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Bowscale Tarn Peaks and Pathways by Nick Wells
This walk is a decent family walk of about 3 miles in all. I did not want to go too far from home this time, so I chose Bowscale Tarn. The walk starts off at Bowscale, about one mile north of Mungrisedale. It was a very popular walk in Victorian times and is supposed to be one of the most beautiful Tarns in the Lake district.
After about 40 minutes of walking up a slight incline you come to the Tarn surrounded by a high ridge. Such a short walk to reach such a beautiful place. It was dead calm, so the surface was like glass which created some amazing reflections. There is a very large rock on the Tarn edge which must have been a seat for many over years gone by.
After a bite to eat, I decided to off road it up the side of the basin like ridge to take some photos, then I went to the back of the tarn over a low ridge and rejoined the well worn path back down to Bowscale. If anyone would like to suggest a walk, please email me at sandwellfurn@aol.com
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