Lake District, November, Day 5

The view along Grasmere, as we settled for our lunch, was splendid and then a break in the cloud allowed the sun to spotlight Easedale, Far Easedale and the slopes of Helm Crag.  Magnificent.  Expecting rain again we were delighted when we parked up in White Moss Car Park, nestled betwen Grasmere and Rydal Water, in the dry. Having negotiated the complexities of the parking machine we wandered through the woods alongside the River Rathay to our lunch spot on the shores of Grasmere.  The plan was to walk a circuit of Rydal Water returning from Rydal Mount along the old coffin route to Grasmere, keeping above the road.  Views down to the lake were splendid and autumn colours spectacular, especially the coppery hues of beech.  I had never walked the coffin route and was most impressed, especially the epihyte covered oaks, indicating a relict temperate rainforest.  A final stop to photograph a waterfall ensured we had to pay extra for parking!!

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