St.Bees Head on Countryfile

What are the chances of planning a walk round St.Bees Head, and discovering it's featured on Countryfile the night before? Unfortunately because that was over a month ago, it's no longer possible to view it on the BBC website. The most important information given on the programme, from my point of view was that there's an RSPB Nature Reserve and St Bees Head 'supports northwest England's only cliff-nesting seabird colony, which is situated between Whitehaven and St. Bees in west Cumbria. Three viewing points give you superb views of the colony and on a clear day you can see the Isle of Man across the sea'.
We parked at the car park beside the beach at St Bees and walked from the up to the headland:

 Once up there, you can see the magnificent cliffs with many types of birds flying to and from them.Wikipedia lists the following birds: ' kittiwakes, fulmars, guillemots, razorbills, cormorants, puffins, shags and herring gulls. It is the only breeding place in England for black guillemots. Several other birds are known to use this site regularly for breeding and these include the tawny owl, sparrowhawk, peregrine, raven and the rock pipit, which is known to breed in only one other site in Cumbria'

 Here's a better photograph of them taken from one of the RSPB lookouts which give you a bit of a giddy view out over the edge.

 Walking north, there's North Head with its own lighthouse looking very picturesque with the blue sky backdrop

 In fact it was so lovely, I tried another photo, a bit closer this time.

 I was keen to walk to Whitehaven, visible up the coast, but decided it was probably too far.  Having walked beside a sandstone quarry, whose stone has been used to build the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool, and been used all over the world, we headed back to St. Bees via Sandwith, passing the 400 year old St. Bees school on our way back to the car park. The school apparently closed in 2015, but is due to open this September.

On the way back, we did a detour to have a look at Ennerdale Water, approaching it from Ennerdale Bridge, we parked in a large car park, and had a look at the map which suggested there's a path all the way round the lake.

 We had a look, and walked along the footpath for a while before turning back, and leaving it for another day.