| Area: | Lake District | Ascent: | 940 feet |
| Walk No: | 283 | Time: | 3hours 30minutes |
| Date: | 20th July 2009 | Parking: | Roadside near Brathay Hall, Clappersgate |
| Distance: | 5.50 miles | Weather: | Overcast with occassional sunny spell |
| Route: | Car - Clappersgate - Lily Tarn - Loughrigg Tarn - Neaum Crag - Skelwith Force - Car |
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No summits today but a visit to two delightful tarns and also to Skelwith Force.
The River Brathay from where we left the car.
Cottages at Clappersgate
The lower section of the path up to Lily Tarn
Gaining some height to open the views out.
Looking s'wards into the sun down Windermere
Looking over Black Crag and Holme Fell to Wetherlam and a cloud-topped Coniston Old Man
To Latterbarrow and Claife Heights
Wansfell Pike and Ambleside
A small lily filled pool
Another unnamed pool with the Kentmere Fells in the distance
The Fairfield Horseshoe
Red Screes
Todd Crag
Lily Tarn
Looking along Little Langdale with the dip of the Wrynose Pass just right of centre
Making our way over towards Ivy Crag at the southern end of Loughrigg
Here we have joined the Ambleside to Langdale bridleway which will take us down to Loughrigg Tarn
The Langdale Pikes...we stopped awhile here to see if the sun would catch them
You guessed right!......It didn't
A badly sloping Loughrigg Tarn.....I do have a problem getting them level
Heading up to the Neaum Crag Holiday Park with Loughrigg across the tarn
The path down to Skelwith Bridge
Skelwith Force
Great food at Chesters but my pension don't stretch to there prices
Skelwith Bridge
Normally on this walk we return by the quiet lanes to Skelwith Fold but today we decided to use the permissive paths alongside the A593. Unfortunately the first section of the path is now closed because of a dispute over money between the landowner and the LDNP
The River Brathay from the footbridge near the church.
And finally....back to the car.
Next Walk: 23rd July 2009 - Lake District - Hugill Fell & Reston Scar
Last Walk: 15th July 2009 - Lake District - Tarn Hows from Tom Gill
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