Squeaky was a bit better this weekend. We took her for a walk through Hope Park and Derwent Water when we got to Keswick so she could have a break before getting on the Buttermere bus. We were getting off at Lanthwaite Green.
Catbells and Robinson from Derwent Water
The weather was really nice but the wind was bitter and blustery even at low level.
Beefy and Squeaky in Lanthwaite Woods
We dropped down to Crummock Water
On the shore at Crummock Water
Low Fell from Crummock Water
We were heading up that way after going around Loweswater. First we climbed up to the path through Green Wood.
A look back at Whiteside and Grasmoor
Low Fell and Grasmoor across Loweswater
We stopped for our lunch but it was a blustery stop as the wind seemed to be blowing in every direction.
Lambs near Hudson Place
The view looking back from the path by Askill
We were getting a bit tired now and we were ready to stop and pitch the tent. We still had a way to go yet.
On the way to Crabtree Beck
Darling Fell is on the left, Low Fell on the right
Looking back from the slopes of Sourfoot Fell
We'd followed a few trods here and there but it was a mainly off piste route up from Crabtree Beck.
The MSR on Sourfoot Fell
We had pitched here a couple of years ago. It was out of the worst of the wind.
Fellbarrow from Sourfoot Fell
I got our water from a beck a five minute walk away. Squeaky looked really tired so Beefy stayed with her in the tent. Tea over we had some wine and waited for the sunset.
The sun going down behind cloud
Cloud had built up to the west so the sunset was a bit of a non event.
Slight pinkness in the sky
We finished our wine, we'd enjoyed the day anyway. It was nice to be back out this way again using the Buttermere Bus.
It got cold overnight as predicted. My feet got cold again and they kept me awake from midnight. It looks warmer for this weekend coming thank goodness. We walked over to Low Fell after we packed up, we were away by 8.30. The wind was just as strong as the day before and just as bitterly cold.
Hazy view of Crummock Water
Beefy and Squeaky on Low Fell
We didn't hang around it was too cold. We retraced our steps back over the higher north top to the gate and the track down to Thackthwaite.
Fellbarrow from the path leading to Thackthwaite
We'd sacked Fellbarrow, we were sick to death of the wind, it was incessant and annoying.
Squeaky leading the way to Thackthwaite
We stopped for a brew and some food behind the wall before the path turns left to Thackthwaite. There was a bit of road walking from Thackthwaite. We turned right to get the bus from Lanthwaite Green. It was a shorter walk to Low Lorton but we would have a bit of a wait for the bus.
Beefy and Squeaky on the way to Lanthwaite Green
We still had a 20 minute wait for the bus when we got to Lanthwaite Green and we were pleased it arrived on time. It was freezing in the wind. A good couple of days. Day 1 was Booths - Hope Park - Derwent Water shore - Booths. Then Lanthwaite Green - Lanthwaite Woods - Green Wood - Maggies Bridge - Hudson Place - Askill - Crabtreee Beck - Sourfoot Fell 16km with 586m ascent. Day 2 Sourfoot Fell - Low Fell - Watching Crag - Thackthwaite - Scalehill Bridge - Lanthwaite Green 10.5 km with 310m ascent . Easter beckons and we might get out for a 3 nighter