Crummock Water and Buttermere

I drove over the Honister Pass to Buttermere, parking the car. I walked up Rannerdale Knotts (355m) and down Rannerdale to Crummock Water. There was a lakeside path through woods before crossing the outlet of the lake and turning back down the western side of the lake. The weather had turned for the worst with steady rain at time being driven by a blustery wind into my face. Some of the walk was through bogs, crossed by stones in places, but having to find one's own route through the undergrowth elsewhere.
After 3.5 hours and 9 miles, I arrived back at Buttermere 10 minutes before the time ran out on the car-park ticket. Having paid for another hour, I returned to the cafe visited a week earlier, and had soup, toasted teacakes, hot chocolate and tea fro lunch before driving back to Seatoller.
Being a weekend, the start of half-term and a low-level walk, there were more people walking than on other days. It's amazing how many people walk in the rain (Mad Dogs and Englishmen) but that's what you have to expect in The Lake District. Many people walk with their dogs; sometimes two or even three.
There were many more people in the towns and villages than on the walking trails.
Mileage: 12.Read more