Start point: Greendale (NY 144 056)
Greendale – Middle Fell – Greendale Tarn – Greendale Gill – Greendale
Distance: 3 miles Total Ascent: 560 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny. 19oC.
It was lovely and sunny again this morning with the clouds only hanging over the highest fells. It was nice and quiet in Wasdale when I arrived and it remained so throughout the walk. Greendale Tarn really is an idyllic place and well worth a visit on a day such as this.
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A cloud covered Scafell and Slight Side from the Birker Fell road, one of the best road views in the Lakes.
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Britain's favourite view? Wast Water is a candidate for that on the TV programme of the same name - possibly not this morning as the clouds are down on Great Gable and Lingmell. Does it get your vote?
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Haycock, Scoat Fell and Red Pike from the summit. Although it was sunny, there was a stiff breeze at the top...
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Clear to the west too, here looking over Buckbarrow to the coast with the Isle of Man visible over Sellafield.