Lake District Holiday
Monday 25th June 2018
We set our alarm for 7am as we thought it would be a good idea to get up and going early so we start out while it is cooler. We planned the following route.
It took about an hour to drive out to where the start of our route was. We parked up and set off about 9.30. The first part of the walk was a scramble that took us up past Taylorgill Force.
From the top the path got a bit easier and followed the edge of the stream till we got to a point we could cross it. The water was so clear and looked so inviting!
Up at Styhead Tarn we stopped for a drink and then took the path off to follow the Corridor Route.
The next section was hard going and I was struggling with the heat. Regular stops for drink and cooling down made it slow. We eventually stopped for some lunch to build up some energy for the last slog!
Eventually we joined up with the main grockle path and had the last bit left to go. It was one of those summits where you keep thinking you are near the top and then more appears! Finally the top came into view and we were there.
Sitting in a lovely shaded spot I finished my lunch and finally cooled down properly! Now we had to find our way back down off the top. Tim had looked at the route beforehand so we knew that we still had a bit more up hill to go!! I don't like negative progress!!
The path in the net section seemed non existent as we just had to hop our way along some boulders. Another short bit of up followed where we met a rather eccentric chap wandering along carrying a plastic bag and swinging it as he went! That was all the up hill done thankfully. We had already come a long way from the top of Scafell Pike.
Further on our way down we came to the point where we had to take a left turn on the path which would take us down into the valley back to the car. We had a final stop for some photos and a drink.
The last section was down cobble stepped paths so took it out on your feet and knees.
As we were coming down this path 3 guys caught us up and over took us who we had met a few times on our walk. They followed the same basic sort of route but had been up Green Gable, Great Gable before we first met them as they over took us on the Corridor Route. We met the again at the top but we appeared to have got there first. We asked where they had been and they had decided to also take a trip to the top of Lingmell! When we got to the bottom and turned onto the valley path we met the again for the last time. They were having a swim in a plunge pool at Stockley Bridge! Well deserved after all the hills they had managed to fit in in the time we did our walk!!
It was a marvellous sight to see the car!! A great walk with lovely streams and waterfalls. Two of the 3 peas done. Only Ben Nevis left! Apparently today was the hottest day of the year so far - it certainly felt like it!!
This evening neither of us fancied cooking anything so we took the opportunity to visit the local fish and chip shop and then rest with our aching feet up!
The only plan so far for tomorrow is to have a lie in!!
It took about an hour to drive out to where the start of our route was. We parked up and set off about 9.30. The first part of the walk was a scramble that took us up past Taylorgill Force.
From the top the path got a bit easier and followed the edge of the stream till we got to a point we could cross it. The water was so clear and looked so inviting!
Up at Styhead Tarn we stopped for a drink and then took the path off to follow the Corridor Route.
The next section was hard going and I was struggling with the heat. Regular stops for drink and cooling down made it slow. We eventually stopped for some lunch to build up some energy for the last slog!
Eventually we joined up with the main grockle path and had the last bit left to go. It was one of those summits where you keep thinking you are near the top and then more appears! Finally the top came into view and we were there.
Sitting in a lovely shaded spot I finished my lunch and finally cooled down properly! Now we had to find our way back down off the top. Tim had looked at the route beforehand so we knew that we still had a bit more up hill to go!! I don't like negative progress!!
The path in the net section seemed non existent as we just had to hop our way along some boulders. Another short bit of up followed where we met a rather eccentric chap wandering along carrying a plastic bag and swinging it as he went! That was all the up hill done thankfully. We had already come a long way from the top of Scafell Pike.
Further on our way down we came to the point where we had to take a left turn on the path which would take us down into the valley back to the car. We had a final stop for some photos and a drink.
The last section was down cobble stepped paths so took it out on your feet and knees.
As we were coming down this path 3 guys caught us up and over took us who we had met a few times on our walk. They followed the same basic sort of route but had been up Green Gable, Great Gable before we first met them as they over took us on the Corridor Route. We met the again at the top but we appeared to have got there first. We asked where they had been and they had decided to also take a trip to the top of Lingmell! When we got to the bottom and turned onto the valley path we met the again for the last time. They were having a swim in a plunge pool at Stockley Bridge! Well deserved after all the hills they had managed to fit in in the time we did our walk!!
It was a marvellous sight to see the car!! A great walk with lovely streams and waterfalls. Two of the 3 peas done. Only Ben Nevis left! Apparently today was the hottest day of the year so far - it certainly felt like it!!
This evening neither of us fancied cooking anything so we took the opportunity to visit the local fish and chip shop and then rest with our aching feet up!
The only plan so far for tomorrow is to have a lie in!!
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