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!
Troutback Tongue route map.
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!
Further along the lane The Tongue is ahead and now we are walking in proper rain.
Let's all do the conga.
Troutbeck from the southern slopes of The Tongue.
Damp Casper and Dougal.
Climbing higher.
Nothing to be seen at the summit...
...until I walk away from it and the cloud briefly clears to give a glimpse of Windermere.
A 180 panoramic from the top looking towards Park Fell Head - at least it gives a good idea of the conditions.
The old slate bridge.
Trout Beck.
If anything it is raining even heavier now on the way back and I am definitely feeling like a drowned rat.
The slopes of Yoke in mono.