Route: Loweswater
Area: Western Lake District
Date of walk: 28th April 2017
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 4.5 miles
Weather: Sunny spells
This is a walk which we’ve done many times but could never tire of – there is beauty to be seen every step of the way. As usual we parked in the small car park at Maggie’s Bridge, but instead of following the obvious track to the lake we headed instead towards High Nook Farm (where Alfred Wainwright used to stay when researching his classic Pictorial Guide to the Western Fells)
Just before the farm we left the track to join a path leading to Watergate Farm. Having walked through the farm we arrived at he head of Loweswater, and from here we followed the delightful path through Holme Wood along the shore of the lake. The bluebells in the wood were just starting to bloom, and we were a little early in the season to see them at their peak
At the foot of the lake we passed by Hudson Place to start the return leg along the other shore of Loweswater. There are a couple of road sections, but a path which hugs the lakeshore avoids the road for much of the way. All too soon we arrived back at the lane leading back to Maggie’s Bridge and from here it was a short stroll back to the start of a walk which never fails to delight
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Rainbow in Lorton Vale late yesterday afternoon
Next day, a red squirrel in the garden
We leave the small car park at Maggie's Bridge
We follow the track to High Nook Farm
Foot of Mellbreak
Whin Ben, leading up to Whiteside
Just before the farm we leave the track to cross this ladder stile
Looking across to Whiteside
We follow the path towards Loweswater
Grasmoor in the background
Low Fell
We pass through Watergate Farm
We arrive at the shore of Loweswater
Holme Wood ahead
Low Fell again
We follow the lakeshore path through Holme Wood
Bonnie performs The Shake
The bothy, available to rent from the National Trust
Emerging bluebells
Holme Wood
We exit the wood
Miresyke on the far side of Loweswater
We head towards the foot of the lake
Looking back along our path
We follow the lane from Hudson Place for a short distance
We leave the lane to walk across the fields at the foot of Loweswater
Looking across to Mellbreak
Holme Wood and Carling Knott
Looking back to Hudson Place
The route along this side of the lake is part path and part road
Good light on Holme Wood
Views across the lake...
We pass by Thrushbank
The final section is along the road
Holme Wood
Mellbreak
We turn off the road to walk along the lane back to Maggie's Bridge
The car park is just around the corner
