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  • Claiffe Heights

    Difficulty : Medium
    Length : 4.6 miles

    This is a lovely walk with many views over Lake Windermere.

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  • The Tarns

    Difficulty : Medium
    Length : 6 miles

    This is a lovely walk passing Moss Ecles and Wise Een Tarns before descending to the Lake Widermere Shoreline.

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  • The Lake Shore

    Difficulty : Medium
    Length : 3 miles

    This is a lovely walk down to the Lake Widermere Shoreline, then ascending steeply back up to Far Sawrey.

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  • Latterbarrow and Hawkshead

    Difficulty : Long
    Length : 9.1 miles

    This walk rises to the summit of Latterbarrow with its beautiful views, then descends to Hawkshead and returns to the cottage.

     

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  • Mountain Bike Route Around the Tarns

    Difficulty : Medium
    Length : 7.4 miles

    This is a mountain bike route taking in the Tarns and Windermere shoreline.

    To the Lake Shore
    • From the cottage head down the lane, towards the Cuckoo Brow Inn.
    • at the bottom of the lane, bear right up the track heading up behind the Cuckoo Brow Inn.
    • Follow this track through a gate and over the crest of the hill and through another gate.
    • Ignore the footpath leading off to the left and proceed straight ahead through another gate.
    • Follow this track through the trees and then it descends quite steeply down to the Lake Shore
    Lake Shore
    • On reaching the Lake turn left and follow the track along the Lake shoreline for approx 2.5Km
    • you will reach a Tarmac road at Red Nab, bear right to stay on the Lake Shore.
    • continue until you reach a Bay with a footpath on the right signposted to Wray Castle, follow the main path climbing away from the Lake Shore
    • On reaching the road at the top of the climb turn Left towards High Wray
    High Wray
    • Follow the road to High Wray until just after a road joins from the left.
    • About 50m after the road joins, turn left, onto a forest road signposted "Base Camp" 
    • Follow this road, which turns into a track up to Base Camp and just before passing around a locked gate you should see a Bridleway - take the bridleway - you may need to walk for a bit!! (I do)
    • Follow the Bridleway until you rejoin the forest road then turn left down the hill.
    • Follow the forest road up until you reach a telephone mast on your left.  There is another forest road to the right - take this heading away from the mast.
    • At the end of the forest road you join a bridleway after climbing a very short steep rise, turn right on the bridleway.
    • After about 500m you join a forest road where you should bear left up the hill, this turns back into a bridleway on reaching the top, keep left.
    The Tarns
    • Follow this bridalway past Wise Een, and Moss Eccles Tarns
    • After Moss Eccles Tarn the track turns more into a farm track, and after a while there is a fork, bear left at the fork through a gate.
    • Follow this track down through another gate and to a ford in the stream.
    • Cross the stream and follow the track up to a road
    • Follow this road past the old rectory to join the main road through Far Sawrey
    • Turn left passing the Cuckoo Brow inn, and then take the lane back up to the cottage, or stop at the pub for a quick beer.

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    Alternatively here is a link to the "RideWithGPS" version of the route :-