Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Little Langdale

  • Blea Tarn: Wordsworth was ’ere

    Blea Tarn: Wordsworth was ’ere

    Decamped to Great Langdale and a brief recuperative stroll upon Lingmoor Fell, which offers this delightful panorama of Blea Tarn. This charming, shallow tarn rests snugly in the col between the two Langdales. In the distance, the commanding 762-metre high peak of Wetherlam stands tall. Notably, this tarn has stirred the creativity of some literary…

  • Little Langdale

    Little Langdale

    At a mere 211m height Great How is a small pimple of a hill but with super views of Little Langdale which position at the junction of several packhorse routes from Ravenglass, Whitehaven, Keswick and Ambleside led to a busy valley. But, as well as farming and quarrying the slate in the hills, one particular…