Hi and thank you for taking time to watch my video, I really hope you enjoy it.
For today's adventure I headed to the Lake District's north western fells to take in five hills and also a valley that I have never been to. The forecast was for it to be very windy all day, but to start gloomy and get brighter as the day went on. For a change, they were spot on!
My walk starts and will end at the small lay-by just beyond the village of Buttermere and at the southern end of Crummock Water, (Grid Ref NY 167 177). There is only space for around 6 vehicles so it's wise to get there early. The path is straight across the road and steadily heads north west for a few hundred yards before its turns sharp right and begins the short steep ascent up to Rannderdale Knotts. From Rannerdale Knotts I headed along along the ridge until the end and then turn north following the path up to Whiteless Pike.
The next summit of Wandope is reached by following Whiteless Edge. At a faint fork in the path bear right and after 10 minutes the cairn is reached. Unfortunately the weather had still not cleared so there was no views but it was very atmospheric nevertheless. Around 15 to 20 minutes later the same could be said for the next summit of Eel Crag, or Crag Hill as it is on the OS Map.
From here I headed west down the path over the crossroads and on to my highest point of the day, Grasmoor at 852m. As you will see from the video, it was blowing an absolute gale, even standing proved difficult. From Grasmoor I re-traced my steps to the crossroads and turned north to Coledale Hause.
It was about this time the weather started to slowly brighten up as I headed down the wonderful Gasgale Gill following Liza Beck. As you will see from the video this place was stunning. In the two hour hike down, I only saw one other person and it really had an amazing sense of remoteness. I would thoroughly recommend it. At the bottom of the Gill you cross a bridge and head south following the path through the bracken before reaching the road at Cinderdale Common car park. Then it was a walk back long the road back to the car, looking up to where we were earlier in the day and also taking in the views of the beautiful Crummock water and Mellbreak on its western shore.
Thank you ever so much for taking time to watch and please if you have any questions pop them in the comments, I promise to respond to them all. Below is a link to the route in OS maps if you are interested in doing the walk
explore.osmaps...
All the best Dave
Негізгі бет The Lake District | A Five Wainwright Round from Crummock Water.
No video
Пікірлер: 32