Last Monday with the promise of some good weather later in the week we set off to Glenridding on Ullswater to camp for a few nights & get some fell walking in.
After getting the tent up on Monday we went for a walk along the shores of Ullswater we had heard about an art exhibition that was on the lake, that hadn't been the greatest success due to the bad weather. We latterly discovered it was called "Fleur de Sel" & this is what it originally looked like:
However we only saw 4 of the structures as the rest had blown away!
The dogs didn't seem that interested in the exhibition, they just wanted to play in the lake
Looking up at Place Fell which we hoped to climb later in the week.
We walked to Patterdale & then along part of the far side of the lake, this is looking back towards Glenridding
Lingy Holm, one of the few islands dotted around Ullswater
We walked almost to Silver Point before turning back
Which he is closely guarding from Bess
A very old & mossy cottage
However we only saw 4 of the structures as the rest had blown away!
The dogs didn't seem that interested in the exhibition, they just wanted to play in the lake
Looking up at Place Fell which we hoped to climb later in the week.
We walked to Patterdale & then along part of the far side of the lake, this is looking back towards Glenridding
Lingy Holm, one of the few islands dotted around Ullswater
We walked almost to Silver Point before turning back
Crag has a stick
Which he is closely guarding from Bess
A very old & mossy cottage
We knew it was forecast to rain Monday night & into Tuesday, but we hoped it would pass through quite quickly, alas no & we had 24hrs of wind & rain batter us. We drove to Penrith & then stopped at Pooley Bridge on the way back for a walk, we managed a short one in the trees at Dunmallard Hill, but with the rain horizontal decided enough was enough & drove back to the tent
It was still standing but we were starting to be surrounded by a moat!
Only one thing for it, go to the pub for dinner, we have never dressed in full waterproofs & wellies to go to the pub before!
After a stormy 24hrs we awoke to sunshine on Wednesday so set off to Patterdale again, this time to go up Place Fell, looking down the valley with Brothers Water in the distance
One last push to the summit, the dogs are cooling off in a small tarn
The views were lovely from the top, you could see the northern end of Ullswater
The dogs again went for a dip
They were quite a way away from us
A panorama of the view
Place Fell (657m)
It was still standing but we were starting to be surrounded by a moat!
Only one thing for it, go to the pub for dinner, we have never dressed in full waterproofs & wellies to go to the pub before!
After a stormy 24hrs we awoke to sunshine on Wednesday so set off to Patterdale again, this time to go up Place Fell, looking down the valley with Brothers Water in the distance
And across the valley to Helvellyn & Catstye Cam
Looking up Place Fell
Looking down & zooming in on the campsite
Looking down & zooming in on the campsite
One last push to the summit, the dogs are cooling off in a small tarn
The views were lovely from the top, you could see the northern end of Ullswater
The dogs again went for a dip
They were quite a way away from us
A panorama of the view
Place Fell (657m)
Brothers Water again
Place Fell doesn't link to another Wainwright so we retraced our steps to Boredale Hause & headed for our second fell Beda Fell, looking back at Place Fell
And onto Beda Fell
Equally good views from the summit
Beda Fell (509m)
Looking across to Place Fell
How cute can I look?
Place Fell doesn't link to another Wainwright so we retraced our steps to Boredale Hause & headed for our second fell Beda Fell, looking back at Place Fell
And onto Beda Fell
The Nab
Equally good views from the summit
Beda Fell (509m)
Looking across to Place Fell
How cute can I look?
Me too!
And me
This is the walk in from Glenridding to the campsite
We had planned to return home on Thursday, but having lost Tuesday decided to stay one more night. Birkhouse Moor from the campsite.
And todays first target Glenridding Dodd
Finding the path up was a bit tricky to begin with
Looking up the valley, the path below is how we will return
Birkhouse Moor & Rake Cottages
Splendid views of Ullswater from the summit
And me
This is the walk in from Glenridding to the campsite
We had planned to return home on Thursday, but having lost Tuesday decided to stay one more night. Birkhouse Moor from the campsite.
And todays first target Glenridding Dodd
Finding the path up was a bit tricky to begin with
Looking up the valley, the path below is how we will return
Birkhouse Moor & Rake Cottages
Splendid views of Ullswater from the summit
Glenridding Dodd (442m)
We then headed for our second fell Sheffield Pike, Bess was full of energy
Crag not so much but we put it down to the infection he had the previous week
Ullswater & Glenridding Dodd
Glenridding & Place Fell to the left
Soon we are looking down on Glenridding Dodd
Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam & Helvellyn in the distance
And the summit is reached, Wainwright describes the summit as "Even on a sunny summer day the top of the fell seems a dismal, cheerless place" we beg to differ, again beautiful views
A panorama of the fells
Sheffield Pike (675m) our 140th Wainwright
We walked around to Sticks Pass to start our descent
On our way we passed the now disused quarry
We then headed for our second fell Sheffield Pike, Bess was full of energy
Crag not so much but we put it down to the infection he had the previous week
Ullswater & Glenridding Dodd
Glenridding & Place Fell to the left
Soon we are looking down on Glenridding Dodd
Birkhouse Moor, Catstye Cam & Helvellyn in the distance
And the summit is reached, Wainwright describes the summit as "Even on a sunny summer day the top of the fell seems a dismal, cheerless place" we beg to differ, again beautiful views
A panorama of the fells
Sheffield Pike (675m) our 140th Wainwright
We walked around to Sticks Pass to start our descent
On our way we passed the now disused quarry
Raise is home to the Lake Districts only ski tow & home to The Lake District Ski Club http://www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/
The ski run 
You need to know how to stop though as this cliff is below the run!
You need to know how to stop though as this cliff is below the run!
Catstye Cam 
As we dropped into the valley a helicopter was bringing rocks in to repair the path
As we dropped into the valley a helicopter was bringing rocks in to repair the path
We got down to the youth hostel & had about a miles walk back, Crag suddenly became his bouncy self again - He had found a stick. We wonder if he got bored without one, have we got the only Border Collie who finds the fells boring?
It was great to get away & at last have a run of decent weather (excluding Tuesday), probably the last camping trip of the year, lets hope we get away more next year.
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