Distance to Grasmere: 9 miles.
Max. elevation: Robin Lane siting pillar, 831 feet.
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Approaching the Mortal Man at Troutbeck
Walking along Low Gate
Inspecting St John’s Well
The Old Post Office Tea Room at Troutbeck
The start of Robin Lane
A look back over the valley of Troutbeck
A view of Windermere from Robin Lane
A siting pillar seen from Robin Lane
Approaching the highest point of Robin Lane
A close-up of the Thirlmere aqueduct siting pillar
(Highest point on Day 8)
High Skelghyll Farm ahead on Skelghyll Lane
The junction with the track to Low Wood Hotel
A look back to High Skelghyll Farm
Approaching Skelghyll Wood
Walking through Skelghyll Wood
A view of Windermere from Skelghyll Lane
Loughrigg Fell and Hayes Garden World
Arriving at Lake Road in Ambleside
Approaching Market Hill in Ambleside
The Ambleside Market Cross on Market Hill
Bridge House spanning Stock Beck
Leaving Ambleside for Rydal Park
Approaching the entrance to Rydal Park
Nab Scar seen from the track through Rydal Park
Rydal Hall and the formal garden
The Grot and the waterfall
Following the Woodland Sculpture Path
The Jubilee Figure in Rydal Woodlands
The historic home of the Wordsworth family, Rydal Mount
Following the Coffin Route to Grasmere
Rydal Water seen from the Coffin Route
The Coffin Route below Nab Scar
On the approach to Town End
Dove Cottage at Town End
The crossing of the A591 into Grasmere Village
Walking along Stock Lane in Grasmere
St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere
The Wordsworth family graves at St Oswald’s Churchyard
The village green from outside the Heaton Cooper Studio