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Feb. 28th, 2011 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
endlessraritiesI'm off to the Writers' Group tonight, so I'll keep the text to a minimum.
Instead, I'll give you a virtual tour of Far Easdale. The bridle-path from Grasmere to Borrowdale runs this way, and it's the same route we followed in July's walk to High Raise (in which we managed to walk straight past the summit of Sergeant Man...)
On Saturday, the light conditions were perfect for making the scenery look stunning. This was the view that confronted us as we headed out for our walk:-
Along the route, there were numerous examples of what the great Alfred Wainwright would have called 'interesting boulders'. They are natural features in a glacial landscape, but you can't help thinking what our friends way back in the Neolithic would have thought of them:-
Instead, I'll give you a virtual tour of Far Easdale. The bridle-path from Grasmere to Borrowdale runs this way, and it's the same route we followed in July's walk to High Raise (in which we managed to walk straight past the summit of Sergeant Man...)
On Saturday, the light conditions were perfect for making the scenery look stunning. This was the view that confronted us as we headed out for our walk:-
Along the route, there were numerous examples of what the great Alfred Wainwright would have called 'interesting boulders'. They are natural features in a glacial landscape, but you can't help thinking what our friends way back in the Neolithic would have thought of them:-
As we travelled further up the valley, the view back towards Grasmere was a desolate one:-
Not far beyond this point, the path started to climb upwards:-
And from the crest of the ridge between Far Easdale and Wythburn, the view back down the valley was even more dramatic, with the sheer face of Deer Bield Crag looming tall to the right:-
