Easedale, Lake District, Autumn
And just like that, it starts to feel like winter.
And just like that, it starts to feel like winter.
This past weekend, temperatures suddenly plunged 5–8°C, bringing in clear and frosty days with freezing cold nights. On the Sunday, a crystal clear blue-sky day greeted us, so we donned our gloves and hats and made our way into the Lake District. Our goal: a lovely autumnal hike from Grasmere, up to Easedale Tarn via Sourmilk Ghyll, and back down into Far Easedale before returning to Grasmere.
A good 10km hike with some solid ascension.
The last of the autumn colours were evident in the rust-coloured bracken and the leaves littering the footpaths. Just one of those days where it feels great to be outside and alive.
All photos taken on my Fujifilm X-T2 using two of my prime lenses: my Fujinon 23mm f/2.0, and an adapted Pentax SMC 55mm f/2.0. Images lightly developed in Lightroom from Classic Chrome RAW files, finished in Affinity Photo.
Easedale, Lake District, Spring
It’s been quite a few years since we’ve been to Easedale.
It’s been quite a few years since we’ve been to Easedale.
In fact, looking through my archives, it’s been four years and a month. Today, Lisabet and I decided we were due for a revisit.
Easedale is a small valley to the northwest of Grasmere village. There are one or two country houses, plus a couple of farms, but arguably its main feature is the waterfall at its head: Sourmilk Gill. This waterfall drops 70-metres as several cascades in between the two towers of Brinhow Crag and Elton Crag. From a distance, with the brilliant white water set against the dark rocks, it’s easy to see why the waterfall has been named such.
Beyond Sourmilk Gill one can extend the walk further to the source of the gill, Easdale Tarn, a picturesque mountain lake dominated by the looming face of Tarn Crag.
We took the standard “tourist” route through Easedale and up alongside Sourmilk Gill towards Easedale Tarn. After a snack, we crossed the gill and followed the boggy path to Stythwaite Steps, the entrance to the floor of the Far Easdale valley. I’d personally never been here before and was delighted by the sights. It’s hard to ignore the bold face of Horn Crag rising above the valley. We then followed the track southwest, rejoining Easedale and back into Grasmere.
All in all a beautiful walk, helped with another lovely day of weather.
All photos shot on my Fujifilm X-T2 using my three prime lenses: a Samyang 35mm f/1.2, a Laowa 9mm f/2.8, and an adapted Pentax SMC 55mm f/2.0. All developed using RNI’s Kodachrome film profiles.