Group Summit Good
Meet time 09.15am
Start time 09.30am (Estimated finish time 15.30 )
Moderate 11 miles / 17.7 km
Start point: Blind Lane car park near Force Mills, SD343912
Postcode: LA12 8LQ or SD343912
Car parking: Blind Lane car park near Force Mills, SD343912 – free parking
It is the responsibility of each walker to make sure they understand where to park. If you are not sure where the car parking/meeting point is, you must contact the walk leader at the latest the day before the walk. You should not rely on mobile phones or postcodes. There is often no mobile reception near walk meeting points and postcodes are for the nearest place nearby but should only serve as a guideline. Please allow plenty of time to find a parking space so that walks can start promptly.
Description: a lovely low level forest walk with hopefully nice views from the summit of Carron Crag, but also some nice sculptures to spot along the way.
Starting from Blind Lane car park we follow the signpost “Bowkerstead”, the path leads to a bench, just before the bench we turn left, down to the road, cross the road and follow the path along the beck (the beck is on our left). When the path ends up on the road, we turn left and follow that road for a couple minutes before turning left along a large track with a large new gate. We follow that track past the waterfalls and up to the tarn (the tarn is not named; it is the one to the right of the note ‘Ironwroks remains of’ on the OS map). We then take the path on the right hand side of the tarn and follow it through several path junctions, heading towards the track across Harry Intake. Before Mustard Hill we turn right towards Scale Green Intake. There is then a clear path to the left for Carron Crag. From the summit we go down the other side of the Crag and take the track around the summit, back to where we first started to climb to Carron Crag. We then take the clear path down to the Grizedale Visitor centre where we will stop for lunch.
After lunch we will cross the road and follow the path signposted ‘Esthwaite’ for a short time, before turning right onto a path to Grizedale Tarn. We then take the track just above ‘The Common’. Turning right we follow the main track between ‘Beck Side Intake’ and ‘Low Scar Wood’ (past a small quarry). When we get to ‘Pennington Height’, we do not take the path marked ‘shortcut to Bowkerstead’ on the left, we go right for a short while, take the first footpath on the left, when we get to a track we go right, follow the track till a sharp bend where there is a footpath through the woods back to the car park.
Distance: Approx 11 miles / 17.7 km
Ascent: Approx 300 m
Time: 6 hours max
Please contact Nathalie on number removed by 10pm on Saturday 26 November if you are coming on this walk (text or phone only, I am not on Facebook). This walk is suitable for dogs but please make sure you keep your dog under control.
Please check the weather and bring appropriate clothing (waterproofs and spare warm clothing), footwear and enough food and water. The leader reserves the right to turn away any walker not suitably equipped. The leader may cancel the walk or modify the route dependent on conditions.
Car sharing is now possible – please contact the walk leader to arrange.
New members: please note the walk leader may ask for more information about your walking experience. This is to ensure you have the fitness required to complete the walk that is planned safely.