I cant believe it's been almost two weeks since I last posted here but now that the world is beginning to open up more and more, we've been making the most of every opportunity to get outdoors and to teach our legs how to walk uphill once again.
Our first walk was to Harrop Tarn. This is a short but steep climb up a narrow track through woodland, accessed from the shores of Thirlmere. It was lovely and quiet there and once past Dobgill Falls the view opened up onto the tarn where we sat and enjoyed our picnic lunch.
Although the day was quite overcast, the air was warm and still. On a clear day you would be able to see Helvellyn to the east beyond the bridge.
Our route continued on forest track alongside the tarn and back through the trees, down the hillside overlooking Thirlmere. The fell on the right in the above photograph is Steel Fell, which we climbed the day before lockdown back in March. It feels such a long time ago now.
Time for a quick explore on the shore at Thirlmere before heading for home.
Our second walk up Latrigg was much more familiar, as we have climbed this many times now. This is a very popular little fell with visitors to Keswick, as after just a short climb you are rewarded with beautiful views over both Bassenthwaite and Derwentwater. I was aware that for this reason we would probably encounter many more people on this walk but it actually wasn't as busy as I had been expecting and there was more than enough space to pass everyone quite safely.
And this was the reason I wanted to come here. Some of you may remember my post of two years ago here.
I hope I can continue to do this for as long as possible.
While we were in the area I thought it would be a nice idea to climb Ling Fell. I had noticed this little dome shaped fell earlier in the year when we were walking up Sale Fell (photograph above) and decided it might be worthy of a visit, and since Latrigg had only been a short walk we wouldn't have any problem in bagging another small summit the same day :)
On the way up. 'So very tired'. Don't be fooled, she can out-walk me any day and usually does.
View from the summit, overlooking Sale Fell with Bassenthwaite beyond.
We even made it to the sea again. A lovely walk around a nature reserve and a very happy time spent poking about in rockpools.
J. X
