Lake District, Waswater

07/08/2011

Hayley and I just spent a week camping in the Lake District, quickly becoming my favourite national park in the  UK. We camped at the Wasdale National Trust campsite. A great site with top facilities.   

Wasdale has a unique maze system of stone walls that wind through the valley. To the middle of the shot is Great Gable that stands at 899 meter, covered by rain clouds as it was most of the week.

A view of Scafell Pike over Wast water lake. 

Scafell pike and Sca fell to the right with Great Gable in the distance to the left. Sun set is coming and at this stage I was just hoping for some colour in the sky.  

The colour arrived and lit up Sca fell and Scafell pike nicely. 

Cottage ruins with Kirk fell covered in rain clouds. 

Cairn Castle followed by Sca Fell. 

Burnmoor Lodge. 

Before the 6 km hike to this lodge we ask the park ranger what the lodge was and why it was there. His response " It's owned by a crazy German cult, that use it once a year for some ceremony thing." 

Well it turns out that it's owned by an English family and they use it for holidays every now and then. We learnt this as the family member was up there with some mates for a week. He spoke with a thick English accent and was clearly not German.

Someone was giving us the wrong information! 

Hay shed and low laying clouds on the way to the pub for dinner.