Derwent Water seen from Surprise View
Riding my Rockhopper up to Watendlath Tarn (265 m.). A straight climb up to Ashness Bridge, much photographed. A bit further up there’s Surprise View lookout over Derwent Water towards Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw. Once out of the Lodore Woods there’s the enjoyable high valley fed by the beck from Watendlath Tarn. The bridge at the end of the tarn is another stone bridge, also heavily photographed. Picnic on a windy bank above Watendlath Farm. There are routes onwards to either Thirlmere or Rosthwaite but not for me today.