Distance 15 miles
Climbing 3,625 ft
Weather Warm & sunny with some cloud cover at times.
Difficulty Moderate to hard but with some easy sections
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Climbing 3,625 ft
Weather Warm & sunny with some cloud cover at times.
Difficulty Moderate to hard but with some easy sections
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As usual for me I was awake at the crack of dawn and it came as a pleasant surprise to see that the weather had changed for the better with larges patches of blue sky and the rising sun just reaching the tops of the nearby trees. When the others woke about an hour later we had breakfast and John then drove us back to Rosthwaite for the start of our days walking. We were not sure how far we were going today, we had a choice of finishing at Grasmere (7 ½ miles) or Patterdale (14 ½ miles) and decided to make that decision when we arrived at Grasmere.
At last we were able to fully appreciate the scenery around us, the sun was shining, birds were singing and everything was fresh and green after the rain of the night before. It was still early as we made our way along Greenup Gill and we had the world to ourselves for a while. When we climbed up to Lining Crag we stopped for a short break and it was only then that we saw a small group of walkers following some distance behind us, eventually they arrived at the top with us and after a few minutes conversation we left them in peace and continued on to Greenup Edge. Somehow we had strayed from the path and when we reached the top we realised that we were about 3 or 4 hundred yards to the north of where we should have been but it was no big deal to get back on track. This happened a number of times over the next few days and we put it down to us taking what looked like the obvious track which was not always the right one.
From the top of Greenup Edge we decided to take the low route rather than over Helm Crag and began to descend into Easedale and on to Grasmere where John was waiting for us.
We had a picnic lunch while deciding whether to carry on to Patterdale or leave it until the next day and made the decision to take advantage of the weather and carry on. After the solitude of the previous days walking it was strange being surrounded by people again and the walk along the main road to the Travellers Rest was the only section of the whole walk that we did not enjoy. From the ‘Rest’ we turned off for Grisedale Tarn by way of Tongue Gill, again we opting for the lower route because we knew that the next couple of days would probably be quite challenging for us. As we climbed up to Grisedale Hause I began to struggle a bit and when we reached the top I suspected that I was dehydrated so I took a lot of liquid on board, both from my bottles and a nearby stream and very quickly recovered. Grisedale Tarn was rather crowded compared with our walk so far with two or three other groups in sight all heading in different directions but as we began to walk down into Grisedale we were alone again and that’s how it stayed until we began to near Patterdale where we repaired to the hotel for an overpriced and very mediocre coffee while we waited for John to arrive. It had been an excellent day’s walk marred only by my ‘struggle’ on the climb up to Grisedale Hause.
The White Horse at Scales once again provided out supper with a pint of ale to round off another great day.
At last we were able to fully appreciate the scenery around us, the sun was shining, birds were singing and everything was fresh and green after the rain of the night before. It was still early as we made our way along Greenup Gill and we had the world to ourselves for a while. When we climbed up to Lining Crag we stopped for a short break and it was only then that we saw a small group of walkers following some distance behind us, eventually they arrived at the top with us and after a few minutes conversation we left them in peace and continued on to Greenup Edge. Somehow we had strayed from the path and when we reached the top we realised that we were about 3 or 4 hundred yards to the north of where we should have been but it was no big deal to get back on track. This happened a number of times over the next few days and we put it down to us taking what looked like the obvious track which was not always the right one.
From the top of Greenup Edge we decided to take the low route rather than over Helm Crag and began to descend into Easedale and on to Grasmere where John was waiting for us.
We had a picnic lunch while deciding whether to carry on to Patterdale or leave it until the next day and made the decision to take advantage of the weather and carry on. After the solitude of the previous days walking it was strange being surrounded by people again and the walk along the main road to the Travellers Rest was the only section of the whole walk that we did not enjoy. From the ‘Rest’ we turned off for Grisedale Tarn by way of Tongue Gill, again we opting for the lower route because we knew that the next couple of days would probably be quite challenging for us. As we climbed up to Grisedale Hause I began to struggle a bit and when we reached the top I suspected that I was dehydrated so I took a lot of liquid on board, both from my bottles and a nearby stream and very quickly recovered. Grisedale Tarn was rather crowded compared with our walk so far with two or three other groups in sight all heading in different directions but as we began to walk down into Grisedale we were alone again and that’s how it stayed until we began to near Patterdale where we repaired to the hotel for an overpriced and very mediocre coffee while we waited for John to arrive. It had been an excellent day’s walk marred only by my ‘struggle’ on the climb up to Grisedale Hause.
The White Horse at Scales once again provided out supper with a pint of ale to round off another great day.