Coast to Coast day 4: Grasmere to Glenridding

Today was a late start. We were not starting our walk until 11:30am which left lots of time to relax or do other things.

Having finally caught up on the outstanding blog days I was happy to do a walk around Grasmere. There were a number of outdoor shops and we checked one out. That was enough.

We did visit the local church. William Wordsworth, theGras famous English poet is buried in the churchyard,  along with at least two other William Wordsworths.

We walked back along the riverbank and can confirm that parking in Grasmere is quite expensive.

The day was fine with a bit of cloud which looked like it was clearing. The weather forcast was encouraging.

View from our balcony

Another balcony view

Leaving the hotel we retraced our entry into Grasmere of the previous evening. A lot of extra steps!

Once beyond the town/village we headed towards Mill Bridge and then took a rocky path that climbed beside Tongue Gill (remember Gills?).

Trevor coming up the track

A carn (really just piles of rocks) marking the path

As the cloud cleared the views expanded

Photos do not do the panorama justice

We finally made it to our first objective of the day: Grisedale Tarn. Tarns are lakes and this one was quite high.

Grisedale Tarn

From Grisedale Tarn we followed a route (mostly) downhill alongside the babbling, cascading Grisedale Beck.

On the way down we passed the Brothers Parting Point, the spot at which Willliam Wordsworth is supposed to have parted from his brother John for the last time. John Wordsworth died at sea when his ship sunk.

Finding a sheltered place for lunch was quite a challenge and we eventually plonked down on a heap of rocks looking down the valley.

Trevor admiring the view while eating his lunch

Dramatic formations dotted the landscape

Yet another fantastic vista

Here are some more views. note the lovely blue sky.

An interesting couple. The man carried a camera while the woman laboured along with a backpack

 

We came across this hut which belongs to Ullswater Outward Bound

and what a great setting ... see the next photo

There were some really great vistas

The beck was a constant during our descent. It could be heard babbling along its course even when we could not see it.

Lucy took advantage of the chance to cool her feet in the beck

The line from the middle left to the right hand top was a stone wall. An amazing structure up the steep sides of this slope

Rest time

Leaving the Grisedale Valley we passed through a woods and entered the Patterdale valley.

Typical Englsh countryside: babbling waterway, trees and green fields

i had bee meaning to get a photo of a kissing gate and had been warned that they would be few and far between once we leave the Lakes District so here is an example.

Typically, only one person can pass through the gate at a time. When two people intend to use the gate one is on one side and one on the other so a couple can kiss while separated by the gate.

On Day 4 we were staying in the village of Glenridding at Beech House.

We were fortunate with the weather. The day turned out to be gloriously sunny so much so that we both have bits that are red even though we had applied sunscreen.

Today was a short day. We covered 13.64km and had an elevation gain of 610m.