After passing the Dollar Lakes, I hear the gurgle of a stream and then see Lamoille Lake, a shallow mountain tarn in a glacial bowl, with steep talus slopes cradling it. |
Silting, aggravated by autumn leaf fall, had deoxygenated the water but the conservation-keen couple were reluctant to restore the tarn until they knew more about its history. |
Soon after you leave the shelter of the trees you come to a mountain tarn. |
Although the site is not a war grave, the wreckage was returned to the tarn after identification. |
The pub served deep-fried fish in the net they'd pulled it out the tarn with, and I ate it greedily in Blencathra's thrall. |
You need an all-terrain vehicle to use it, and having used it after wet weather, to gain access to the tarn you need all-weather footwear. |