Thursday 15 May 2014

A Walk from Hawkshead 2014

Walk Leader: Tony McDonald
Total Distance: 12 miles
Total Ascent/Descent: 2300 ft



This is a very pretty walk with some lovely views. It offers a good challenge as well this is quite a hard walk. The walk starts in the car park at Hawkshead and finishes near by at a pub! The route takes in two peaks one is Latterbarrow which is 245 metres and the other is Grizedale which is 315 metres both are well worth the effort to get there. The route takes an almost goes in every direction around the town heading North Easerly at first towards Latterbarrow and then southerly towards Near Sawray at the base of Esterwaite water. This is a tiny pretty village, and the route heads South Westerly into the Grizedale forest. There are various adventure areas in the forest and other exciting things to see. Then we take a north Easterly heading back towards Hawkshead, this is a quite hard section on good paths reaching 315 Metres and stunning views. From there the route is mainly down hill towards the top of Esthewaite water again offering wonderful views. From the top of the lake we head towards a mountain bike area. After this there is a steady decent into Hawkshead this is a lovely walk.

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