Start point: Tom Gill Car Park (NY 321 999)
Tom Gill Car Park – Tarn Hows – Black Crag – Tarn Hows – Tom Gill Car Park
Distance: 4 miles Total Ascent: 300 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weather: Grey and overcast. 5ºC.
There were dull, grey skies this morning and all views from the fells were obliterated by the clouds. All was peace and tranquillity at Tarn Hows, that well known and often visited beauty spot, when I arrived first thing. The silence was deafening and there wasn’t even an Angus-bark to break it!
Approaching Tom Gill Waterfall.
Tom Gill Waterfall.
The Tarns, Tarn Hows.
Tarn Hows.
Reflections in The Tarns.
The track to Black Fell from Tarn Hows.
The denuded Iron Keld plantation. This once densely forested plantation has now been felled and is being returned to open fellside.
The approach to a misty Black Crag, the summit of Black Fell. The trig. column is on the left of the ridge, the south-east cairn on the right.
The summit column.
Today's 'view' of Windermere from Black Crag.
A wintry looking Lane Head Coppice.