David and Jacinta's Walks- 2023

 Easedale Tarn with Julian David was on a Lake District trip with The Curmudgeons and Julian very kindly suggested a later start and a lower level walk, which suited David very well. We parked up in Grasmere and followed the road and then the path up to Easedale Tarn. It was a fairly typical Lake District day- a bit of mist and a bit of drizzle from time to time. After lunching by the Sourmilk Gill waterfalls, we topped out at the tarn. Julian surveys the tarn Because of time and weather constraints, the walk up to Blea Rigg and the ridge walk back down to Grasmere didn't really make sense. However, the walk around the head of the tarn looked like a pleasant extension of the walk. We studied the map and saw that there were (intermittent) paths around the north side of the tarn which would save us from having simply to retrace our steps. We agreed on how much we like Herwicks ("Herdies") as a breed of sheep. Herdie- mistress of all that she surveys Despite the limited visi...

Silver Howe We had a little guidance from Wainwright's "The Central Fells", which offered a nice route up Silver How from Chapel Stile, so it was nice not to have to use the car for a change. We started up through the bracken, soon gaining height and views which were lovely in the bright sunlight. Bracken and bright sunlight It was pretty hot and a ewe and her lamb were preferred to stay in the shade rather than run away from us- we passed within a metre of them. Unperturbed ewe and her lamb Sunlit uplands The walk to the top of Silver How was steady but interesting with undulating slopes and we made our way to the top without difficulty, notwithstanding not quite the route suggested by Wainwright. Almost dolomitic path After a break at the top we took a different route down which was quite steep to take us to a point between Grasmere and Dale End. We (inadvertently) followed a Corpse Road, stopping in a lovely spot with a view of the lake and opposite a (Victorian?) benc...