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NickO
Hi, thanks for reading!
I will be walking across the Lake District via the Wainwright coast to coast walk. On the first night I am hoping to wild camp around Ennerdale.
Does anyone have any good suggestions for the area? It must be close to Ennerdale, preferably on the Eastern side, so we have a headstart in the morning. I would especially like any suggestions that overlook the lake.
All advice appreciated!
Answer
Depends on the time and the inclination. Where you rest and sleep is where you decide to at the time on looking at the area around you or finding suddenly that you've just had enough for the day and this place will do me a treat for the night.
Plans are not often stuck to on a walk. In good weather and with sufficient interest to explore, a hundred different locations around the eastern side of Ennerdale might present themselves as being the perfect spot to camp, cook, gaze with ease and calm at the fading of the light, and sleep.
A few paces from the path or a hundred there are endless places where can get a good view of the lake but where you stay is really determined at the time when you finally get there and look around.
A bit upstairs is fine for getting a better view but whether you feel like it at the time or whether you just plonk down the bag and say...I'm staying right here...is not known till you're there. Conditions change. You may have had an easy time in cool weather, making good progress, or boiled away in heavy heat and got there whacked.
No two walks are the same.
You may decide to walk beside Ennerdale lake and camp at the side of the river Liza below Starling Dodd or Red Pike which is a lovely option and very scenic but away from the lake, or walk the tops or half way up and see the lake from above and get a better view across it, get into a sheltered hollow or beside a sheltering craggy outcrop for the night and enjoy breakfast while looking down across the water instead of being beside it.
If you're taking a low level route of course that requires a climb which might not be a happy thought at the time, or may be.
Where the River Liza leaves the lake there is plenty of space but a it's a bit midgey so a bit away from the water suits most people better.
Further along from the lake the river provides some good sheltered locations with very pretty scenery
There are coils you can buy which you support on a pin sticking up from a base and set light to. They smoulder for hours, releasing insect repellent fumes. Commonly called mosquito coils, they can be a good help in enjoying a meal outdoors without being plagued by the midges that all waterside locations are full of in the evenings Millets and Cotswold outdoors have them, and several shops in Whitehaven.
Further east than Ennerdale lake you might decide that the southern shore of Buttermere would be a good resting place, as it has been for me a few times, a little up the slope to avoid the midges beside the water and get a good view across it, or simply rest there for a meal and get some miles done quickly through the Honister pass on an easy road instead of the upper path and sleep at Seatoller or even Stonethwaite if you are feeling athletic enough to do the distance, sleeping either in the tent or in a B&B with the possibility of a warm shower instead of the cold waters of a stream to wash in, and taking advantage of a sink in the bathroom to wash some clothes.
A small bag or plastic container of washing powder or concentrated wash liquid is a handy thing to take with you on a walk of a few days.
A shower of sorts is also available at Black Sail youth hostel, the remotest in England, a few miles east of the lake beneath Haystacks, and at High Gillerthwaite hostel a little beyond the bridge over the Liza just past the eastern edge of the lake, with good camping spots around there.
On a long day's walking and with a good stride it's possible to get beyond Stonethwaite for the first night but what a waste of missing things on the way.
And what a pain for the legs next morning, on getting out of the tent and finding the legs are two wobbly stiff broomsticks that don't go where you want them to.
In summer the days are long and two walking times, morning and late afternoon/evening with a rest between them during the hotter part of the day for local sightseeing and enjoyment so you're not just rushing past everywhere, is a common way to do a walk.
Ennerdale itself could take as long as the entire available time for the walk and not be totally explored from all angles and is a particularly pleasant place to stop, cook a meal, and simply enjoy being there.
Have a good time.
Depends on the time and the inclination. Where you rest and sleep is where you decide to at the time on looking at the area around you or finding suddenly that you've just had enough for the day and this place will do me a treat for the night.
Plans are not often stuck to on a walk. In good weather and with sufficient interest to explore, a hundred different locations around the eastern side of Ennerdale might present themselves as being the perfect spot to camp, cook, gaze with ease and calm at the fading of the light, and sleep.
A few paces from the path or a hundred there are endless places where can get a good view of the lake but where you stay is really determined at the time when you finally get there and look around.
A bit upstairs is fine for getting a better view but whether you feel like it at the time or whether you just plonk down the bag and say...I'm staying right here...is not known till you're there. Conditions change. You may have had an easy time in cool weather, making good progress, or boiled away in heavy heat and got there whacked.
No two walks are the same.
You may decide to walk beside Ennerdale lake and camp at the side of the river Liza below Starling Dodd or Red Pike which is a lovely option and very scenic but away from the lake, or walk the tops or half way up and see the lake from above and get a better view across it, get into a sheltered hollow or beside a sheltering craggy outcrop for the night and enjoy breakfast while looking down across the water instead of being beside it.
If you're taking a low level route of course that requires a climb which might not be a happy thought at the time, or may be.
Where the River Liza leaves the lake there is plenty of space but a it's a bit midgey so a bit away from the water suits most people better.
Further along from the lake the river provides some good sheltered locations with very pretty scenery
There are coils you can buy which you support on a pin sticking up from a base and set light to. They smoulder for hours, releasing insect repellent fumes. Commonly called mosquito coils, they can be a good help in enjoying a meal outdoors without being plagued by the midges that all waterside locations are full of in the evenings Millets and Cotswold outdoors have them, and several shops in Whitehaven.
Further east than Ennerdale lake you might decide that the southern shore of Buttermere would be a good resting place, as it has been for me a few times, a little up the slope to avoid the midges beside the water and get a good view across it, or simply rest there for a meal and get some miles done quickly through the Honister pass on an easy road instead of the upper path and sleep at Seatoller or even Stonethwaite if you are feeling athletic enough to do the distance, sleeping either in the tent or in a B&B with the possibility of a warm shower instead of the cold waters of a stream to wash in, and taking advantage of a sink in the bathroom to wash some clothes.
A small bag or plastic container of washing powder or concentrated wash liquid is a handy thing to take with you on a walk of a few days.
A shower of sorts is also available at Black Sail youth hostel, the remotest in England, a few miles east of the lake beneath Haystacks, and at High Gillerthwaite hostel a little beyond the bridge over the Liza just past the eastern edge of the lake, with good camping spots around there.
On a long day's walking and with a good stride it's possible to get beyond Stonethwaite for the first night but what a waste of missing things on the way.
And what a pain for the legs next morning, on getting out of the tent and finding the legs are two wobbly stiff broomsticks that don't go where you want them to.
In summer the days are long and two walking times, morning and late afternoon/evening with a rest between them during the hotter part of the day for local sightseeing and enjoyment so you're not just rushing past everywhere, is a common way to do a walk.
Ennerdale itself could take as long as the entire available time for the walk and not be totally explored from all angles and is a particularly pleasant place to stop, cook a meal, and simply enjoy being there.
Have a good time.
how do i prevent getting attacked from ticks while camping in scotland?
Q. I am planning a big adventure in scotland for at least 2 months, wild camping, surviving of the land.
My main worry are ticks, how do i prevent from getting attacked, will they attack me in my tent, while walking on flat grass? just need abit of info on this subject please thanks guys.
My main worry are ticks, how do i prevent from getting attacked, will they attack me in my tent, while walking on flat grass? just need abit of info on this subject please thanks guys.
Answer
Are you referring to the Great Scottish Midge? Midgeus Bitteus Extremis var Scotii?
First, stay away from water...lochs,rivers and streams, swampy marshy claddaghs, etc.
Second, go outside only when there is a high wind. Midges can't fly in that so they hide away all cozy where they can breathe.
Second and a half, only go out in bright light, preferably Glorious Scottish Sunshine cos the blighters really like evenings and nights better than bright stuff because all blood-sucking vampires do that anyway....it's only natural.
Third, buy a midge net or three to cover the places like faces that normal clothing doesn't cover
Fourth, buy Deet or similar sprays and spray everything but it's harmful on skin so take care.
Also Fourth, buy a big pack of mosquito coils, commonly called Elephant coils which you wouldn't know quite likely cos they're mostly commonly called that in Malaysia and Singapore cos the major brand of them there is 'Elephant Brand' and fishing by a river without them in the evening is a soddin' nightmare....
When you sit down for a rest or a go at the Glorious Scottish Rainbow Trout and Salmon beside a beautiful Scottish loch or river in the evening, light a couple of coils and they'll smoulder away for six hours or so unless you got cheapies which last an hour if you're lucky, and the fumes will deter midgy stuff and most other small flying things.
If you want to put one out....extinguish it, not put it out by the back door out of the way cos you won't have one there unless you've got a really posh tent....just break the smouldering end off.
Fifth, buy a sleeping bag with legs and arms and keep it on continuously with a well fitted crash helmet with a full visor, a thick scarf wrapped round your neck to seal the gap, and thick leather gloves on your hands, trousers tucked into the outer pair of socks and the join covered with well fitted gaiters, and go in winter so you stay cool enough.
Just don't drink anything. It's a bit inconvenient that way.....and later on.
If you mean ticks as in grass type ticks that live on grass, well that's one reason for the traditional arrangement of socks and boots used by walkers on the hills and far away.
Cover all exposed skin when walking in long grass and get the wrists and neck sealed well.
Wear short thick woolen socks over long 60% cotton 35% wool 5% Elastane or similar walking socks.
Roll the short woolen socks over the top of your boots to seal the gap.
Tuck the trousers neatly into the long socks, one bit of trouser each side so there are two pleats evenly spaced, one on each side, not one one side and none the other side which looks totally stupid.
Put on a pair of lightweight or heavyweight hopefully breathable waterproof gaitors for added protection.
All sealed up and tick-proofed. Jumping spider proofed. Snake bite proofed for desert and jungle walkies.
Wind proofed and even wet water splash proofed for jumping over streams and tramping through deep puddles but they won't save you from sinking up to your neck into black holes on Rannoch so take care.
Good at what they do though.
Proper professional job. Turn up to a village rambling club and watch the horrified faces.
Oh nooooo....a real one...what on Earth will he think of us.....oohh,grief.
It's happened....quite a few times...hahahaha
If you meet a wild haggis in full battle regalia it's fair game.....use anything at hand.
You'll need it.
All the others cannot be shot on a Sunday and must be treated as honorary guests at the dining table.
Have a great time.
Are you referring to the Great Scottish Midge? Midgeus Bitteus Extremis var Scotii?
First, stay away from water...lochs,rivers and streams, swampy marshy claddaghs, etc.
Second, go outside only when there is a high wind. Midges can't fly in that so they hide away all cozy where they can breathe.
Second and a half, only go out in bright light, preferably Glorious Scottish Sunshine cos the blighters really like evenings and nights better than bright stuff because all blood-sucking vampires do that anyway....it's only natural.
Third, buy a midge net or three to cover the places like faces that normal clothing doesn't cover
Fourth, buy Deet or similar sprays and spray everything but it's harmful on skin so take care.
Also Fourth, buy a big pack of mosquito coils, commonly called Elephant coils which you wouldn't know quite likely cos they're mostly commonly called that in Malaysia and Singapore cos the major brand of them there is 'Elephant Brand' and fishing by a river without them in the evening is a soddin' nightmare....
When you sit down for a rest or a go at the Glorious Scottish Rainbow Trout and Salmon beside a beautiful Scottish loch or river in the evening, light a couple of coils and they'll smoulder away for six hours or so unless you got cheapies which last an hour if you're lucky, and the fumes will deter midgy stuff and most other small flying things.
If you want to put one out....extinguish it, not put it out by the back door out of the way cos you won't have one there unless you've got a really posh tent....just break the smouldering end off.
Fifth, buy a sleeping bag with legs and arms and keep it on continuously with a well fitted crash helmet with a full visor, a thick scarf wrapped round your neck to seal the gap, and thick leather gloves on your hands, trousers tucked into the outer pair of socks and the join covered with well fitted gaiters, and go in winter so you stay cool enough.
Just don't drink anything. It's a bit inconvenient that way.....and later on.
If you mean ticks as in grass type ticks that live on grass, well that's one reason for the traditional arrangement of socks and boots used by walkers on the hills and far away.
Cover all exposed skin when walking in long grass and get the wrists and neck sealed well.
Wear short thick woolen socks over long 60% cotton 35% wool 5% Elastane or similar walking socks.
Roll the short woolen socks over the top of your boots to seal the gap.
Tuck the trousers neatly into the long socks, one bit of trouser each side so there are two pleats evenly spaced, one on each side, not one one side and none the other side which looks totally stupid.
Put on a pair of lightweight or heavyweight hopefully breathable waterproof gaitors for added protection.
All sealed up and tick-proofed. Jumping spider proofed. Snake bite proofed for desert and jungle walkies.
Wind proofed and even wet water splash proofed for jumping over streams and tramping through deep puddles but they won't save you from sinking up to your neck into black holes on Rannoch so take care.
Good at what they do though.
Proper professional job. Turn up to a village rambling club and watch the horrified faces.
Oh nooooo....a real one...what on Earth will he think of us.....oohh,grief.
It's happened....quite a few times...hahahaha
If you meet a wild haggis in full battle regalia it's fair game.....use anything at hand.
You'll need it.
All the others cannot be shot on a Sunday and must be treated as honorary guests at the dining table.
Have a great time.
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