Height: 364 metres / 1194 feet Grid reference: NY 42233 06384 Category: The Far Eastern Fells

The summit of Troutbeck Tongue

The Troutbeck Valley from the Kirkstone Pass road with Troutbeck Tongue centre.
Height: 364 metres / 1194 feet Grid reference: NY 42233 06384 Category: The Far Eastern Fells
The summit of Troutbeck Tongue
The Troutbeck Valley from the Kirkstone Pass road with Troutbeck Tongue centre.
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Start point: Nr Town Head, Troutbeck (NY 414 037)
Town Head, Troutbeck – Ing Lane – Ing Bridge – Hagg Bridge – Troutbeck Tongue – Hagg Bridge – Ing Bridge – Ing Lane – Town Head, Troutbeck
Distance: 4.7 miles Total Ascent: 291 metres Time Taken: 2 hours Start Time: 09:30
Weather: Wetter than wet. 11°C
Everywhere seemed a bit damp and overcast in the south Lakes this morning but Troutbeck Tongue seemed a decent bet to miss the worst of it…that shows what I know!
Ing Lane and The Tongue - this was taken just as it started raining and so has the honour of being the driest photo of the whole walk!
A 180 panoramic from the top looking towards Park Fell Head - at least it gives a good idea of the conditions.
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Start point: Nr Town Head, Troutbeck (NY 414 037)
Town Head, Troutbeck – Ing Lane – Ing Bridge – Hagg Bridge – Troutbeck Tongue – Hagg Bridge – Ing Bridge – Ing Lane – Town Head, Troutbeck
Distance: 4.7 miles Total Ascent: 291 metres Time Taken: 2 hours Start Time: 10:10
Weather: Sunny and warm. 20C
Wow, what a difference today in the weather as it really was unseasonably warm and it was great to see the sunshine once more. All the paths around here still seemed very wet though after the recent heavy rains and the return leg past the old slate bridge was a rather squelchy affair to say the least.
The Tongue along Ing Lane with the Ill Bell ridge to the right. There is still a bit of cloud lingering over there.
Those two seem to know the way, or have they spotted something? It was absolutely boiling on this climb, just like the return of summer.
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Start point: Kirkstone Pass road (NY 412 063)
Kirkstone Pass road – Troutbeck Park – Troutbeck Tongue – Troutbeck Park – Kirkstone Pass road
Distance: 2.25 miles Total Ascent: 240 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Weather: Sunny gradually clouding over. 18C.
It is not often you start the climb to a fell with a big descent but I did today for a walk to Troutbeck Tongue, starting from the Kirkstone Pass road. It was an interesting descent and pretty boggy underfoot until the climb of The Tongue itself. Once on the summit, there was cause for a little celebration as you will see…
Froswick and Ill Bell from the start of the descent into Troutbeck Park from the Kirkstone Pass road.
It is a simple construction of stone slabs lying across the pillars and looks as though it has been there forever - and probably has.
Wansfell Pike and Wansfell, the Kirkstone Pass road running below it through the centre of the photo.
Caudale Moor and Thornthwaite Crag either side of Threshthwaite Mouth. Gray Crag can just be seen through the gap.
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Start point: Nr Town Head, Troutbeck (NY 414 037)
Town Head, Troutbeck – Ing Lane – Ing Bridge – Hagg Bridge – Troutbeck Tongue – Hagg Bridge – Ing Bridge – Ing Lane – Town Head, Troutbeck
Distance: 4.2 miles Total Ascent: 291 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Warm with the odd sunny interval. 8°C.
It certainly felt like Spring had sprung today for a walk in Troutbeck Park to the relatively modest Troutbeck Tongue, a fell that I have managed to neglect for nearly 4 years. It felt like something was missing today, I can’t quite put my finger on it…
Looking along Troutbeck to The Tongue (above the barn) with the magnificent Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke ridge beyond.
A stile with nothing to climb over, pointing the way towards Threshthwaite and the promise of blue sky and sunshine.
Troutbeck Park Farm and The Tongue. This farm was the former residence of Beatrix Potter and the area was used as the setting in several stories.
Correspondent Dudley Chignall asked if I could find this scene from Potter's 'Pigling Bland' which is based to the east of Troutbeck Park Farm. The answer is...well, no - not quite anyway. You can see the bridge in the drawing and the gash of the waterfall, the nearest I could see is in the photo below with the bridge and the waterfall both in evidence and the tops look remarkably similar too. Artistic licence, wrong angle or was I in the wrong place?
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Start point: Kirkstone Pass road (NY 412 063)
Kirkstone Pass – Woundale – St. Raven’s Edge (345) – John Bell’s Banner (346) – Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) (347) – Threshwaite Mouth – Park Fell Head – Troutbeck Park – Troutbeck Tongue (348) – Kirkstone Pass
Distance: 10.1 miles Total Ascent: 929 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 20 minutes
Weather: Rain, heavy at times, clearing by the end. 12-15°C.
The heavens had opened when I set off this morning for the climb up to Caudale Moor on the eastern side of Kirkstone Pass. There were no views and it was quite miserable until I descended to Troutbeck where the sun came out – and of course shone on the places I had just been! This was a boggy affair due to the amount of rain and coupled with one or two tricky river crossings, it made for a very damp day.
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Troutbeck Church – The Howe – Sour Howes (162) – Sallows (163) – Hagg Gill – Troutbeck Park- Troutbeck Tongue (164) – Ing – Town Head – Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – Wansfell (165) – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck – Troutbeck Church
A fine day with some low lying cloud.