Start point: Troutbeck (NY 409 032)
Troutbeck – Nanny Lane – The Hundreds – Wansfell – Wansfell Pike – Nanny Lane – Troutbeck
Distance: 3.7 miles Total Ascent: 350 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 45 minutes
Weather: Clearing with the odd shower. 8°C.
I ended up in a similar area to the walk I did earlier in the week, starting from Troutbeck up to Wansfell. It is a good little walk this and the views from lowly Wansfell are good. The weather turned out much better than I expected as it was raining with a really low cloud base at home – even Gummer’s How was not visible today when I went past. I know someone who wasn’t bothered what the weather did today though…
Over the rooftops of Troutbeck to Sour Howes.
The view to Sour Howes from further along Nanny Lane.
Walking along Nanny Lane. I followed the walled section to the end, up to the right.
Casper seems to be enjoying the muddy section!
The cloud is lifting on the Ill Bell ridge beyond Dod Hill from The Hundreds.
Up onto Baystones, the summit of Wansfell and the rain has started - not that Casper seems to mind.
Caudale Moor and Thornthwaite Crag through the clearing drizzle from Wansfell.
Heading for Wansfell Pike.
Pets Quarry on the slopes of Red Screes. The Kirkstone quarry slate is world renowned and the Kirkstone Green slate when polished is really beautiful, very tactile and organic. For the last month or so I have been using a piece as a mouse mat and it is absolutely fantastic, so good that I have had some made, inscribed with the StridingEdge.net logo. If you would like more details on how to get one and have a little piece of the Lake District at your fingertips, please let me know.
A squelchy walk across to Wansfell Pike.
Wetherlam, left, clearing of cloud a little.
Rydal Water and the Langdale Pikes.
Red Screes.
Wansfell along the wall from the walk to Wansfell Pike.
Casper leading the way to Wansfell Pike.
Looking along Stock Ghyll to the Kirkstone Pass which lies in the depression between Red Screes and Caudale Moor.
A great view of Windermere from Wansfell Pike.
The view across Ambleside to Loughrigg Fell and the Langdales beyond.
A panoramic view from Wansfell Pike. Select on the image to see a larger version.
A brief spell of brightness and lifting cloud once more on the far eastern fells.
Close up on Bowness and Bowness Bay.
Caudale Moor. To the left is the Kirkstone Pass road and the Kirkstone Pass Inn with one of the Angletarn Pikes in view.
Casper lords it over Windermere.
The descent back to Troutbeck.