Howtown to Glenridding (Ullswater shoreline)
Sun 30 Nov 2014
Route: Howtown - Ullswater - Hallinhag Wood - Sandwick - Ullswater - Silver Point - Ullswater - Side Farm - Patterdale - Glenridding village
Distance: 7.00 miles
Ascent: 500ft
Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
With: Anne and Sandra & David
Notes:
Lots of blue sky and sunshine to start but clouded up a bit. No wind, dead calm.
We caught the steamer (Lady of the Lake) from Glenridding to Howtown and then walked back along the shoreline.
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The Duke of Portland Boathouse, Ullswater
Leaving Glenridding
The sun is out, the sky is blue
Passing Gowbarrow Fell
Flat calm
Turning into Howtown
The view down the lake (we are walking now!)
...and up
Approaching Sandwick
Sandwick fields
Looking back down Ullswater with Hallin Fell on the right
The pointy Catstycam with Sheffield Pike to the right
Looking across to Glencoyne
Winter birches
Looking back towards Silver Point
The Lady of the Lake approaches Glenridding
Calm as a mill pond
The Lady of the Lake heads back out again
Previous Walk: Grasmere, Loughrigg Terrace and Rydal Water (Sat 29 Nov 2014)