| Name of walk | Wansfell |
| Date of walk | 2026-10-07 |
On Wednesday Sue and I drove to Troutbeck, parking under the trees in the road before the church. We would be walking up to Wansfell Pike via Robin Lane, then along the ridge to Wansfell returning to Troutbeck village via Nanny Lane, with a small diversion to the Mortal Man pub before walking back through the village and down the hill to the car. A circuit of about six miles. We set off walking just before 8am. This time we didn’t even notice the steepness of the hill that leads up to Robin Lane.
The route up Robin Lane is just to the left of the Post Office Tea Room, which is shut on a Wednesday so we will need to visit the pub later instead. I took this photo on our return, as I forgot this morning.
The rising sun.
View to Thornthwaite Crag, Froswick and Ill Bell. You can see the cairns on top.
Robin Lane.
It gives excellent views out to Windermere.
Looking down on High Skelghyll and the route to Ambleside via Jenkins Crag.
Our destination is over to the left.
Stylish and ornate barn.
The cascade of Hol Beck, our track is to the right.
Sue on the stile.
Fell ponies.
Our route up. Some is pitched path. It is easy.
Camping with a view. Above the tents is Blelham Tarn.
Me on the summit of Wansfell Pike. We both wore gaiters today as the ground was wet after recent rain.
View up the Kirkstone Pass. Red Screes to the left and Caudale Moor to the right. Troutbeck Tongue front right.
View south east to Dubbs Reservoir and Borrans Reservoir.
Views to Grasmere and Rydal Water. The Langdale Pikes to the left.
The views are very clear today.
A more inclusive view of the Kirkstone Pass.
Our undulating route towards Wansfell. We follow the wall.
Some bits are quite steep.
We can finally see the cairn on top of Wansfell.
Looking back at the way we came from Wansfell Pike.
View down to Rydal Water.
Looking down on Ambleside and the church spire.
Wansfell summit.
Sue and me on the summit. The photo was taken by a passing runner en route to Wansfell Pike.
A close up view of Wansfell Pike.
The little mound on the horizon is Sallows, our walk from last week.
We head down the soggy track towards Nanny Lane.
Sue heading for the stile into Nanny Lane, a path between two walls that leads all the way back down to Troutbeck. If navigation is not your forte then this is the route for you!
Once over the stile we stop and chat to some guys from a Cockermouth walking group.
Nanny Lane.
You can see the route of Nanny Lane heading all the way down.
Still going!
The farm just before Nanny Lane reaches the road.
Sue's photo of me photographing the sheep.
They have just had new paint marks applied. We heard the farmer rounding them up with his sheep dogs this morning.
Cute!
Once on the road we head left for the pub.
Sue with the Halloween decorations of pumpkin and spider. Note we had coffee not alcohol, nothing doing in the cake department, unfortunately!
Some of the other Halloween decorations.
The six mile walk took us four hours and forty five minutes, this doesn’t include the pub time. It was great to have another walking day with such lovely weather. The walk from the pub through Troutbeck village and back to the car took half an hour. We were back at the car by 1.20pm. Nothing difficult about this walk. In the same vein as a Sherlock Holmes ‘two pipe problem’, this was a ‘one stick walk’. (no stick is flat, two sticks is a lot of up and down)
Jo.
