In our efforts to
get out whatever the weather in this poor excuse for a summer we had
a few hrs free on Sunday to play with and Wansfell seemed to be the
ideal target.
Not too far but
still a Wainwright tick and would provide a little bit of exercise
for the weekend.
The path started as
a wide track and wound its way round the side of the hill with views
of Windemere opening up to the left. There was no steepness to the
path and it continued, meandering round the hillside to the summit
top following a wall.
The weather was
mixed, a bit of mist, drizzle and it wasn't that warm really. Was it
really August???
The summit was quite
non descriptive with views over to Rydel Wate, up to Red Screes and
Kirkstone Pass and then back down to Windemere and beyond.
The path following
the wall over to the second summit, Baystones which is the true high
point of the Wainwright, was a pretty path and the wall was the star
of the show, winding left and right up and down hill making some
pretty patterns indeed.
After reaching
Baystones we turned right to take the path back down towards the car
and were met with a 2 pretty ponies and a young foal. The foal was
too quick for me to get a non blurry picture but I got a snap of its
auntie who was happy to just stand and pose.
Soon enough we were
back at the Mortal Man car park and felt it would be rude not to pop
in for Sunday lunch as we'd parked here for the past hour or so. The
food was good and it was a lovely place to spend another hr in the
lakes before heading back to real life and the thought of Monday
looming in the distance.
Another trip out and
even though the weather didn't really improve it was a lovely wander
over a nice little fell.
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