london diary

September 2018

Walking round Ennerdale Water

Ennerdale, Cumbria. Tue 4 Sep 2018

 Small streams flow into the lake across the path

 and a few larger ones - I think this is Red Beck

 

 There are well-placed stepping stones to cross them

 

 

 and the path is very stony

 as is the hillside in places

 as well as the edge of the lake

 

 

 Woodland comes down to the lake edge

 

 We find a large group of stones to sit and eat our sandwiches

 

 

 

 before continuing along the stony path

 

 

 A dead sheep floats in the water, its carcass gnawed open

 

 

 

 Live sheep graze

 and move away as we walk past

 Green fields at the end of the lake

 and we go across the level floor of the valley

 

 to a bridge across the river which feeds into the top of the lake

 

 The path leads beside the lake along a road not open to the public

 but I walk down a few short paths to the waters edge to take photographs

 and sometimes there is an open view from the path, but mostly there are trees or bushes which hide the view

 

 Across the water it is hard to see Angler's Crag as the sun is in our eyes (and lenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 After a mile or two we can take a path away from the road to stay by the lake. It's harder walking but much more interesting

 and then the path continues at the water's edge without the road

 

 

 We get a better view of the distant hills from this side of the lake

 There was once a hotel here on the side of the lake, and boats took anglers out onto the lake from here. It

is still a popular spot, not too far from where you can park and with fine views of distant hills and the water

 We leave the lake where the road takes us back towards Ennerdale Bridge and Far Moorend

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