Start point: Patterdale (NY 394 160)
Patterdale – Thornhow End – Black Crag – Birks – Trough Head – Arnison Crag – Patterdale Hotel – Patterdale
Distance: 3.7 miles Total Ascent: 515 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes Start Time: 10.30
Weather: Changeable but dry. 7ºC
The weather turned out to be one of the poorer days in the middle of a stunning week this week…but you have to take your opportunities when you can so that’s what we did when we had a short walk up to two of the smaller fells at the head of Ullswater.
Birks Route Map
A brief glimmer of sunshine at the start of the walk looking to Thornhow End.
Walking through the sylvan landscape.
Looking back to Ullswater and Place fell.
St. Sunday ahead.
It's all tongues for Fletcher and Dougal.
The summit of Birks.
There is a great view across to the Far Eastern fells descending to Trough Head from Birks. Here we found a bright red tennis ball sized ball - Fletcher must have gone up and down 20 times chasing it.
The approach to Arnison Crag.
The summit of Arnison Crag.
The descent to Patterdale.