Loughrigg & Silver How

I was hoping to spend my birthday high on one of the Lakes biggest peaks; perhaps Helvellyn or even Scafell Pike, but it became clear fairly early in the week that the weather was going to make that a pointless exercise.

Instead I chose to walk a much lower level route, across some new ground for me. This worked well as it transpired. I could see many of the higher peaks around me covered in cloud, but for the duration of my walk I had no such problems. I was also expecting a fair amount of rain, but although it tried once or twice, it didn't seem to have the heart to rain on me properly.

I walked from the car park at White Moss; there are actually two car parks here, about 200 yards apart, I chose the one closer to Grasmere, simply because there was a 'PC' marked on the OS map. These toilets were actually closed when I arrived, but I'm sure they would be open by the time most people start walking.

Although I'd seen a couple of walkers a long way ahead of me on the path to Blea Rigg, I didn't meet a soul on the fells until I got half way down the path to Easedale Tarn, where I started to meet people walking up from Grasmere to Easedale Tarn and some who then ventured further up the path towards Blea Rigg.