Monday, 13th July 2015 - Travelling and Settling In
After getting cleared up and packed away from the Wales/Dolgellau weekend, I headed up to my pal's caravan in the Lake District. Once unpacked and settled in for the evening I started to plot and plan my walks for the next few days and decided on Walla Crag, High Rigg and Latrigg.
Tuesday, 14th July 2015 - Walla Crag (5.7 miles)
Today was Walla Crag. Today was gloriously sunny. Today involved no driving whatsoever. I was going to enjoy today.
"Breather stop" views over Derwent Water from the steep Cat Gill:
The final pull up to the top ... and the path disappears... oh well, here comes a short scramble up those rocks:
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| Where'd the path go?? |
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| Waterfalls at the head of Cat Gill |
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| Looking across Derwent Water to High Spy and chums |
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| Looking North to Skiddaw and chums |
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| Views down towards Keswick and Portinscale from Walla Crag |
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| A short walk along the A591.... |
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| Helvellyn |
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| Pano pic of the easy field walking return to the caravan |
Smashing day out, though Cat Gill is pretty steep and eroded in places!
Tuesday, 15th July 2015 - Picnic Tea on High Rigg (2.8 miles)
I had tired legs today so I spent the day tidying up the little bit of garden in front of the caravan. By the early evening, I felt energetic enough for a picnic tea perched on my favourite craggy, lumpy bumpy fell:
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| Enjoying views towards Helvellyn |
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| My preferred view towards Blencathra |
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| Walkers on the true summit of High Rigg |
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| Looking down onto the caravan site |
Finally, a few pano shots of the view all around:
You can't beat it.
Wednesday, 16th July 2015 - Latrigg (7.5 miles)
Today's meander had me catching the bus into Keswick and walking back to the caravan via Latrigg, Low Rigg and Tewett Tarn. For whatever strange reason, I track recorded this in two parts - Keswick to Latrigg then Latrigg to Dale Bottom...
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| Latrigg - that's where I'm headed |
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| Views opening out |
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| Rounding the corner and views over Keswick |
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| Enjoying views towards Skiddaw |
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| ... and the Dodds/Helvellyn |
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| I'm higher than a Lancaster Bomber! |
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| Tewett Tarn |
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| in the grounds of St. John's Church |
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| St. John's in the vale Church |
ViewRanger Track - Keswick to Latrigg
Thursday, 17th July 2015 - Cleaning up and packing away
Last day at the caravan today so I spent the day giving it a good hoover through and polish, followed by a little "round the block" low level walk because I was feeling in tip-top condition after a fantastic week of walking in the Peak District, Wales and then the Lakes! Couldn't fault the weather either.
Brilliant!
Thanks for looking 😊
