We managed to get up in time this week to get to Glenridding for 10.10am. It was very windy so we did a "make it up as you go walk" depending on how the weather was. Lanty's Tarn was where we headed to first.
Ullswater from the path up to Lanty's Tarn
We had sunshine and a bit of blue sky. A nice day except for the wind.
Sheffield Pike and Glenridding Dodd
Birkhouse Moor
Gowbarrow Fell seen above Ullswater
Lanty's Tarn
Where next? We started descending into the Grisedale Valley
Arnison Crag
We thought we might go up onto Arnison Crag if the wind had died down by the time we got to Glenamara Park
Beefy and Squeaky in Glenamara Park
Ullswater
This is one of my favourite views, even better from higher up though. We left the main path in Glenamara Park and walked up toward the wall below Arnison Crag. It got windier with height so we sacked the idea of Arnison Crag and we walked down toward Hag Beck. We were looking for a place for lunch out of the wind. It was too windy so we turned around and walked back to the main path to find a place to eat our lunch.
Birkhouse Moor from Glenamara Park
Birks from Glenamara Park
We found a spot out of the wind below Oxford Crag to eat our lunch.
Beefy and Squeaky with Place Fell in view
We dropped down to Patterdale and then Rooking to access the higher path toward Silver Crag
Ullswater, Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike from the higher up path from Rooking
Across Ullswater to Birks, St Sunday Crag and Keldas
We were running out of time to catch our bus so we dropped down to the lower path before we reached Silver Crag
Hartsop Dodd, Caudale Moor and Arnison Crag from the path to Side Farm
From Patterdale we walked to Glenridding to get the bus. Our route was Glenridding - Westside - Lanty's Tarn - Glenamara Park - Patterdale - Rooking - near Silver Crag - Patterdale - Glenridding. 12 km with 387m ascent. We really enjoyed the walk, lovely views in the sunshine, shame about the cold wind.
On Sunday we walked in the Carlisle Parks again, almost the same as last Sunday so I didn’t bother taking any pics!