Thursday 6^th July 2006

Start Point : Elterwater Bridge (NY 327 047)

Distance : 5.6 miles Height Ascended : 420 metres

Route Map

Along the Cumbria Way near Elterwater looking back to the Langdale Pikes

Hester finds some shade near Elter Water

Elter Water and the Langdale Pikes

Hester cooling off………now that the swans have gone!

Elter Water becomes the River Brathay

Loughrigg Fell and our first view of Loughrigg Tarn

Hester waits patiently near Loughrigg Tarn

Loughrigg Tarn and the Langdale Pikes

Loughrigg Tarn

Loughrigg Tarn with Little Langdale beyond from Black Mire summit

Looking down on Elterwater village from Black Mire

Lingmoor Fell to the left and the Langdale Pikes right of centre

Looking down on the village of Grasmere from the summit of Loughrigg Fell

Elter Water from the summit of Loughrigg Fell - the Furness Fells shrouded in cloud

Elterwater village and Lingmoor Fell

Looking across to Lingmoor Fell from the descent of Loughrigg Fell

Another view of Loughrigg Tarn

The high Furness Fells remain hidden

Hester cooling off in Great Langdale Beck Elterwater