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Wrynose Pass from Grasmere
| Date of Walk: |
21/5/2001 |
| Mountains Climbed: |
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| Length of Walk: |
18.2 miles |
| Starting Point: |
Grasmere Hotel, Grasmere |
Grid Ref: NY 338078 |
| Route: |
Grasmere, Red Bank, Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Blea
Tarn, Wrynose Pass, Three Shire Stone, Little Langdale, Elterwater,
Red Bank, Grasmere. |
| On Monday the 21st we woke up
to another beautiful, sunny day, and we decided to do an 18 mile
walk, which was the longest on the walk sheet from the Hotel. It
started as before, by going up by Red Bank. |
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the road from grasmere to great langdale |
| From here, we turned towards Chapel
Stile and into the Great Langdale Valley, where we had stunning views
of the Langdale Pikes. |
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The Langdale Pikes |
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great langdale valley |
Walking through Great Langdale,
we were able to stop and take in glorious views of all the surrounding
mountains, including Crinkle Crags, and Bowfell was for once not
covered in cloud.
From Great Langdale, we walked along the road
by Side Pike (Lingmoor Fell) and were able to observe Blea Tarn
from the road. We could of course not stray off the road to have
a better look. |
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Blea Tarn |
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The Langdale Pikes from Blea Tarn |
| Soon afterwards we reached the fork
in the road and the start of Wrynose and Hardknott Passes. |
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the start of wrynose pass |
After our first trip to the Lake
District in April 2000, where we travelled over Wrynose and Hardknott
in the car, in conditions where we could hardly see further than
the end of the bonnet, we were looking forward to seeing what the
pass really looked like.
The warning signs gave us a good indication of
what we were in for. |
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Wrynose Pass |
| The road soon starts to climb, and
by the time we reached Wrynose Bridge, it felt as though we had been
fellwalking after all. |
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wrynose bridge |
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wrynose pass |
| By the time we reached the Three Shire
Stone at the summit of Wrynose Pass, the road was blocked and this
is where we had to turn round, but not before taking in the views
of Pike O'Blisco, Cold Pike and the Coniston Fells on the other side
of the pass. |
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three shire stone |
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on wrynose pass |
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Wrynose Pass |
| After retracing our steps back to
the start of the pass, we had a splendid walk at the side of Fletcher's
Wood to Elterwater, and from there back to Grasmere via Elterwater. |
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