Wasdale
and Eskdale - "Easy" walks - Pushchair
walks
Corpse
road
A good walk for a bad
or rest day
Wasdale
Head is linked to the church in Eskdale by a track  taking
the lowest ground between Wasdale and Eskdale, passing by Burnmore Tarn .
This track dates from the time when Wasdale did not have its own church
and bodies had to be transported to Eskdale
for burial. Both the Brook House Inn, The Boot (formally Burnmore Inn)
and the Woolpack Inn (a little to the east) are convenient at the
other end of the walk for refreshments. (Note that the Illgill Head path
is now more popular so watch for where the Corpse Road branches off).
Ritson's
Force
For a
stroll when the weather unexpectedly clears, walk over the old packhorse
bridge
behind the hotel and walk up between the walls to Ritson's Force
(down on right of path) and on into Mosedale.
The foot
of the Lake
Parking
at 31485052 where the lakeside road finally leaves the edge of the lake
(just before the cattle grid) it is possible to take very easy paths round
the western shores of Wastwater .
There is only one stile, at the start, which can be avoided by walking
west a little along the road and using the gate to Wasdale youth hostel
(Wasdale Hall) .
 
Illgill
Head
Another
"easy" walk from The Wasdale Head is along the south side of Wastwater
and over Illgill Head above the screes .
The Lakeside
"path"
Although
easy ground for hillwalkers the lakeside path is bouldery in the extreme (no
escape routes) and has been the scene of rescues by Wasdale MRT ! Illgill
Head ,
by contrast, is a pleasant grassy stroll. (It is inadvisable to venture
onto the unstable screes themselves)
Muncaster
Fell
An easy
one way walk over Muncaster Fell can be engineered from Eskdale Green (see
Wainwrights
guides: Outlying fells) by taking the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway.
("Irton Road" and "The Green")
 
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