I would love to have lots of pictures of an amazing day with endless sunshine....like the round of Fairfield that Claire and I did too long ago....unfortunately I don't.
The weather has not been good for the last few weeks - to put it mildly it's been changeable; with frequent rain. The forecast today was not too good either - however yesterday was Mum's birthday so we sallied forth and decided on a gentle(ish) round from Rosthwaite. From the car-park near the Flock Inn we walked up the pass which links the Borrowdale valley with Watendlath. It was a steady ascent as the path has been 'made' (it has been a right of way and traditional route for ages). Regrettably - despite it being an ancient bridleway and drove road, the idea seems to have been to make it as least bike friendly as possible...not good.
We crested the path and dropped into Watendlath - before picking up the path which runs alongside the river for a short 2 miles. On this section of the walk we saw the first people we had seen all day - our way is the "wrong' way round (although probably the better way round) to do this walk. The descent to Shepherds Crag was enlivened by better weather and a lovely waterfall - as seen in the picture - whilst the decision to stop at the cafe therein for lunch was CERTAINLY a good idea - huge portions and sensible prices..
The second half of the walk involved walking back via Grange to Rosthwaite - following the line of the river most of the way. The only place one can really go wrong is the section after the duckboards where one has to take a left hand path - although this is far from obvious (it's not signed/cairned which is unusual in Borrowdale).
From Grange the weather deteriorated somewhat and it was 3 somewhat damp people that made the Flock Inn...and pint mugs of tea....
https://picasaweb.google.com/102361192587557786751/WatendlathFromRosthwaite - are the pictures from today...
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