From Grasmere to Glenridding on Ullswater, through the valley between Helvellyn and St Sunday Crag, both of which were shrouded in mist that day and impassable
1 GRASMERE TO GLENRIDDING
2 Getting ready to leave Grasmere
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10 Crossing Tongue Gill at Mill Bridge
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13 Following the Tongue up to Seat Sandal
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21 Trail building is in progress here. This 1-tonne bag of stone has just been delivered by helicopter.
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34 Grisedale Beck exiting the tarn
35 Taking an upward trail to the right here would lead us up to Helvellyn, but because of the foggy weather we opt to follow the valley down
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38 The Parting Stone, where WIllian Wordsworth said goodbye to his brother John, who was about to put to sea. John never returned.
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48 Ruthwaite Lodge, a hostel. It was not open today. Behind, Ruthwaite Beck tumbles down to join Grisedale Beck.
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51 Much of the slate quarried in this region us used for roofing
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55 The first farms of Glenridding/Patterdale come into view
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59 A sheepfold. Shepherds build these wherever small numbers of sheep need to be sheltered for any reason.
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73 Original entrance of the icehouse
74 Lanty's Tarn Icehouse: winter ice from this artificial tarn was harvested and stored in a large earth-sheltered icehouse built right under where we're standing.
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77 Now we can look down into Ullswater, our next stop
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85 Glenridding, the first village on Ullswater...
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88 ...and this is my stay for the night.
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95 Grisedale Beck as it flows through town
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98 Checking in at the Mosscrag
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104 A mossy slate-roofed boathouse between Glenridding and Patterdale
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111 The Old Police House in Patterdale is now a B&B
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113 St. Patrick's Church was built in 1853
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115 The Patterdale cenoytaph (WW I)
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118 Never ask an American why this sign is considered funny
