~Silver How~
11th July 2016
Silver How Summit
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Grasmere Parking |
Loughrigg Fell |
Modern, numberplate-recognition parking cameras recognise your car entering the car park and the systme charges you at the end of your stay, payment by card is available. Normally, I don't pay to park as I arrive whilst there are still places to park where there are no charges, so this is a little unsettling. I wonder what would happen if you covered your numberplates just after you left the public road and revealed them again before rejoining the highway?
Wooded Lane
Leaving Grasmere on the Red Bank road, we entered the lane to the fell which is opposite the boat landings and tearoom (Wainwright's Silver How 4). We have all been up Silver How previously, but not all at the same time. How exciting is that?
Stone Arthur
The view in retrospect is that of Stone Arthur on the other side of Grasmere. Just for a while, we have some refreshing sunny intervals.
Helm Crag and Seat Sandal
Wainwright instructs readers to "forget about Silver How for a few minutes here and halt to admire the beautiful specimen trees in these lower pastures". I think we're a little above "here" at this time, but the varied view is very enjoyable.
Karen & Molly
One is thinking "are we nearly there yet?" and the other is wondering what we have stopped for. You decide.
Rydal Water
is further away. They could cut down all those trees between the lakes and build a large car park.
Silver How Summit 1,292ft asl
Descent Route
We're still on Silver How 4 in Wainwright's Central Fells and aiming for the path down to Allan Bank; I'd brought my map, but not my glasses - we'll probably find the way.
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Helm Crag
Ah well, we have lost the sunshine but a dry walk is a good walk.
Walkers: Karen, Molly The Dog and Me.
Route: Parking in Grasmere, near the park. Red Bank Lane to the tearoom and up the track on to the fellside. Up and over Silver How and down the Allan Bank footpath
Greetings: Plenty.
Weather: Overcast with sunny intervals early on but they went west over to Windermere.
Time Taken: 2 hours 30 minutes over a distance of about 3.5miles with 1,100ft of ascent.
All photos copyright Richard Ratcliffe 2016 ©
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