Great Crag

We had two options for this wak. Either a staright up and down from Watendlath or a round from Stonethwaite. We decided on the latter and manged to find a parking spot just before the school in Stonethwaite, quite lucky as the school summer fete was on.

Willygrass Gill

The route took us across Stonethwaite Bridge and a short distance along the Cubrian Way before heading of left up into the forest on a good path. As part of the school fete we met a group of  children from Keswick running club wlaking the course with their parents before their race.
Quite a steep ascent through the forest with Willygrass gill on our right (what a great name) and then on to the open fell towards Dock Tarn. The ground here becamr very boggy and remained so all the way to Grey Crag. The path to the sumit of Grey Crag was not easy to find initially in the bracken and the bog but we oon found it after leaving the main path on the left.

Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag

A nice little summit a good view down to Watendlath tarnand oout route down. We headed down the path towards Watendlath intending to cut the corner across the heathland but the marshland prevent this so we followed the still very boggy path befre turn to the left following a path towards Puddingstone Bank. Here the track was easy downhill towards Rosthwaite which I had run a few weeks before in the round  Derwentwater 25k.
We seemed to take quite a while descending and decided to walk back to the car along the road from Rosthwaite rather than the Cumbrian way which would take us the wring side of the river.

Time 4 hrs

Memories

• Nice afternoon walk
• Boggy around Docker Tarn
• Beautiful views down to Watendlath

Grade  Excellent

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