Start point: Windermere (SD 414 987)
Orrest Head (OF) from Windermere
Distance: 1.3 miles Total Ascent: 105 metres Time Taken: 30 minutes Start Time: 09:20
Weather: Warm. 18ºC
Time for a quick jaunt up to Orrest Head before lunch, ascending the back way is much better than via the usual signposted path – it was a very pleasant wander on an early summer day.
A view along Windermere from Fell Foot, taken on 13th May.
Looking across the rooftops of Windermere on the way to Orrest Head.
A similar view from higher up.
Bluebells in the wood.
Looking to the high fells from the viewpoint indicator.
The Far Eastern fells.
A fabulous view along Windermere.
Tongues out! These boys are telling you it is warm today.