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: 4.2 miles Total Ascent: 291 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Warm with the odd sunny interval. 8°C.
It certainly felt like Spring had sprung today for a walk in Troutbeck Park to the relatively modest Troutbeck Tongue, a fell that I have managed to neglect for nearly 4 years. It felt like something was missing today, I can’t quite put my finger on it…
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Looking along Troutbeck to The Tongue (above the barn) with the magnificent Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick, Ill Bell, Yoke ridge beyond.
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A stile with nothing to climb over, pointing the way towards Threshthwaite and the promise of blue sky and sunshine.
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Troutbeck Park Farm and The Tongue. This farm was the former residence of Beatrix Potter and the area was used as the setting in several stories.
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Correspondent Dudley Chignall asked if I could find this scene from Potter's 'Pigling Bland' which is based to the east of Troutbeck Park Farm. The answer is...well, no - not quite anyway. You can see the bridge in the drawing and the gash of the waterfall, the nearest I could see is in the photo below with the bridge and the waterfall both in evidence and the tops look remarkably similar too. Artistic licence, wrong angle or was I in the wrong place?