Pooley Bridge, Patterdale and Ullswater

Another sunny and dry day so I returned to Ullswater to do some more of the low level walks listed in a book.
Starting in Pooley Bridge, I did a 5 mile walk along the lakeside, through a bog on to Barton Fell, and then a gradual ascent, past the Wainwright Stone overlooking the lake, past the Cockpit, a bronze age stone circle, and back to Pooley Bridge.
After a nice smoked salmon salad for lunch at the Secret Garden, I enquired at about taking a ride on the steamer going down the lake, but the return journey was fully-booked. Instead, I drove down the side of the lake to Patterdale to do a 2 mile walk through Glenamara Park. There was a scenic cricket ground at a college near Patterdale.
On the way back to Seatoller from Keswick, I stopped at the Bowder Stone, a massive rock left by a retreating glacier.
Mileage: 63.Les mer