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GLW1201:
School Fell & Grandsire
Sunday
19th February 2012
It
was a rare fine day in a depressingly dull and damp
period. "Fine" does it an injustice.
The air quality was superb; the Lakeland hills were
looking splendid with just the last touches of snow
on them. It was quite cold, though
Our
route was a variant on earlier forays up the lower hills
surrounding Windermere plus a new one- Grandsire.
We
parked by the fishing pond near the Windermere golf
club and headed up the bridle path past another pond
until reaching the open fell. Here we turned right
by the stream to climb up to the tarn.
The
plan was to ascend School Fell but it seemed possible
to access Grandsire so we tackled that first. A
more sensible way would have been to approach Grandsire
from the Dales Way, i.e. from the south, but nonetheless
it was a worthwhile climb with excellent views in all
directions. We then dropped back to the tarn and
climbed School Knott for even better views of the Lakeland
panorama.
Our
return path was a little contrived but nonetheless a
pleasant stroll out to the east past Wasdike (after
which we went through a wrong gate into the wrong field
thanks to not concentrating after a lunch stop) then
back southwest to the car with the sun still shining.
The
first Great Little Walk of the year lived up to the
description.
Don,
19th February 2012
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