The rain was very hard this morning and we thought the day may be a wash out. But again the very localised weather reports in The Lake District pointed us to Grasmere as having good weather so we set off.
Parking at White Moss we walked up the road to join the 'Coffin Road' into Grasmere.
Its called the coffin route because this was the path taken by funeral parties from Ambleside to Grasmere, before the parish church in Ambleside was consecrated the nearest consecrated grave yard was in Grasmere some 4 miles distant.
We found a nice little bakers in the village of Grasmere where we bought pasties and cakes before we followed the western side of the lake then circling the southern tip of Rydal water returning to the car park along a another length of the 'Coffin Road'. Not very much bird life around today but there was a strong wind which normally makes them hide.
So here are a few landscape:
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| Wonderful colour of the Rhododendron |
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| River Rothhay between Grasmere & Rydal Water |
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| Rydal Water from the south west |
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| Nab Scar |
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| Rock out crop on Nab Scar |
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| Rydal water from the east |
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| a window onto the water |
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| mix of colours |
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| The foot of Rydal Water |
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| Cottage below Rydal Mount. I liked the Wisteria |
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| A Penny Tree A strange Cumbrian Tradition |
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| The rock out crop I photographed from the other side of the lake |
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| The Loughrigg Fell above Rydal Water, |
Under my feet there is a stop cock cover, Chris suggested that this may be the control for the waterfall
following on from Octobers visit Fungi!
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