Grisdale Tarn and looking back to Dollywagon pike.
The decent down from Dollywagon Pike was very long and torture on my dodgy knees.
our route down was a rather tricky climb down a series of small waterfalls on a very badly maintained path.
This was not expected, going on the info i found on this route, in places i had to carry the dog around my neck on top of my "A" frame pack.
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Andy, about halfway down i started to smell something very suspicious.
this turned out to be a dead sheep that blocked the path at a particularly treacherous point.
It was just the body and legs, no neck or head and its fleece had gone too !
It was bloated and alive with maggots, we had to climb up and across the slope on the left of the path to go around it and was tough going !
Looking back at our decent
The above pic doesn't do justice to how steep it was in places.
We had originally intended to tackle this route in the reverse of what i have shown, starting at the church shown on the map, but i am very grateful Annmarie convinced me to start at point 1.
The last 3 miles back to the start were along a forest track and was pretty uneventful apart from fording a decent stream again carrying Milo !
All together it took us 7.5 hours to cover 10 miles climbing up 900m (3000ft) and back down, we got back to our accommodation tired, a little aching in the knees, calves and hips but happy we we were able to complete our goal
Thanks for looking and the likes and comments.