Long may this fantastic weather last. We decided to walk up the Old Man of
Coniston and Dow Crag on Friday. I can't believe it's the 1st wainwright we've done since the beginning of June, it's been a busy few months and also the weather has been a tad damp! Anyway with Brilliant blue skies we headed off towards
Grasmere and took the up and over tiny back road to
Coniston and then up onto the fell. It's quite a drive but with the sun shinning the Lakes looked quite supreme with the first
glimpse of Autumn shades catching the sunshine. So Dow Crag was bagged 1st with quite an
exhilarating craggy top and then onto Brim Fell. I did mutter along the path 'I
didn't think it was this far' but with the sunshine and enjoying the fabulous scenery I trotted along. But after 30 minutes of walking the map came out and we were back on Swirl How, a hill we had
visited about 3 months earlier and not meant for today! Oh well it was a nice day for a Big walk. Back along the track I trotted to Brim fell and then onto 'the old man'
Walking towards the summit of Dow Crag
Looking back towards Dow Crag
Coniston water from Dow Crag
Last up hill section 4
th summit in one day
Coniston old man.
From the top
While walking along, I often think of paintings and can suddenly get inspired. I have a workshop on Wednesday morning and think this will be great to demonstrate a real wet in wet a touch of sponging and sheep.
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