Friday-Windermere-October2010
It was a beautiful morning when our
group of Public Transport walkers caught the train to Windermere and
set off to walk to Ambleside. The first part of the walk took us
along a wooded path below Orrest Head, with a spectacular growth of
moss on the wall. Climbing up through woodland, we reached the
fields where we had good views down to the slightly misty lake. We
continued on towards Causeway Farm and stopped for a coffee break on
the rocks at Allen Crags. Troutbeck village came into view as we
descended the field paths and road to eventually cross the Trout
Beck. Our path then led us up and up passing the cottages at Town
Foot, Troutbeck, to our lunch stop on a convenient seat at the top
of the climb. Following the bridleway along, we were treated
to lovely views of the fells in the far distance and the lake below
us, and made our way up the winding farm road to walk through
Skellghyll Woods and on to Jenkins Crag. We carefully negotiated the
slippery stone descent to the lane where Ambleside finally came into
view. Our walk ended in Ambleside where we had time for refreshments
before our bus and train journey back to Lancaster.
Gill Gale
