the uh cathedral cavern uh yeah enjoying it flipping cold though yeah so cold look at this place stop morning oh it's morning that's my job she's desperate for a sandwich now i'm getting hungry i'm getting quite hungry as well so we're gonna have a little mooch around the cavern and then we'll find somewhere nice in the sunshine out of the wind and enjoy our lunch obviously the little things in life [Applause] i didn't even notice we're here acknowledges or anything right okay here we are at the ford of the river brady we'll be coming back over that bridge later on um after the pub oh i can't wait so the idea is now the the cavern is not far down here uh literally two minute walk up to the left is a long time i know sorry um and then we'll go on there and then we're gonna head on a bit further down there across later bridge and round into the pub quaff eat it's a buzzer up there you'll get to see it you see the buzzer yes yeah cool right let's do it let's do it let's get in the cabin let's go excited it's scared scared yes you don't like caves who've come all this way to go in caves they don't like caves here it is this is the entrance to cathedral cavern it's gonna be tricky filming here because obviously it's dark but i'll do the best i can we've got various torches so we'll see we can do let's go so ugh [Music] [Applause] [Music] very nice right i think should go and find the fabled goldfish of cathedral cavern i've actually seen it a lot of people don't believe it exists or it didn't exist but believe me there used to be a goldfish swimming in this little pond here highly unlikely that it was still alive i thought i saw it then but it's not there but what a great place this is really iconic a massive gaping hole up there there's another little hole up there as well you can walk around the back side and stand up there and the acoustics are just incredible well there's another opening here and we're gonna head up there in a minute and it really is like being in a prehistoric land it's fantastic check this out ah look at it just going to head up this little bit here towards those climbers upsellers whatever they are and hopefully get into the tunnel that'll take us right under that rock there it's fantastic about 100 meters long it's been blocked recently because um big boulder fell off and they closed it all off but hopefully it's all open again so we'll go and check it out well okay this is the scary one this is the one i'm afraid of [Music] very wet down here isn't it so we turn right here so you come into this little chamber chamber i'm gonna turn right head down this bit if you don't hear from me again you know where i am why is so this is uh one of the tunnels that's been closed off i don't know why they've closed it but it's very similar to the main cavern and the cathedral with the central column there i don't know if you can see it so we turn our lights off so we're gonna do a light total light off in uh three how many it's available three two one oh my god it is absolutely pitch black isn't it this is as dark as you could ever get there's this you know even when you're home you know you turn the lights out at nighttime um you're turning lights on out of your eyes get used to it but here there is no light there's no daylight at all nothing's spilling in from anywhere it's brilliant it's scary so can we go so we're going to go on back down to that central bit and turn right so follow [Music] i see the light wow we're out we made it we're live fantastic it's definitely worth doing this little tunnel if you ever come here um yeah don't be afraid just get down there and get through it bring a torch let me talk to you right now but bring a torch definitely worth um bringing one otherwise when you can use your form but it's just not the same yeah right i think what we're gonna do is we're gonna head up um up there somewhere and go on sit in some sunshine and get a bite to eat sandwich time let's go nice no the moment of truth so much time i don't even think we've earned this no we didn't we've not really walked up a mountain or anything like that but but do we care not really no ham cheese lettuce yeah mayonnaise oh yeah look at that a beautiful sunny day it is beautiful honestly what a beautiful year it's nice to have the um wind gone isn't it oh my god what a difference a bit of respite from it cold really icy it really takes it out of here right lunch eaten views admired now we're going to get across to the pub basically my la langdale oh aka the shire look at this place this is the shy it's not looking great today because it is everything's dead the grass is dead at the moment but in spring and summer and autumn as well the right light it's like the shire it really is you can imagine hobbits living here beautiful place [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's so cold it's weird how i in my head i thought it'd be quite uh spring-like today because you know obviously it's fifth of march today i thought we'd be quite spring-like check whether yesterday it's at eight degrees i thought oh i better get some cold weather clothes on but flip and neck it seems a lot colder than that doesn't it it feels bolted what's going on in my hood [Laughter] attacking me what's going on right so after you ladies first age before beauty ready right so now back on the track dodge the trees that's gonna take us to slater bridge um just down here not far at all couple of minutes honestly such a hog get [Music] [Music] built in the 17th century that dina 17th century it's actually a grade two listed building as well and this is the bravey that runs out from little langdale and obviously from further up towards uh green burn back and those kind of places so now we're gonna head over to the pub finally to the pub definitely a lot busier now lots of people around uh we probably have to stand outside um in the wind the cold and the wind drinking that cold drink and the wind and the cold right come let's go [Music] [Music] [Music] stay here [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] [Music] and we're ready to continue on our rest of our walk look at this house i've never noticed that house before how gorgeous is that so it took off at dina's head yeah beautiful house that i love the colors of the um the woodwork the door and everything anyway wow as quick as a flash we're at stang end here we are so not a million miles away from being back in the car now i actually know we are still quite a bit to go don't say that in a really beautiful little light display here little patches of light sunlight moving across the valley but now it's completely flat again it's uh you've got to be quick that's for sure haven't you yeah it's either film it or take photographs yeah i did get some photographs i think i hope so we're going to carry on through stang end and along this track to the main road and back to the van so let's do it out there right so we're just getting up to the a593 which is the road between runs between ambleside and coniston nearly back at the van but what we're gonna do now is it's that bird that's distracted me completely is we're gonna just go on a little footpath that runs alongside the road because there's nowhere else to walk in the road it's quite a nice little bit it drops down uh beneath it if that makes sense but beautiful light there wasn't there like a little gorgeous display of light that time of the day yeah across the fells it was coming on the of the shoulder of weatherland out towards the eastern fells you might be at sea a little bit now probably not but it was just a bit hazy wasn't it hazy and there's a little blue sky neither of us like blue sky well we do on a beach but not for photographs and that's it i'll leave it literally about seven minutes away from the van now whoa so uh i think it's time we wrapped up oh that means more food is coming i hope you've enjoyed this one again like we said right at the beginning don't forget to like really really important even if you haven't liked it like it anyway and comment subscribe and comment that's right and of course if you want to support the channel help me get out and do this sort of stuff because it does cost money you know it's fueling the tank it's parking and all that kind of stuff uh i don't get paid for it or anything so just head over to website blackcrack.uk and yeah go and check out what's there photographs and all that kind of stuff so yeah i'd be much appreciated thanks for watching i really hope you've enjoyed it and i'll probably see on the next adventure probably not with dina but i'm sure she'll be out on a future vlog so i'll see you next time bye [Music] okay so what uh um i might just get a little bit of um just double checking i don't trust this one your fault animal okay here we go and go oh no should we talk about you no let's talk about you okay so dina tell us about tell us about your photography cats wear that i swear we're gonna cut that no i'm putting it in

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Length: 36min 25sec (2185 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 10 2022