Route: Grange Fell
Area: Central Lake District
Date of walk: 17th September 2015
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 3.4 miles
Weather: Started bright but gradually clouded over
I parked in the National Trust Bowderstone car park and from here followed a path which goes through woodland and then bracken, gradually curving around the steep crags above
A rocky staircase then leads to Long Moss near the summit of the fell. Grange Fell has 3 separate tops, King’s How being the loveliest, though slightly lower than nearby Brund Fell. Today I visited King’s How. From the summit there is a superb view over Derwent Water looking one way and Borrowdale looking the other
A direct descent from here is out of the question thanks to the crags on the west side of the fell, so I followed a narrow path which snakes round the other side of the fell and which eventually brought me down to the Borrowdale road. I followed the road for a short distance – there’s a narrow footpath most of the way – then crossed over at the sign indicating the Bowderstone. I followed this path through the woods, past the massive Bowderstone and back to the car park
It had been a lovely walk in beautiful surroundings
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On the way to the start of the walk I stopped off by Crummock Water, looking magical with dawn mist on the surface…
On with the walk - this is the path leading from Bowderstone car park near Grange in Borrowdale
Walking through beautiful woodland
Looking up towards Grange Fell
Castle Crag and High Spy
Walking towards King’s How
This is why I have to enter via the back door
Derwent Water and Skiddaw
Crossing Long Moss, just below the summit
Derwent Water from King’s How
Brund Fell, one of the other tops on Grange Fell
Heading down towards Borrowdale
Castle Crag
Borrowdale
Zooming in on Rosthwaite
The heather is just starting to go over
Peacock on a dry stone wall
Almost back down to valley level
The short road section
I cross the road to follow a path through the woods
The delicately balanced Bowderstone, weighing in 2,000 tons
From the stone it’s a short stroll back to the start
Later that day, a Blue tit in the garden
