We hadn't planned to do a walk on our way home, however, as we drove over the Whinlatter Pass there had been a fresh coating of snow overnight, and combined with the blue skies and sun, it was too much a temptation. So we stopped off at the visitor centre at Whinlatter and walked over to the summit of Lords Seat through the forest. From there we dropped back down over Barf before following the fofrest tracks back to the visitor centre for a lovely lunch, after another brilliant walk.
The fresh overnight snow was a real bonus to the walk
The forest restricts the views but you do get some tempting glimpses of the surrounding fells
Like this one of Grisedale Pike
Zooming in on the summit, we've walked up that wall and its a killer!
Sunlight through the pine branches, just about perfect!
Looking across to the summit of Whinlatter Fell from Ullister Hill
and the view back to Grisedale Pike from the same spot
Sheena making the final pull up onto the summit of Lords Seat
Barf, with Skiddaw behind from Lords Seat
Looking back over Ullister Hill to the Helvellyn range from Lords Seat
The ridge leading out to Broom Hill, another Wainwright, but that's not our route today
Binsey, with the snow capped mountains of Scotland behind
Barf and Skiddaw again as we made the descent of Lords Seat
Zooming in on the distant Bow Fell and Esk Pike, in the Borrowdale valley
Bassenthwaite Lake looked like glass from up here
Looking back to Lords Seat from Barf
Skiddaw and Bassenthwaite Lake from the summit of Barf
The Helvellyn range from the same spot
and again but this time from the forest tracks
and Skiddaw ....
As we headed back towards the car Derwent Water came into view, just stunning with the snow capped mountains behind?
Heading back along one of the forest roads towards the visitor centre, with Grisedale Pike as the backdrop!
I hope that you have enjoyed looking at the photograph's from this walk? If you have any questions or comments regarding them or the walk in general, please either leave a message below, or send me an email, and I will get back to you asap. Thanks Gary ...
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Our last walk was around Crummock Water and Mellbreak
Our next walk was on Eagle Crag from Rosthwaite
Other Lake District walks 2010 walks journalAll of the photograph's from this walk were taken using my Sony A700 camera or Sheena's Canon Ixus 100IS camera
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