Greenburn Round - Lake District
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:37 pm
Hi everyone, was out with the gang yesterday around the Ironbridge area and will post that report later when I have walk details off Mr. Conroy In the meantime thought I would post a nice walk from September 2008 when I was on hols with hubby, this walk is just over 8 miles and starts/finishes in Grasmere.
After parking in Grasmere it was a walk up Easedale Road before turning right to follow the River Rothay towards Ghyll Foot and our first view up Steel Fell. As we climbed the views as usual get better. We were now seeing Grasmere come into view beyond Helm Crag We could also see the horseshoe in front of us that we would be taking Eventually we could see what we thought was our first top. As we looked over the main road to Keswick we could see Seat Sandal and Fairfield We crested the summit and were rewarded with superb views north to Keswick, Skiddaw and Thirlmere We also had clear views of our return leg along via Gibson Knott to Helm Crag We now headed to Calf Crag and followed the fence line past a couple of unamed tarns, quite boggy around here. It was a good clear day as we looked along to Gibson Knott and Helm Crag After following a windy trail we were at Gibson Knott After a final climb we were on Helm Crag below the summit rock climb We could see from there the slog up Steel Fell Then it was the picturesque descent off Helm Crag and a walk back down Easedale Road back to Grasmere Hope this might be an idea for a walk for someone, thanks for looking, stay safe, love Sue