Glenridding to Fairfield over St Sunday

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There is a large National Parks car park in Glenridding alongside Glenridding Beck.
(Distance 10.3 miles)
Leave the car park towards the road, cross over the bridge, then right alongside the beck.  Take the footpath off left near the second cottage up to Lanty's Tarn.
(photo:  Looking back to Ullswater and Glenridding before Lanty's Tarn)		 030504a.jpg (88376 bytes)
(photo:  Looking up towards Greenside Mine area .... bathed in sunshine) 030504b.jpg (75967 bytes)
Continue past the Tarn, down hill, to where a path drops off left.  Go down the path, cross the bridge over Grisedale Beck, then left on the road towards Patterdale.  Take the next path off right, just past the trees.  The path now climbs up steeply to Thornhow End.
(photo: Lanty's Tarn)		 030504c.jpg (75683 bytes)
Hear, the path levels out a little as it skirts below Birks.  The path continues above Blind Cove, getting a little steeper, before the final steep pull up to St Sunday.
(photo: Looking north across Grisedale near the wall at Thorn How )		 030504d.jpg (80502 bytes)
(photo:  Another view back to Ullswater from the same spot) 030504e.jpg (69953 bytes)
(photo:  Looking down into Grisedale from the side of Birks) 030504f.jpg (64977 bytes)
From St Sunday, continue down to Deepdale Hause.  (Drop-off points here to either Grisedale - right, or Deepdale - Left, if the weather isn't too good for crossing Cofa Pike)
(photo:  Grisedale Tarn on the way down to Deepdale) 		 030504g.jpg (70080 bytes)
From Deepdale, the path now moves onto steep rocky section leading up to Cofa Pike.  Care is required if poor visibility as the path isn't easy to follow on the rocks.  Once over Cofa Pike, there are two options, either a steep scree ascent to Fairfield, or continue on a gentler incline, but turning left to get to the summit shelters.  Again, not easy navigation in hill fog.
(photo:  Looking at Fairfield from Cofa Pike)		 030504h.jpg (66243 bytes)
From the summit, head towards Seat Sandal and follow the steep path down to Grisedale Hause.  Turn right at the bottom, and follow the path around the south side of Grisedale Tarn.
(photo:  And a view back to St Sunday from Cofa Pike)		 030504i.jpg (84017 bytes)
(photo:  Cofa Pike from the path up to Fairfield) 030504j.jpg (87348 bytes)
At the outflow of the Tarn, follow the path on the left of Grisedale Beck.  The path now drops gently down past Ruthwaite Lodge Climbing Hut and passing Broomhill Plantation.  Here, the path climbs up to meet the path leading to the Hole in the Wall.  Continue through a couple of gates, eventually reaching Lanty's Tarn.  
(photo:  Looking down Grisedale from the end of the tarn)		 030504k.jpg (88725 bytes)
Retrace the route from Lanty's Tarn used at the start of the walk.
(photo:  A final murky view back up Grisedale before returning to Lanty's Tarn.		 030504l.jpg (49223 bytes)

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