| Walk: | Grasmere, Sour Milk Gill, Easedale Tarn, Codale Tarn, Tarn Crag, Stythwaite Steps, Far Easedale, Grasmere | ||
| Start Point: | School car park | Grid Ref: | NY 337 073 |
| Distance: | 8.2 miles | Ascent: | 1,800 feet |
| Weather: | A bright and sunny day with only a slight breeze on the tops | ||
| Accompanied by: |
Joseph, Beth, Marie, Andrea, Gill and Shep |
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| Comments: | Took our time on the ascent to make it easier for the children, and to give me time to take lots of photos with my new camera. The children were distracted from the climb as they enjoyed throwing sticks for Shep, and chatting to Andrea and Gill. The reflections on Easedale Tarn were magnificent and gave me lots of opportunities to test the camera and try out the zoom. From Belles Knott we walked past Codale Tarn and up to Tarn Crag. After diverting to the cairn to take in the view of Easedale Tarn we continued down to Stythwaite Steps and back to the cars. | ||
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Our first glimpse of Sour Milk Gill
A closer view as we climb higher up
A rock pool on Sour Milk Gill
Shep looks for his stick
Posing for the camera
Another waterfall a little higher up
Easedale Tarn - a perfect study in reflections today
Zooming in on two walkers - spot the shoreline in the foreground
The southern end of the tarn
Belles Knott
Heading down to Codale Tarn
Joseph throws a stick for Shep
Alongside Codale Tarn
Looking back over Codale Tarn
Joseph celebrates the climb from Codale Tarn
Joseph & Beth find a rocky top to pose for the camera
Tarn Crag at last
Time to celebrate the children's second Wainwright
Ridge upon ridge from front to back - Helm Crag to Calf Crag, Steel Fell on the left, Seat Sandal right of centre, Helvellyn on the left with Fairfield on the right and St Sunday Crag peeping in between
A more substantial cairn, but not the Wainwright . . .
but we'll have a photo anyway . . .
and a group one as well
Looking back down to Easedale Tarn from near the larger cairn
Just in case we don't know the way
Joseph finds another stick for Shep - rather large
We join the Coast to Coast path at Stythwaite Steps
A last look back to Sour Milk Gill
Dunmail Raise, between Steel Fell on the left and Seat Sandal on the right