Sunday, 29th April 2018

Walk: Robin Lane, Skelghyll Wood, Borrans Park, Ambleside, Stockghyll Force, Wansfell Pike, Wansfell (Wainwright), Nanny Lane, Troutbeck
Start Point: Church Bridge, Troutbeck Grid Reference: NY 412 027
Distance: 9.5 miles Ascent: 2,400 feet
Time: 5 hours
Weather: Some sunny spells but a cold wind
Comments: A repeat of a well known route in order to return a jacket to a shop in Ambleside. After visitng Jenkin Crag I spotted a sign for a path to Wansfell Pike. May be worth investigating in the future.

Windermere from Robin Lane

On the map this cairn . . .

is named as Pillar

Some very young lambs . . .

keep one another company

Waterhead

Looking across to Latterbarrow - the flat bit on the right, from Borrans Park

Scandale Pass

Stockghyll Woods . . .

and weir

Stockghyll Force . . .

best seen . . .

before the foliage grows on the bushes

Stockghyll Woods

Climbing up to Wansfell Pike from Ambleside . . .

and looking across to the Kirkstone Pass

Lots of work to be done . . .

looks like they are going to step the path . . .

as seen a little higher up

Wansfell Pike . . .

and Wansfell - the Wainwright

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