Yesterday the rains persisted for most of the day and finished with just a little jink in the clouds at dusk…may be a hint of what to expect the following day….
That little bit of promise materialised this morning with a sky full of cotton wool clouds and warm sunshine….
Skiddaw from Hand Point, Brandelhow
So with the promise of a good day we headed off to Wastwater and Wasdale, one of the wildest in Cumbria…..
Great Gable, Great End and Lingmell from Wasdale
The valley is surrounded by the largest of Cumbria’s mountains including Great Gable, Great End, Lingmell and Scafell Pike. Like all Lakeland valleys waterfalls are numerous and in heavy rains dramatic….
Mosedale Beck
The valley is rich grazing for the hardy Lakeland Herdwick sheep….
But the surrounding mountains dominate with the famous Wastwater Screes casting a shadow over the lake……
Wasdale is a dead-end valley so it is back the same way as we came in, but the views back are worth pausing for a final view back to the mountains….
Yewbarrow, Great Gable and Lingmell
from Wastwater.
18th September..
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