Start point: Rydal (NY 365 062)
Rydal – Loughrigg Terrace – Loughrigg Fell – Loughrigg Cave – Rydal
Distance: 4.2 miles Total Ascent: 420 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Dull and grey, light snow flurries. 2°C.
It was very grey and murky this morning for our walk up to Loughrigg Fell from Rydal with the threat of snow ever present – there were many light flurries. This one is a lovely shorter walk, the main attraction being Rydal Water and Grasmere…which of course gives many swimming opportunities for my companion!

A wider view of Grasmere with the cleft of Dunmail Raise, right of centre, flanked by Steel Fell and Seat Sandal.

A close up of Helm Crag - commonly known as 'The Lion and The Lamb'. The 'Lion' is clearly visible with the tiny 'Lamb' to the right.

The island on Grasmere. This is the island of which Coleridge wrote, 'We drank tea the night before I left Grasmere, on the island in that lovely lake, our kettle swung over the fire, hanging from the branch of a Fir Tree'.