Name of walk	Greendale: Nether Wasdale
Date of walk	2025-06-14

It had poured down overnight so I decided on a walk via the footpath to Nether Wasdale from Greendale Bridge. I was hoping to return via one of the other two footpaths.

View back to the cottage from Greendale Bridge.

I took the footpath to Nether Wasdale from Greendale Bridge.

It began quite dry underfoot.

The field crossings were very wet.

View back to Greendale Gill and Middle Fell.

Low Greendale Cottage in view.

Buckbarrow and Middle Fell from the muddy track.

The ground conditions had improved.

Just off the main path is a cottage that used to be derelict, but not anymore.

The path comes out on to the road opposite Galesyke, I came here last year as it opens its garden as part of the National Garden Scheme. It has lots of beautiful Hydrangeas and a rope bridge across the River Irt.

St Michael and All Angels a 16th century Parish Church restored in 2009.

I stopped for a coffee in the Strands Inn.

Joss Naylor's Millennium Seat.

1860 fountain.

I decided against taking another of the footpaths back to Greendale and chose instead to walk back via Low Wood and the boathouse, a path that isn't muddy.

Yewbarrow out of the low cloud.

On the one rainy day when the mist was well down, I drove to Egremont to do some food shopping and then looked around the castle, and had a walk along the river. The shop at Gosforth is still closed following the fire last year.

The present castle was built by William Meschin, who founded the castle between 1120 and 1135. Further additions were made in the 13th century. It eventually fell into disuse and became the ruin it is today. The castle is of Motte-and-bailey design.

The river from the bridge.

I was lucky in that for all the other days I had good weather, and could get up in to the fells. These walks follow.

Jo.