And what a glorious day it was! Perfect weather conditions and so dry underfoot. This time a trip to Ullswater and up Place Fell. We set off early and were pleasantly suprised how empty the roads were - not so the carpark, but where everyone was - who knows? Anyway, up to Boredale Hause and then onto Place Fell - you think you are there, but a nice almost flat path leads along the top to the summit. We then descended over The Knight and down the path beside Scalehow Beck - a very nice path and beck. Then on down to the waterside for a return along the lake shore - except that it isn't along the lake shore, but up and down over rough terrain. A nice walk though as the trees are just about to burst into leaf. We saw our first Wheatear of the year on the tops and heard our first (many) Willow Warblers. Being as the woods dropped away to the lake shore in places, we were level with the tree canopy, so it was nice to glimpse two Orange Underwing moths. Cracking walk; craking day; sore feet.
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| Looking over Patterdale from the path up to Boredale Hause. |
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| Towards Brother's Water and the Kirskstone Pass. |
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| Near the top of Place Fell looking across to the far end of Ullswater. |
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| Looking back down the path from near the top of Place Fell. |
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| The top... |
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| A dramatic panorama looking towards Helvellyn. |
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| Descending ... |
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| Lunch stop view. |
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| Walking back along the side of Ullswater. |
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