Eight mile walk with a height gain of 505 metres.

Not such a long walk so a later start of 10:45am.  We took the opportunity to have a look around the village before the tourist buses started arriving.  Visited St Oswald’s where Wordsworth is buried, which also has lovely stained glass.  Then a quick walk around the village and it was time to split up for the day.

We walked out of Grasmere and up Tongue Gill, which was a pleasant path, up to Griesdale Tarn.  We started in bright sunshine but up by the tarn showers set in and on went the wet weather gear for the first time on the trip.  

Lunch was near the Brothers Parting Stone, where  Wordsworth said goodbye to his brother for the last time.  As we walked downhill alongside Griesdale Beck to Patterdale there was sunshine and showers but the path was relatively easy.  Glenridding was only a little further along the shore of Ullswater.

Below are: the view back down to Grasmere from near the bottom of Tongue Gill, looking back at Helm Crag, the view down the Patterdale Valley, lunch break complete with waterproofs, the path towards the bottom of the Patterdale Valley, the wood at the bottom of the valley.