The Old Man of Coniston - 4th October 2011
8 miles - 5.5 hours
| The start of the walk was a small car park at the
end of the road near Long House in the Duddon Valley. We headed
up Long House Gill and then along Walna Scar Road. From here we
traversed south of Brown Pike and cut across to Goat's Water Tarn.
It was a very windy day and we managed to find a sheltered spot
just before the tarn to have lunch. We then walked alongside the
tarn and climbed to Goat's Hause. From here we started our ascent
of the Old Man of Coniston. It became windier and windier as we
climbed and by the time we arrived at the trig point a gale was
blowing...... you had trouble standing on your feet each time a
gust of wind blew. The place looked deserted, but actually there
were lots of people sheltereing in the lee of the trig point. We
descended back to Goat's Hause and headed across to Seathwaite Tarn.
We arrived at a level above Far Hill Crags, and with no obvious
way down to the tarn we headed back and found a route down. We skirted
the tarn for a while, but there is no obvious path along the water's
edge, so we climbed back up until we found a sheep's track. From
the dam on Seathwaite Tarn we dropped back down to the cars. The
walk was complete with a pint of "Dickie Doodle" beer
in the Newfield Inn nearby. |
Tony, Mick, Lesley, Jim, Torben and Jim
Walna Scar Road towards Coniston
Brown Pike and Dow Crag
Jim, Torben, Lesley, Jim and Tony
Goat's Water
Goat's Water from Goat's Hause
View from the Old Man of Consiton eastwards over
Coniston Water
Tony, Jim, Lesley, Torben and Jim at the trig point
on The Old Man
Above Far Hill Crags, overlooking Seathwaite Tarn
Seathwaite Tarn dam
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