On our last day in the Lake District, we hike from Ullswater across Kidsty Pike and along Haweswater. This takes us out of the Lake District to the Eden District at Shap, a historic market town.
1 GLENRIDDING TO SHAP
2 Glenriddimg to the group start at Patterdale in the rain
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4 This had been our dining spot the previous evening
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6 We climb toward Angle Tarn
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8 A look back at Patterdale
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13 As we climb toward Kidsty Pike, a water siphon
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15 Angle Tarn
16 High on Kidsty Pike, we encounter intermittent rain and high winds
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25 Yes, that's a patch of snow still up there
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28 Crossing the top of the Pike, our highest point at 2560'
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34 Our first sight of Haweswater
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36 Now for the hard part: the steep descent to Haweswater on the worst trail yet
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39 Yes, this is called a 'trail'
40 Haweswater and Wood Howe island
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48 Our last rest before Haweswater
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60 A newly planted deciduous forest by the lake
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82 At the end of Haweswater, we emerge into Burnbanks. We are now leaving the Lake District.
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86 At Naddle Bridge, our first honor box. A local has set out drinks that can buy.
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95 The gorse here smells like coconut as it blooms in the sun
