Meeting Time: 18:15
Meeting Point: LDNPA Pay and Display Car Park, Glenridding CA11 OPD.
Start Time: 18:30
Finish Time: 20:00
Miles: 2.5
Ascent: 150m approx
Grading/Terrain: Easy, combination of quiet roadside and open fellside /woodland paths
Brief description:
A short outing to the rocky viewpoint of Keldas overlooking Ullswater. Leaving the car park we walk by the A592 southwards towards Patterdale for 10 minutes or so. On crossing Grisedale Bridge we bear SW onto the quiet road to Thornhow. The road climbs gradually alongside Grisedale Beck below. Before Thornhow we bear NW and thread our way up the open fellside towards Lanty’s Tarn. This small sheet of water nestled beside Keldas and surrounded by woodland is a lovely quiet spot to linger. From the tarn its a short climb up to Keldas. We leave the summit by the same path we ascended from Lanty’s Tarn, and then make our way down the fellside towards the path running alongside the south bank of Glenridding Beck and back to the car park. At this time of year the woodland and fellside should be a carpet of blue created by the Bluebells, get the camera ready!
Health and Safety: Please dress to the weather conditions, and bring water especially if forecast a warm evening.
Contact: If you would like to join the walk, please contact Damian on 07796 654 031 no later than 10pm Wednesday 12 May.
The leader reserves the right to cancel the walk or modify the route dependent on conditions.
Please note: 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.
We strongly advise walkers to carry hand sanitiser and to touch as little as possible during the walk. We will walk 2m apart as much as possible. We will not be able to share any equipment, drinks or food. Please carry a mask in your bag in case it is needed. If we need to go through a gate, the walk leader will take responsibility for opening and closing the gate to save multiple people touching it. Car sharing will not be possible.