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Angle Tarn

Date ... Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Distance ... 6.50 miles
Ascent ... 1755 feet
Time ... 3 hours 45 mins
Weather ... 6 ºC, light S breeze, overcast and dry
Summits ... No summits climbed
Start ... Cow Bridge (nr Hartsop village) - free NT car park (NY402133)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº5 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº 2 - The Far Eastern Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 0718140664)


The route map of our walk

The route map of our walk

Heading towards Hartsop village at the start of the walk, Gray Crag is 
	the hill to the right and The Knott is the one in the background

Heading towards Hartsop village at the start of the walk, Gray Crag is the hill to the right and The Knott is the one in the background. Apologises for the quality of the first few photo's it was just breaking daylight when I started the walk!

Heading along the lane towards Boredale Hause

Heading along the lane towards Boredale Hause

Waterfalls in Angletarn Beck

Waterfalls in Angletarn Beck

Looking back down from the waterfalls, Tim looks to be enjoying himself 
	so early in the morning!

Looking back down from the waterfalls, Tim looks to be enjoying himself so early in the morning!

Looking back at the head of Patterdale from the ascent up to Boredale 
	Hause

Looking back at the head of Patterdale from the ascent up to Boredale Hause

Patterdale village with the wooded summit of Keldas behind

Patterdale village with the wooded summit of Keldas behind

The head of Ullswater from Boredale Hause

The head of Ullswater from Boredale Hause

Looking down on Brothers Water from the top of Dubhow Beck

Looking down on Brothers Water from the top of Dubhow Beck

Will you stop taking so many photo's! You promised me that I could go for 
	a swim in the tarn this morning!<

Will you stop taking so many photo's! You promised me that I could go for a swim in the tarn this morning!

The first view of Angle Tarn

The first view of Angle Tarn

Tim's swim had to wait, there wasn't a ripple anywhere on the tarn

Tim's swim had to wait, there wasn't a ripple anywhere on the tarn

A view of the tarn from higher up

A view of the tarn from higher up

St. Sunday Crag and Helvellyn from Angle Tarn

St. Sunday Crag and Helvellyn from Angle Tarn

Looking down the valley of Bannerdale

Looking down the valley of Bannerdale

Raven Crag and Caudle Moor from near to Satura Crag

Raven Crag and Caudle Moor from near to Satura Crag

Rest Dodd, with Rampsgill Head in the distance from the same spot

Rest Dodd, with Rampsgill Head in the distance from the same spot

Gray Crag and Hayeswater

Gray Crag and Hayeswater

Another view of Hayeswater, this time from the dam

Another view of Hayeswater, this time from the dam

The Knott

The Knott

Heading back down towards Hartsop village

Heading back down towards Hartsop village

Looking up Pasture Beck, Thornthwaite Crag on the left and Raven Crag on 
	the right

Looking up Pasture Beck, Thornthwaite Crag on the left and Raven Crag on the right

Hartsop village

Hartsop village