A Weekend in Bowness on Windermere

It's been quite a while since we were up in the Lakes.  The intention was to get a few more weekends in at the end of the summer for SUPing but Charlie injured his paw and he had to stay out of water so hopefully I can get a few days in before the Spring.  The forecast was for rain this weekend so we decided to plan a couple of low-level walks around Windermere.

We started the day with a walk up to Orrest Head.  Orrest Head is the first fell that Alfred Wainwright climbed and is the subject of a chapter of the book Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

A stone at the summit names the key visible fells from here which include Old Man of Coniston, Scafell Pike, Great Gable and the Langdale Pikes.

Orrest Head summit is accessed via a reinstated Victorian carriageway and has been adopted recently by the Lake District National Park as its 50th 'Miles Without Stiles' route which makes is suitable for puschairs and off-road mobility scooters.  You can read more about the Miles Without Stiles routes here >>

After that we headed down into Bowness to get some pies and continue our walk.

The pictures speak for themselves, the walk was stunning with all the autumn colour and fungi.

SUNDAY

The weather hadn't improved overnight, still drizzly and wet but we made the most of it an enjoyed a walk at Cockshott Point first thing to do a set of Adventure Labs.

We repositioned the van after this for a walk on Brant Fell.  It's a walk we've been on before but there was a new cache there so we thought we go up there again as it's such a pleasant walk with fab views.

We stopped off in Kendal on our way home for a very wet walk doing a set of Adventure Labs that weren't there on our last visit there.

Kendal Castle