7th July -- Glenridding, Lake District | |||||
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The 'Cs' walked down to Patterdale and the along Grisedale Valley to Eagle Crag, there crossing the river for return via Lanty's Tarn , into Glenridding and on to Stang End. Then after crossing the river, they returned to the coach via Rattlebeck and the camp site in time to catch the final stages of 'some' tennis game on TV ! | |||||
Up Grisedale | Lunch near Eagle Crag | ||||
Back along the other side of | Grisedale | ||||
Hanging about | near Lanty's Tarn | ||||
along Rattlebeck | |||||
The two B walks were of similar levels. One - led by John H - started from Patterdale and climbed up over Place Fell taking in Hart Crag and High Dodd , then down to the lake and back along the lakeside path to Glenridding. | |||||
View towards Brothers water | |||||
Scrambling up to the | |||||
cairn at Place Fell | Looking back towards Round How | ||||
Coming down from | the Place Fell summit ridge | ||||
Lunch at last ! | |||||
with a fine view to the end of Ullswater | and a rock for everyone | ||||
A series of waterfalls on Scalehow beck | as we drop down | ||||
to the lakeside | |||||
Wild Cat island? | |||||
Saved by the tea room! | |||||
Roger led the other B walk on the other side of the Ullswater, climbing up the Glenridding valley to Red Tarn and back via Lanty's Tarn to Glenridding. | |||||
Red Tarn | |||||
with picnic-ers | |||||
Another of those little jobs that fall to a walk leader! | |||||
Asphodel and Ullswater | |||||
A quick briefing before the final push. | |||||
Starting from the lakeside near the Aira Force path , the A walk did a wide circuit following the old coach road round the north side of Matterdale Common then heading south to Raise via assorted Dodds, returning along Genridding beck. | |||||
All bright eyes and bushy tails | |||||
Aira Force | |||||
Lunch at the top of Great Dodd | |||||
Chewin' 'n' viewin' | |||||
The road ahead | |||||
The 4 Amigos | Mesmerising 360 degree views | ||||
Pointer (at least they seem to agree!) | |||||
One man.. | ..and his dog? | ||||
The long and winding road | |||||
On top of Raise | |||||
Watching the Wimbledon mens' final -- fingers crossed! | |||||
Photos by Phil Cunningham, Diana Young, Jeremy Haworth, John Hodgson, David Whitehurst and Derek Hesketh |