Looking down to Buttermere and Crummock Water on one side, Ennerdale Water and Cogra Moss on the other, it struck me that virtually every body of water in the county can be circumnavigated on foot in a day or less. Maybe Windermere and Ullswater, and one or two others, would present a challenge - but I decided, with a blustery wind battering my face, that I would give it a go, and document my efforts.
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| Stormy skies over Knock Murton, Dent and the Irish Sea beyond. An objective of walking around every lake and tarn would at least give me some sheltered options for windy and showery days like this.
For each lake, tarn, pond or puddle, I will give details of how far it is from the nearest car parking place to the water's edge, and how far it is around the lake itself. For those that involve a climb, I'll give an indication of the height difference between car and lake.
Every piece of water, of course, presents at least two walks; clockwise and anti clockwise. Add the fact that many have a variety of starting points, and that the Lake District has literally dozens of Lakes and Tarns, and you have a wealth of walking possibilities following this theme. Depending on the landscape, the choice of where to start and which way round to go can make each walk a very different experience. In many cases the walk to the lake will be much further than the walk around the lake itself, but hiking out to the more remote bodies of water will rarely be an unrewarding experience - I hope.
I'll give my thoughts and observations on each walk and try to be informative and interesting. I hope to keep at it until I've walked around every lake and tarn in the Lake District - there are over seventy of them; it may take years!!! National park website |
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