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Buttermere

Date ... Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Distance ... 5.0 miles
Ascent ... 900 feet
Time ... 2 hours 30 mins
Weather ... 12 ºC, light winds, sunny and dry
Summits ... None
Start ... Buttermere village - National Trust Pay + Display car park (NY173171) 
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº4 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº90 (1:50,000)
Books ... Pictorial Guide Nº6 - The North Western Fells by Alfred Wainwright (ISBN 0718140672)


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The route map of our walk

The route map of our walk

Kirk Fell (left) and Great Gable (right) from the car park of the Wasdale Head Inn

Kirk Fell (left) and Great Gable (right) from the car park of the Wasdale Head Inn

Mosedale Beck and Kirk Fell, from behind the Inn

Mosedale Beck and Kirk Fell, from behind the Inn

Another view of Kirk Fell and Great Gable

Another view of Kirk Fell and Great Gable

A totally different view of Mosedale and Pillar this morning than yesterday afternoon

A totally different view of Mosedale and Pillar this morning than yesterday afternoon

Looking along Wastwater towards Great Gable, with the Sca Fells on the right, from Overbeck Bridge

Looking along Wastwater towards Great Gable, with the Sca Fells on the right, from Overbeck Bridge

Yewbarrow with Great Gable in the distance from further down Wastwater

Yewbarrow with Great Gable in the distance from further down Wastwater

Walking along the road towards Buttermere from the National Trust car park

Walking along the road towards Buttermere from the National Trust car park

The Fish Hotel with Red Pike behind

The Fish Hotel with Red Pike behind

Looking back towards Buttermere village from the sore of Buttermere, with the NW fells behind

Looking back towards Buttermere village from the sore of Buttermere, with the NW fells behind

Looking along the lake from the same spot towards Fleetwith Pike

Looking along the lake from the same spot towards Fleetwith Pike

The winter storms washed lots of stones down Sourmilk Gill

The winter storms washed lots of stones down Sourmilk Gill

Low Fell in the distance, with Meallbreak on the left and a glimpse of Crummock Water

Low Fell in the distance, with Meallbreak on the left and a glimpse of Crummock Water

I just loved the colours of the rocks in Sourmilk Gill and the water running over them

I just loved the colours of the rocks in Sourmilk Gill and the water running over them

Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike

Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike

Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike, Crag Hill and Scar Crags from the shores of Buttermere

Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike, Crag Hill and Scar Crags from the shores of Buttermere

A similar view from further along the shore

A similar view from further along the shore

Sheena teasing Tim with a stick he'd found

Sheena teasing Tim with a stick he'd found, click on the link to see him jumping for it! Jumping Tim

High Snockrigg and Robinson

High Snockrigg and Robinson

Err, what did you say again about not getting all wet as you'd forgot to bring my towels?????

Err, what did you say again about not getting all wet as you'd forgot to bring my towels?????

Rannerdale Knotts, Grasmoor and Whiteless Pike

Rannerdale Knotts, Grasmoor and Whiteless Pike

Looking across the lake towards Goat Crags

Looking across the lake towards Goat Crags

Fleetwith Pike

Fleetwith Pike

Looking along Warnscale Beck from Peggy's Bridge

Looking along Warnscale Beck from Peggy's Bridge

Gatesgarth Cottage with High Stile behind

Gatesgarth Cottage with High Stile behind

High Stile and Dodd from the Buttermere pines

High Stile and Dodd from the Buttermere pines

A similar view from a little further along the shore line, Red Pike is just starting to be seen behind High Stile

A similar view from a little further along the shore line, Red Pike is just starting to be seen behind High Stile

High Stile and Burtness Combe

High Stile and Burtness Combe

Looking back to Fleetwith Pike

Looking back to Fleetwith Pike

Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks

Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks

Meallbreak and Dodd

Meallbreak and Dodd

The tunnel that the path passes through on the eastern side of the lake

The tunnel that the path passes through on the eastern side of the lake

Haystacks and High Crag

Haystacks and High Crag

One last look back towards the lake before we headed to the village

One last look back towards the lake before we headed to the village

Heading towards the farm yard, the village is just beyond, and the end of a lovely spring walk

Heading towards the farm yard, the village is just beyond, and the end of a lovely spring walk