Route: Low Lorton
Area: North West Lake District
Date of walk: 23rd March 2013
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 4.1 miles
Ascent: 300 feet
Snowed in – Day 2
The lane to our home was impassable again in both directions with deep drifts up the the level of the dry stone walls in places
I decided to walk into Low Lorton to stock up on essentials at the new village shop in the Wheatsheaf Inn. I walked down the lane, clambering over the deep snow drifts and then went across the fields into Lorton
Having bought what I needed I then walked along the main road out of Lorton towards Buttermere, and across the fields beyond New House Farm, back to the welcome warmth of home
It was bitterly cold again with a raging easterly wind that almost blew me over at times, turning an otherwise gentle stroll into quite a challenging walk at times
Yellowhammers
Our vegetable garden!
The lane just before Hopebeck, the drifts are just as high as they were yesterday
A few yards further on
Shortly after Hopebeck I left the lane to go across the fields
Looking back to Dodd, a strange yellow object in the sky
The snow coverage on the ground is light - it’s the drifts that are causing the problem
Crossing Eller Beck
It was a struggle getting along the track to Low Swinside
Looking back to Dodd and Whiteside
The Lorton Yew Tree, immortalised by Wordsworth, has been badly storm damaged in recent years
The village shop has sadly closed recently but the enterprising owners of the Wheatsheaf Inn have set up a new one on the premises
I stocked up here as I might be snowed in for a while longer
On the Lorton to Buttermere road, Dodd and Whiteside
The snowplough has managed to clear this road, making it passable - just
Millbeck - and Dodd - ahead
The sun tried to make an appearance but it was all too brief
Back to Millbeck, I wonder what tomorrow has in store?.......
