Start point: Cartmel Fell road (SD 414 880)
Cartmel Fell road – Cartmel Fell (Raven’s Barrow) (OF) – Heights Cottage – Middle Tarn – Sow How Tarn – Cartmel Fell road
Distance: 2.2 miles Total Ascent: 125 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Weather: Overcast. 10oC.
I had a short walk this afternoon with a relatively easy, if muddy, climb to Cartmel Fell and a visit to a couple of tarns in this largely ignored corner of the lakes. Its position off the beaten track means that it takes a determined effort to get to and that it remains a largely peaceful area – I can hardly believe it is over 4 years since I was last up there.
Whoa! Easy boy! Casper shows the way to climb the stile that marks the start of the walk to Cartmel Fell.
Looking across the Winster Valley to Whitbarrow Scar.
The northern end of Whitbarrow Scar and the Winster Valley.
Casper finds the perfect use for the monument on Raven's Barrow, the summit of Cartmel Fell.
Raven's Barrow.
Looking north across Bowland Bridge from Raven's Barrow, the views to the high fells are obliterated by low lying cloud.
Sunburst over Gummer's How.
The Kent Estuary to the south, Arnside Knott in view.
Heights Cottage.
Middle Tarn.
The boathouse on Sow How Tarn.
Autumn at Sow How Tarn.
This pair of inquisitive swans came over to see what we were doing.
The dam on Sow How Tarn.
The outlet of the tarn. Later...
It has a Christmas feel in Love the Lakes now.