{"id":7888,"date":"2025-11-06T01:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:47:51","slug":"250922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/250922\/","title":{"rendered":"250922"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Distance 14.4 Km\u00a0 (9.0 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0388 m\u00a0 (1273 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(2.56 mph)\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 11.02 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 17.01 pm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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On a bright, sunny, warm day, eight of us left the coaches at Dockray,\u00a0 Taking a footpath leading west, we passed Millses before turning S.\u00a0 After a while, the path approached the Aira Beck and we came to a stone footbridge.\u00a0 Crossing the bridge, we sat on a nearby grassy bank for our morning stop.\u00a0 A heavy flow of water over the falls made for excellent scenes.\u00a0<\/p>

On our way again, we continued S and then gradually turned E onto Gowbarrow Park.\u00a0 As the path climbed generally eastwards, the path forked and we took the upper path.\u00a0 We were rewarded with great views of Ullswater as we headed towards Memorial Seat.\u00a0 On reaching Memorial Seat, just above Yew Crag, we stopped for a break and the chance to photograph the lake, both to the east and the west.\u00a0 I don’t think I have ever been in the Lakes when the views have been so clear.\u00a0 When planning the walk, I had originally intended to drop down below the Crag and take the lower path back to Aira Force.\u00a0 However reading about the crags, I began to feel it may be too steep a descent and then talking to some nearby people who seemed to know the area, I again got the impression that it would be a difficult descent.\u00a0 Consequently, I decided that we would take the same path back westwards.\u00a0 I have to say that making this walk in both directions should be a must for any walking group.\u00a0 Given the weather, the views are magnificent.\u00a0 On nearing Aira Beck, we took a lower path to\u00a0 a footbridge.\u00a0 From the footbridge, we had an excellent view of Aira Force.\u00a0 The amount of water flowing over the fall was significant and the sun shinning on the water produced interesting rainbows.\u00a0 After climbing the steps we arrived at a nice grassy area with seats and in the sunshine – ideal for our lunch stop.\u00a0<\/p>

After lunch, we headed thro the woods down the west side of the Aira Beck, to the toilets and a fairly large car park.\u00a0 \u00a0At the edge of the A592 we took a good solid path running parallel to and generally about 50 yds north of the main road.\u00a0 This was a pleasant path which\u00a0 after crossing the A5091, passed mainly thro trees although there were gaps giving good views of Ullswater and Patterdale Common beyond the lake.\u00a0 \u00a0As we headed to Glencoyne Bridge, there were more open views of Ullswater\u00a0 and as the path moved further from the lake we had an excellent view of Birk Fell\u00a0 \u00a0Just before Glencoyne Bridge, the path turned south and there were excellent views to the south end of the lake.\u00a0 On this part of the route some of it was on footpaths sometimes alongside the lake and sometime on the road itself.\u00a0 Eventually we reached Glenridding where we had a nice additional sunny stop beside the Glenridding Beck.\u00a0 We crossed the beck on the main road and then turned W on a small road to Westside.\u00a0 We then turned south on a roughish path which began climbing giving us an excellent view of Sheffield Pike behind us to the north.\u00a0 As the path twisted around to the east we had a great view of part of Glenridding, the southern section of Ullswater and, in the distance, Gowbarrow Park, including the path we had walked in the morning to Yew Crag.\u00a0 This was where we had our afternoon stop.\u00a0 As the path turned south we arrived at the quiet waters of the secluded Lanty’s Tarn.\u00a0 Leaving the tarn, we headed SW down to Grisedale with the impressive St Sundy Crag before us.\u00a0 After crossing the Grisedale Beck we joined the minor road leading to Grisedale Bridge where we joined the A592 to our destination of Patterdale.<\/p>

Another excellent walk in the Lakes, more due to the beautiful scenery and the excellent warm sunny weather than the leader.\u00a0 As I mentioned to several people that day – “I don’t think I have ever been to the Lakes in such perfect visibility.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Click on any photo to view full screen.\u00a0 \u00a0 Move through the gallery using the\u00a0 \u00a0<\u00a0 >\u00a0 arrows.<\/p>

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