Borrowdale is a very special place - very popular and busy in season, but also where I spent all of my childhood holidays. I don't need an excuse to walk here (when the tourist season is drawing to a close), but for a number of reasons we haven't brought Jay walking here yet so we've got one anyway!
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| Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin................ |
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| We had parked in Stonethwaite and crossed Stonethwaite bridge, as we head towards the brilliantly named Willygrass Gill we passed a flock of Herdwick gimmers being gathered. |
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| We climbed the steep stone staircase up to Lingy End, this is probably about half way - looking back down . Anyone who has ever gone up or down these stone steps will remember them forever. There are normally a few years between each of our visits here - any sooner and the memory of how steep and how long they last is too vivid to draw us back! |
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| and up they go. Breeze helps to show how steep they are - not that it bothered her. |
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| Out from the trees and onto more level ground we head across towards Dock Tarn. Not that way Breezey. |
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| Looking back at Dock Tarn. Soon after this photo was taken we saw the first human (if you exclude the shepherd gathering sheep) of the walk. A real achievement up here we thought. |
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| That's where we are heading next - Watendlath (the Tarn and the village) |
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| Heading down to Watendlath |
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| Then it's over Pudding Bank towards Rosthwaite - seen ahead in the valley |
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| We cut behind Hazel Bank just above the intake wall to take us back to Stonethwaite rather than dropping down into Rosthwaite village. Autumn is just a tad further on than it is at home, the colours were stunning. |
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