Route: Holme Wood Loweswater
Area: Western Lake District
Date of walk: 18th November 2015
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 4.1 miles
Ascent: 800 feet
Weather: Mostly cloudy, very windy, some light rain
Yet more awful weather this morning – torrential rain and gale force winds – and it seemed as though our walking boots would have a rest day. After lunch though the rain finally stopped and there was time for a short local walk
Without ado we drove over to Loweswater and parked in the small National Trust car park at Maggie’s Bridge. There was an all too brief burst of sunshine as we followed the track through High Nook Farm
Just before the tarn we turned uphill along the terraced path which skirts the top of Holme Wood. We then left the path to descend into Holme Wood, which is well managed by the National Trust. After admiring Holme Force, which was on top form after all the recent rain, we walked along the shore of Loweswater back to the start
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Red squirrel in the garden before we set off this morning
Start of the walk from Maggie’s Bridge
We follow the sign to High Nook Farm
Dub Beck, running very high after the recent floods
Carling Knott - our route will take us above the wood on the flanks of the fell
The path to High Nook Farm
Beyond the farm now, we walk towards the valley head
Looking back to Low Fell and Lorton Vale
We cross Highnook Beck
Whiteside and Grasmoor
We climb up the elevated path round the flanks of Carling Knott
Grasmoor and Mellbreak
Looking back down the path to Highnook Tarn
We reach the edge of Holme Wood
We follow the path above the wood
The terraced path contours round the fell, but we head down into Holme Wood at this point
Descending to Loweswater through Holme Wood
Holme Force
Path through Holme Wood, with Loweswater on our left
Holme Beck
The bothy
Mellbreak
Looking across the lake to Thrushbank
Further along the lakeshore path
The lower slopes of Darling Fell as we leave Holme Wood
Low Fell
The track back to Maggie’s Bridge
Sunset over the Loweswater fells as we arrive back at the start
