Glaramara 1 June 2024

We parked on Dunmail Raise and spent the night at the end of the Green Burn valley, we had camped there a couple of times before. All the slopes were very wet, but we managed to find a dry spot on a small knoll. There was another tent about 20 metres away from us but we didn't notice it in the evening.

The blue and red lines show our track on the 31 May and 1 June. Shift-click on the track link will open it in nakarte.me.

The morning was sunny but cool, so visibility was good. We had a quick breakfast, packed up and set off. There were a few ridges to go over from east to west and back. Below is the Langstrath Beck valley and above it is the rocky slope of Cam Crag. We had scrambled it once before.

There are almost no trees in this valley, this old ash tree being an exception. Trees only really grow in the gorges and in deep valleys in the Lakes, probably because of the strong winds.

The sheep in this valley are of the same breed: the lambs are all black and "bespectacled", and the ewes are grey.

Striped rocks resemble a sheep hiding from the wind under a rock.

A yellow "comet".

We climbed Glaramara and went along the ridge towards Stonethwaite. It is very nice here and virtually deserted. A Martian landscape with lots of small tarns and marshes. We chose a tarn with a tussock for lunch. On the left is a sloping slab, just like on Bowfell, only smaller.

A hedgehog-like tussock. In the distance, one can see two Langdale peaks resembling elephant heads: Pike of Stickle and Harrison Stickle.

Washing up after lunch.

Sedge in bloom.

Flat ridge below Glaramara. We descended into Stonethwaite along a narrow gorge overgrown with oak woodland.

Foxglove is blooming on a rocky river bank. We have never seen so many foxgloves in bloom in the same spot.

Next, we went up Bleak How.

Then to Herron Crag. We've not been here before. Far below is Langstrath Beck, we crossed it this morning.

And from there on, the paths were familiar. Over Dead Pike and along Ash Crags, we descended straight to our car. Thirlmere is beautiful in any weather, especially at sunset. And in the distance you can see the northern Lakes in the haze.

We had a great but tiring walk (we covered 23 kilometres and climbed over 1800m). There has been a lot of rain here in recent weeks. Usually all the slopes are yellow-brown from dry grass, but this time they were bright green.