Howtown to Glenridding (Ullswater shoreline)

Fri 5 Jan 2007

Route: Howtown - Ullswater - Hallinhag Wood - Sandwick - Ullswater - Silver Point - Ullswater - Side Farm - Patterdale - Glenridding village

Distance: 7.00 miles

Ascent: 500ft

Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

With: Anne

Notes:

Sunny intervals, windy at times, very mild.

We caught the steamer from Glenridding to Howtown (extending the trip by going via Pooley Bridge) and then walked back along the shoreline. An excellent low level walk.

Area

Ullswater valley

Boats at Glenridding Pier

Raven at Glenridding Pier with Glenridding Dodd behind

Arnison Crag and Birks as we leave Glenridding

Glencoyne

Looking down Ullswater

Our Ullswater steamer, 'Lady of the Lake'

Looking back up Ullswater having just passed Sandwick

The view southwest up Ullswater whilst moored at Pooley Bridge pier

Looking down Ullswater to Dunmallard Hill from under Hallin Fell

Hagg Wood (left) and The Knotts (right) with Little Mell Fell behind, middle

Sandwick Bay, Ullswater

Flooded field at Beckside Farm, Sandwick

Looking across Ullswater to Gowbarrow Fell

Looking back to a sunlit Hallin Fell

Lyulph's Tower

Saint Sunday Crag

Looking across Ullswater to Glenridding with the bulk of Birkhouse Moor behind

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